Sendmail quirk

[Tuc]

Hi,

	I'm not sure if this is appropriate here, if not I'll take it elsewhere.

I use the following .mc on my machine :

divert(0)
VERSIONID(`$FreeBSD: himinbjorg.mc,v 1.0 2003/02/04 16:39:14 tuc Exp $')
OSTYPE(freebsd4)
DOMAIN(generic)
FEATURE(access_db, `hash -o -T<TMPF> /etc/mail/access')
FEATURE(blacklist_recipients)
FEATURE(local_lmtp)
FEATURE(mailertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable')
FEATURE(virtusertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable')
FEATURE(relay_based_on_MX)
FEATURE(nouucp,nospecial)
FEATURE(always_add_domain)
FEATURE(genericstable, `hash -o /etc/mail/genericstable')
FEATURE(use_cw_file)
FEATURE(local_procmail)
MASQUERADE_AS(`ttsg.com')
define(`confCW_FILE', `-o /etc/mail/local-host-names')
define(`confMAX_MIME_HEADER_LENGTH', `256/128')
define(`confNO_RCPT_ACTION', `add-to-undisclosed')
define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `authwarnings,noexpn,novrfy')
define(`confSAVE_FROM_LINES',`True')
define(`confMAX_HOP',`17')
define(`confCOPY_ERRORS_TO',`Postmaster')
define(`confMIME_FORMAT_ERRORS',`False')
define(`confUSE_ERRORS_TO',`True')
define(`confMCI_CACHE_SIZE',`5')
define(`confME_TOO',`True')
MAILER(local)
MAILER(smtp)
MAILER(pop)


	Nothing earth shattering, right?

	So then why can't I ever email USER at mtida.org , I almost immediately
get :

himinbjorg% mail -v example at mtida.org
Subject: TEST
test
.
EOT
example at mtida.org... Connecting to mail-fwd.bellsouth-hosting.net. via esmtp...
example at mtida.org... Deferred: Operation timed out with mail-fwd.bellsouth-hosting.net.

	It seems ANY domain that goes to mail-fwd.bellsouth-hosting.net 
(local709.org, bcd.org - Just examples from a named dump)

himinbjorg% mail -v example at local709.org 
Subject: test
test
.
EOT
example at local709.org... Connecting to mail-fwd.bellsouth-hosting.net. via esmtp...
example at local709.org... Deferred: Operation timed out with mail-fwd.bellsouth-hosting.net.

himinbjorg% mail -v example at bcd.org
Subject: TEst
test
.
EOT
example at bcd.org... Connecting to mail-fwd.bellsouth-hosting.net. via esmtp...
example at bcd.org... Deferred: Operation timed out with mail-fwd.bellsouth-hosting.net.


	Just doesn't happen!? It is the only mail server I've EVER encountered
that I have this problem on.  HOWEVER :

himinbjorg% telnet mail-fwd.bellsouth-hosting.net 25
Trying 209.130.32.60...
Connected to mail-fwd.bellsouth-hosting.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail09a.bellsouth-hosting.net SMTP RS ver 1.0.78vs
QUIT
221 mail09a.bellsouth-hosting.net closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.

	So it IS there , and IS answering....


	Help appreciated, this is driving me nutty. TCPDUMPS show NO attempt
on port 25 or 587 to this server!

		Thanks, Tuc/TTSG Internet Services, Inc.