[olug] SMTP fun

[David Walker]

450 with a bad file descriptor error sounds like a problem with their mail 
server.  I don't know what the chances of talking with an intelligent life 
form at a big company like that are but I think they are lower than your 
chances of having Nebraska's electors vote Democrat for president.

Unfortunately verizon.net publishes only one mx record so you can't try 
sending to different servers at their location.

On Thursday 04 November 2004 09:51 am, Jon H. Larsen wrote:
> Verizon started deferring email out of my work server on Monday afternoon.
> Now, the strange thing is, I moved all the deferred messages from my
> mqueue directory, and I can send email fine.  If I put them back, problems
> arise.
>
> The two common errors I get are:
>
> 450 Deferred: Bad file descriptor
>
> Deferred: 450 Requested mail action not taken-Try
> later:sc005pub.verizon.net
>
> I have put some of them back into the queue, to see if the time out of
> the queue may have cleared up the problem.  Apparently not.
>
> These are very simple messages, no complex mime boundaries or none at all.
>
> Verizon told me flat out that I had problems on my mail server that needs
> fixed, I don't believe them, as why should it 'suddenly' stop working
> when I've been fowarding mail to a verizon account since Feb with no
> problems.  The individual on the phone said "I have never heard of
> Sendmail", which ruins their credibility.
>
> I need to get this email out to a client, so I'm under the gun so
> to speak.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Jon L.