SamSpade:

03/31/06 22:40:31 SMTP Relay Check @ eqube.ca
Contacting 68.146.204.228
Failed to establish connection

and

NC:
eqube.ca [68.146.204.228] 25 (smtp): TIMEDOUT
sent 0, rcvd 0: NOTSOCK

what's up with that? i guess that's one way to solve your problem!