[afnog] Cannot connect to remote pop3 server

[Frank Habicht]

try a tool called tcptraceroute

 > 2. Can i work around this problem via some traffic tunneling of some
 > sort via the UK server?
yes, but do you want to?
no.


Frank


On 02/18/09 16:26, Shepherd Magumo wrote:
> Good day,
> 
> We connect to the internet via two independent service providers and
> both connections cannot connect to a remote Pop3 server called
> pop3.zonnet.nl on port 110.
> In troubleshooting the problem I tried telnet pop3 port 110 via the
> two ISPs and a similar test from a UK based server that we are
> hosting.
> 
> The result is, when I do telnet pop3.zonnet.nl 110 from UK I get a
> response, but a timeout via our two ISPs. As a result our clients
> using this incoming server cannot receive pop3 emails.
> 
> [admin at ISP1#] > system telnet  pop3.zonnet.nl 110
> ERR Cannot connect to POP server 62.58.50.236 (62.58.50.236:110), connect error
> 10060
> 
> [admin at ISP2#] > system telnet  pop3.zonnet.nl 110
> ERR Cannot connect to POP server 62.58.50.236 (62.58.50.236:110), connect error
> 10060
> 
> [root at UK-server]# telnet pop3.zonnet.nl 110
> Trying 62.58.50.236...
> Connected to pop3.zonnet.nl (62.58.50.236).
> Escape character is '^]'.
> +OK POP3 Ready 10.170.1.173 0001fe31
> 
> ISPs are saying there is nothing they can do because this is a global
> issue ( South Africa). Two questions:
> 
> 1. Anyone else getting similar connect error elsewhere?
> 2. Can i work around this problem via some traffic tunneling of some
> sort via the UK server?
> 
> Please help. Any comments and ideas are welcome.
> 
> Shepherd
> 
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