[Fwd: Rejected email connections after GMail move]

[Alan Dayley]

To quote myself:
> at http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=7720
> [ns3.LuftHans.com. (10): Connection timed out]
> --------------------
>
> Hmm... I need to go read the referenced article.

The referenced article states that the most common causes for this issue
are:

*  The other domain doesn't have up-to-date MX records or is otherwise
misconfigured.
* The other domain is blacklisting or graylisting messages from Gmail.
* The other domain is experiencing temporary networking problems.

So, Mr. owner of ns3.LuftHans.com, can we work out this issue so my
emails from consultpros.com will get through to PLUG and you?

;^)

Alan


Alan Dayley wrote:
> Thanks for the help, everyone. As you can see in the From address, this
> email is not from my consultpros.com domain.  So I have not fixed
> whatever the issue is.
> 
> First a few points of interest:
> - I have not yet read the lifehacker article cited below (Thanks!) but I
> am already using the GMail SMTP server for outgoing messages with
> Thunderbird.  That's what I was doing when the problem reared it's head.
> - I have tested and discovered that the connection rejection happens
> even when I use the gmail/consultpros.com web interface, so it is
> probably not a Thunderbird issue at all. (Just sent another test from
> the web to be sure I remember this test result correctly.)
> 
> It must be something in my domain settings, MX records, what have you
> that is causing the rejection.
> 
> Here is one of the intermediate replies:
> ------------------
> Delivery to the following recipient has been delayed:
> 
>      plug-discuss at plug.phoenix.az.us
> 
> Message will be retried for 1 more day(s)
> 
> Technical details of temporary failure:
> The recipient server did not accept our requests to connect. Learn more
> at http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=7720
> [ns3.LuftHans.com. (10): Connection timed out]
> --------------------
> 
> Hmm... I need to go read the referenced article.
> 
> Alan
> 
> Joseph Sinclair wrote:
>> Cool, I hadn't tried to setup GMail for the SMTP server (GAfYD doesn't support the features I need yet), so I wasn't aware it uses a port other than 25 for access.  Looks like Alan can just set the GMail emails to go out via GMail's SMTP server and it'll fix the issue he's seeing...
>>
>> SI - wrote:
>>> I use Gmail with IMAP access and use GMail's SMTP for outgoing messages.
>>> Works fine for me on Cox.  Thunderbird client.
>>>
>>> http://lifehacker.com/software/email-apps/how-to-use-gmail-as-your-smtp-server-111166.php
>>>