This is from my logs, just standard connection timeouts.

2007-01-17 06:26:06 1H5hkE-0000qZ-PJ gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com
[64.233.185.27]: Connection timed out
2007-01-17 06:29:15 1H5hkE-0000qZ-PJ gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com
[64.233.185.114]: Connection timed out
2007-01-17 06:32:24 1H5hkE-0000qZ-PJ alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com
[72.14.205.27]: Connection timed out
2007-01-17 06:35:33 1H5hkE-0000qZ-PJ alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com
[66.249.93.27]: Connection timed out
2007-01-17 06:38:42 1H5hkE-0000qZ-PJ alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com
[66.249.93.114]: Connection timed out
2007-01-17 06:41:51 1H5hkE-0000qZ-PJ gsmtp163.google.com
[64.233.163.27]: Connection timed out
2007-01-17 06:45:00 1H5hkE-0000qZ-PJ gsmtp183.google.com
[64.233.183.27]: Connection timed out
2007-01-17 06:45:00 1H5hkE-0000qZ-PJ == me@gmail.com R=dnslookup
T=remote_smtp defer (110): Connection timed out
2007-01-17 06:45:00 1H5hkE-0000qZ-PJ ** me@gmail.com: retry timeout
exceeded


Christian Schmidt wrote:
> Hello rich6176@gmail.com,
>
> rich6176@gmail.com schrieb/wrote:
>
> > I purchased a domain name for a machine I own and installed exim4 on
> > it. I can send an email to my bellsouth email address but not gmail. I
> > searched the net and it turns out the reason is because my domain name
> > is not considered a trusted domain and it was recommended to use a
> > relay server (such as google or bellsouth).
>
> What does the answer from the gmail server look like when your machine
> tries to deliver a mail to it?
> Has your machine got a fixed IP Address?
>
> Regards,
> Christian
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