Hi Scott Yeah I thought something similar but traces match to all of mx1.hotmail.com IPs Have tried the same to Gmails servers also
From our existing mail server (202.170.167.18)
[root(a)mail ~]# tcptraceroute mx1.hotmail.com 25 traceroute to mx1.hotmail.com (65.55.37.104), 30 hops max, 25 byte packets 1 203.167.254.30 (203.167.254.30) 0.541 ms 1.505 ms 1.602 ms 2 202.170.167.118 (202.170.167.118) 8.611 ms 10.540 ms 10.575 ms 3 icore.inhb.co.nz (203.167.255.114) 12.548 ms 13.384 ms 14.421 ms 4 fa0-1.96.r1-inhb.safenz.net (202.170.160.225) 16.343 ms 18.423 ms 18.459 ms 5 f0-0-98.icore1.safenz.net (202.170.160.47) 23.351 ms 23.392 ms 24.244 ms 6 f0-0-76.icore3.safenz.net (202.170.162.187) 30.219 ms 15.834 ms 15.817 ms 7 ten-0-3-0-106.bdr01.akl02.akl.VOCUS.net.au (114.31.203.49) 16.701 ms 16.798 ms 17.627 ms 8 ten-0-1-0-62.bdr02.akl02.akl.VOCUS.net.au (114.31.202.43) 139.498 ms 137.833 ms 140.651 ms 9 ip-35.202.31.114.VOCUS.net.au (114.31.202.35) 140.650 ms 136.749 ms 137.562 ms 10 ten-0-1-0-63.bdr02.akl02.akl.VOCUS.net.au (114.31.202.45) 140.496 ms 137.789 ms 140.849 ms 11 microsoft.com.any2ix.coresite.com (206.223.143.143) 142.707 ms 144.776 ms 144.798 ms 12 xe-3-0-0-0.lax-96cbe-1b.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.47.11) 147.645 ms 146.690 ms 145.928 ms 13 xe-3-0-2-0.bay-16c-1a.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.46.242) 151.616 ms 151.696 ms 152.653 ms 14 ge-1-1-0-0.by2-64c-1b.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.43.53) 155.700 ms 153.864 ms 155.765 ms 15 ge-5-0-0-0.co1-64c-1a.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.40.190) 181.720 ms 202.785 ms 203.747 ms 16 ge-3-0-0-0.co2-64c-1a.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.43.171) 176.716 ms 177.705 ms 175.807 ms 17 * * * 18 * * * 19 * * * 20 * * * 21 * * * 22 * * * 23 * * * 24 * * * 25 * * * 26 * * * 27 * * * 28 * * * 29 * * * 30 * * *
From our new mail server (118.67.193.2)
[root(a)mta1 ~]# tcptraceroute mx1.hotmail.com 25
traceroute to mx1.hotmail.com (65.55.37.120), 30 hops max, 25 byte
packets
1 f0-2-fw2.waspnet.co.nz (118.67.193.14) 0.825 ms 0.896 ms 1.050 ms
2 202.170.167.118 (202.170.167.118) 1.890 ms 2.692 ms 2.760 ms
3 icore.inhb.co.nz (203.167.255.114) 7.323 ms 6.487 ms 4.627 ms
4 fa0-1.96.r1-inhb.safenz.net (202.170.160.225) 7.428 ms 7.399 ms
7.114 ms
5 f0-0-98.icore1.safenz.net (202.170.160.47) 7.002 ms 10.748 ms
10.848 ms
6 f0-0-76.icore3.safenz.net (202.170.162.187) 14.002 ms 15.286 ms
16.121 ms
7 ten-0-3-0-106.bdr01.akl02.akl.VOCUS.net.au (114.31.203.49) 14.277 ms
14.670 ms 15.756 ms
8 ten-0-1-0-62.bdr02.akl02.akl.VOCUS.net.au (114.31.202.43) 139.628 ms
137.444 ms 137.715 ms
9 ge-0-0-1.bdr02.akl01.akl.VOCUS.net.au (114.31.202.33) 138.247 ms
137.747 ms 138.548 ms
10 ten-0-1-0-63.bdr02.akl02.akl.VOCUS.net.au (114.31.202.45) 137.878
ms 137.625 ms 142.223 ms
11 microsoft.com.any2ix.coresite.com (206.223.143.143) 145.074 ms
144.358 ms 145.248 ms
12 xe-3-0-0-0.lax-96cbe-1b.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.47.11) 146.654 ms
146.778 ms 150.891 ms
13 xe-3-0-2-0.bay-16c-1a.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.46.242) 157.453 ms
155.162 ms 155.030 ms
14 ge-1-1-0-0.by2-64c-1b.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.43.53) 154.778 ms
153.700 ms 153.140 ms
15 ge-5-0-0-0.co1-64c-1a.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.40.190) 176.389 ms
174.891 ms 175.001 ms
16 ge-3-0-0-0.co2-64c-1a.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.43.171) 174.790 ms
175.741 ms 174.093 ms
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[root(a)mta1 ~]# telnet mx1.hotmail.com 25
Trying 65.54.188.126...
telnet: connect to address 65.54.188.126: Connection refused
Trying 65.55.37.72...
telnet: connect to address 65.55.37.72: Connection refused
Trying 65.55.37.88...
telnet: connect to address 65.55.37.88: Connection refused
Trying 65.55.37.104...
telnet: connect to address 65.55.37.104: Connection refused
Trying 65.55.37.120...
telnet: connect to address 65.55.37.120: Connection refused
Trying 65.55.92.136...
telnet: connect to address 65.55.92.136: Connection refused
Trying 65.55.92.152...
telnet: connect to address 65.55.92.152: Connection refused
Trying 65.55.92.168...
telnet: connect to address 65.55.92.168: Connection refused
Trying 65.55.92.184...
telnet: connect to address 65.55.92.184: Connection refused
Trying 65.54.188.72...
telnet: connect to address 65.54.188.72: Connection refused
Trying 65.54.188.94...
telnet: connect to address 65.54.188.94: Connection refused
Trying 65.54.188.110...
telnet: connect to address 65.54.188.110: Connection refused
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
Regards
Jodi
From: Scott Howard [mailto:scott(a)doc.net.au]
Sent: Friday, 1 April 2011 14:29
To: Jodi Thomson
Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz
Subject: Re: [nznog] new mail server on new ip block
I've never heard of those providers blocking by refusing connections,
which makes me suspect it's not them doing it but someone in the path.
This is where tcptraceroute is your friend. Run "tcptraceroute
mx1.hotmail.com 25" and see where the connections are actually being
refused - my money is on it not being at the destination itself.
Scott
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Jodi Thomson