[comp.mail.sendmail] Sendmail problem on DecStation 3100

sarvind@janus.Berkeley.EDU (Arvind Srinivasan) (10/01/89)

I am having problems receiving mail on a Pmax running Ultrix. 
Mail can be sent out from the machine, but not received.
The error message returned to the sender is the following:-

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From MAILER-DAEMON Wed Sep 27 09:07:45 1989
Received: by cocky.Dumbo.EDU (5.57/1.34)
	id AA13875; Wed, 27 Sep 89 07:07:41 PDT
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 89 07:07:41 PDT
From: MAILER-DAEMON (Mail Delivery Subsystem)
Subject: Returned mail: Deferred
Message-Id: <8909271407.AA13875@cocky.Dumbo.EDU>
To: sarvind
Status: R

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451 net timeout: Connection timed out during RCPT wait with sork.dumbo.edu
451 sarvind@sork... reply: read error
sarvind@sork... reply: read error

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mail -v hangs up when it gets to "RCPT To<.....>".
Any advice/help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Arvind