Lorry,

I think "stmp-server.mn.rr.com" should be
"smtp-server.mn.rr.com", but that may be 
just an email typo.

"s3.quintessential.com" and "slava.net"
both resolve to "209.98.180.234". It is
running "qmail" on port 25.
"smtp-server.mn.rr.com" resolves to
"24.94.162.235" and is running an MS
SMTP mail server on port 25.

If you get frustrated enough to try and
manually troubleshoot the problem, here
are some references:

http://RFC.net/rfc821.html
http://RFC.net/rfc1869.html 
http://RFC.net/rfc2554.html

on SMTP, ESMTP, and SMTP AUTH
respectively. You can telnet to port 25
on an SMTP server and try and carry on
a conversation (and send mail) using
the info from these docs. Maybe you can
see where things fall apart. There may be
more concise documentation, but
probably none more authoritative.

Good luck,

Troy 

>>> fish at slava.net 10/10/01 09:59AM >>>
OK, here are some things I have tried:
slava.net
s3.quintessential.com
stmp-server.mn.rr.com