[drats_users] [D-RATS] #209: Outgoing email question

[Dan Smith]

> I did a telnet from my computer to the internet and got this response
> 220 mx.google.com ESMTP 13sm1937962gxk.12
> 
> Tried it a number of times and got different suffixes.
> 
> Is this good or bad?

This is good.  It means your computer is able to reach the server
properly, and rules out an external firewall.

I can say with some certainty now that the problem is a piece of
firewall software on the computer itself not allowing D-RATS to contact
the gmail server.

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Dan Smith
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