Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!ucbvax!MCC.COM!AI.CLIVE From: AI.CLIVE@MCC.COM (Clive Dawson) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Mail Delivery Problems Message-ID: <12450534655.24.AI.CLIVE@MCC.COM> Date: 30 Nov 88 00:29:32 GMT References: <8811231833.AA14239@ncs.dnd.ca> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 14 Bob- I don't know if you've solved your problem with hung mail connections yet, but here's something else you might try. Check to see if your mail delivery program is sending out carriage return/ line feed pairs at the end of each SMTP command, as specified in the standard, rather than just line feeds. Certain SMTP servers, TOPS-20's MAISER for one, will ignore lone line feeds. Good luck, Clive -------