>Has anyone else suddenly gotten inundated with "unable to contact host
>for 7 days" for such places as
 
>delphi.com
>vm.tcs.tulane.edu
>vms.cis.pitt.edu
 
These hosts (except the last which is MXed) are <NOW> PINGable.
My guess is that either some router (or its configuration) was
"down" or you had an off-campus circuit problem.
 
If you are using IBM's TCPIP on a VM system, you might try the
command:
 
SMSG SMTP QU
 
(you may get a lot of output).
 
>plus a lot of others?
 
/Pete