<< I have a subscriber who can't seem to post.  Earthlink support is 
telling him that apple is blocking connections from the earthlink smtp 
servers. >>

Interesting. I have no idea what "apple is blocking connections from 
the earthlink smtp servers" means.

I have a subscriber who first notified me a few days ago that a post 
of hers had taken a long time to appear; I forget how long this was, 
but it was several hours. Subsequent posts had been refused with the 
message (I removed the subscriber's name and message text; also, 
Sprynet=Earthlink):

> [Original Message]
> From: Mail Delivery System 
> <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 6/18/2005 10:29:48 AM
> Subject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender
>
> This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
>
> A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
> recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) 
> failed:
>
>   [log in to unmask]
>     host lookup did not complete: retry timeout exceeded
>
> ------ This is a copy of the message, including all the 
> headers. ------
>
> Return-path: <[log in to unmask]>
> Received: from [63.189.208.172] (helo=sprynet.com)
>  by smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34)
>  id 1DjeKR-0000PL-JH; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 10:29:48 -0400
> Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]>
> X-Priority: 3
> Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
> X-Mailer: EarthLink MailBox 2005.2.15.0 (Windows)
> From: "List Member" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: [NSCLC] Chemo after surgery
> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 10:29:39 -0400
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>
> [Message text removed]


I recommended that the subscriber contact Earthlink support; haven't 
heard back from her yet.

Christine in Littleton, Massachusetts