Local SMTP server

Is anyone else having trouble with the local SMTP server here in Phoenix:

Mon Feb 10 13:13:57 bross@pigeon:~ $ telnet srv34.nanog27.merit.net 25
Trying 192.35.164.34...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: No route to host

It appears that no SMTP server is running here. That address doesn't
appear to respond to ping either, but that may not be important.

It seems to be working now, thanks to whomever fixed it:

Mon Feb 10 13:24:52 bross@pigeon:~ $ telnet srv34.nanog27.merit.net 25
Trying 192.35.164.34...
Connected to srv34.nanog27.merit.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 rat.merit.edu ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.6/8.12.6; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 13:38:50
-0500 (EST)
^]