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On 12 Aug 01, Rich Greenberg wrote:

> }   4 08/10 08/11 First Last <[log in to unmask]>
> }                 Last error: Unavailable; DSN status was 5.1.1
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> I am not positive here, but I think the reason the error is Unavailable
> is that Lsoft was never able to send it to MSN.  Lsoft's gateway sees
> "MSN.COM" and tries to resolve it to an IP address.  The DNS is
> returning the error so the mail never leaves Lsoft.

Note that it says DSN not DNS.  I am not sure what this means.

Can someone explain how "Last error:  Unavailable" happens and what "DSN"
status means?


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