Did someone reload the internet from floppy last night?

[Kevin D. Clark]

Steven W. Orr writes:

> When others were getting connection refused, they were not even getting to 
> my computer. It was not my server or firewall. The question is this: Is 
> there a traceroute command that will tell me *where* along the way that 
> the connection *was* getting refused.

What does 'tcpdump host my-computer tcp port 25 or ip proto icmp"
produce when run on or near the computer that is trying to connect to
"my-computer"?

If you don't run this or the moral equivalent to this, it's going to
be difficult to diagnose your problem.

--kevin
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