You can also try telneting to the mail server on port 25 from the box

that is failing to connect. That should tell you if the SMTP port is

inaccessible or not.

Gene Vital wrote:

> Is there a firewall on the machine ?

> Is the mail server internal or through there ISP over the internet ?

> If they are able to send and receive via another program like 'Outlook'

> then it probably isn't a firewall issue

> Can you ping the mailserver from the PC ?

>

> To test what ports are open on the PC you could Google for NMAPNT

> it works pretty well, or, if you have access to a Linux box :) on the

> network

> you could check to see if NMAP is installed and use that.

>

>

> vfpmcp@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:

>

>> Works fine from our PCs but not the client. The message returned

>> from blat is:

>>

>> Error: cannot connect to server (timed out if winsock.dll error 10060)

>> Error: not a socket

>>

>> Is this a firewall issue? What must be done at that site to allow

>> this to work?

>>

>> TIA!

>> --Michael

>>

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