I tried this and it worked.  I just tried it again using the email address I 
used before the trouble began.  I received the message.  Then, I tried 
sylpheed (thanks to Sundar for the post) - and it worked great!  It worked 
with the setting that I had for KMail.  So, I tried KMail again, and it 
failed as before.  I wouldn't mind switching, but I have millions of mails 
in many folders (I haven't sifted through the list mail yet), and I don't 
know how to change the font sizes in GTK for sylpheed (I once tried gnome, 
and I couldn't find a way to change them there, either).

Any feedback?

Thanks alot for all of the input (learned alot about telnet in the process!)


>From: KevinO <kevin_oconnor@geocities.com>
>Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
>To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
>Subject: Re: Trouble sending email
>Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 21:44:15 -0700
>
>George Toft wrote:
> >
> > Did you do what John Albee told you to do?
> >
> > Try this:
> > telnet mail.mindspring.com 25
> > HELO mindspring.com
> > MAIL FROM: borgking@mindspring.com
> > RCPT TO: george@georgetoft.com
> > DATA
> > Testing mail using telnet
> > .
> > QUIT
>
>I just did this with smtp.earthlink.net and it works like a champ....
>
>I tried the above with mail.mindspring.net using borgking's address and
>mine as RCPT TO: and
>fairly promptly received :
>
>------ snip -----------
>Subject:
>    Date:
>          Wed, 7 Nov 2001 23:36:45 -0500 (EST)
>    From:
>          borgking@mindspring.com
>
>
>
>
>testing mail sending on behalf of borgking
>this was only a test
>------ snip -----------
>
>Everything seems ok with both servers. I use earthlink-dialup
>through a firewall and smpt.earthlink.net is my usual outgoing
>mail server (this message included) ......
>
>--
>Kevin O'Connor
>
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