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Cannot Telnet (port 25) to select domain names from Exchange server.

Hello,
We run a Windows server 2003 shop with exchange 2003.
Recently we began receiving delay notifications from our exchange server, after investigating  some of these domain names I noticed that I could not telnet into the mail server.  98% of email works just fine, but on a few select domains... I can't telnet to the mail server?  The telnet session appears to connect, but just sits there with a blank sreen.


For example:
We received the following NDR from our exchange box...

Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.

      Subject:      RE: new e mail account
      Sent:      2/12/2009 8:41 AM

The following recipient(s) cannot be reached:

      'Jasper Darson ' on 2/14/2009 7:57 AM
            Could not deliver the message in the time limit specified.  Please retry or contact your administrator.
            <ellsworth05.ellsworthbikes.com #4.4.7>



After doing a  MX nslookup for the associated domain name (set q=mx).

I get a mail server of mail.darson.com.tw.  When I attempt to connect via telnet the session just goes blank and hangs?

I can connect to this mail server from home, we just can't do it from work?  Could our IP be blocked on th recipient end?
-Alex
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Turned out to be a routig problem.  Sorry for the delayed response!  I forgot about it!