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Posted by Robert Baer on June 19, 2005, 6:32 am
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>> Is there a program i can get that will "capture" out-going messages
>> by Netscape as it is trying to contact the email server?
>> This way, i could see exactly why the contact is not being completed.
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> Once the recipients have been specified in the RCPT-TO command sent from
> the e-mail client to the mail server, and once the data has been passed
> for the body of the message in the DATA command sent from the e-mail
> client to the mail server, and once the mail server responds with a
> status of OK, you have no further way to trace the routing or delivery
> of that message beyond why the targeted or receiving mail server might
> send back (for a non-deliverable report). Look at the logfile for your
> e-mail client if you want to see the commands being sent during a mail
> session between your e-mail client and the mail server.
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> If the problem is that your e-mail client is not establishing a
> connection to the mail server (so there is no mail session to view in
> the e-mail client's logfile) then use your firewall's logfile. It will
> show if your e-mail application ever actually attempted to send a
> request (for a connection) to the mail server. You could use a packet
> sniffer, like Ethereal (which is free), but the firewall should be
> sufficient to see if a request ever got sent from your e-mail client.
*What* e-mail clients logfile?
Does NS7.2 have one, and where can i find it?
I do not think any e-mail info is being passed; something must go out
in an attempt to contact the external email server, and i think that
something is botched.
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