Hi,

that is the way it should be. You can enter commands.

mike


On 21 Sep 2001, at 10:46, Patrick Welche wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 11:35:06PM +0000, oinkfreebiker@att.net wrote:
> > > misterasturno@att.net... Connecting to gateway8.att.net. > via
> estmp... > misterasturno@att.net... Deferred: Connection timed out >
> with gateway8.att.net
> 
> This might be a red herring, but when I tried
> 
> telnet gateway8.att.net 25
> 
> I only received
> 
> 220 mtiwgwc21.worldnet.att.net ESMTP server (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16
> 201-229-121-116-20010115) ready Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:43:57 +0000
> 
> when trying from a computer with a valid MX entry (ie, not mine, only
> the mailer)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Patrick
>