Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 15:10:05 -0400 From: David Banning <david@skytrackercanada.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't telnet anything on port 25 Message-ID: <20020624151005.B22849@skytrackercanada.com> In-Reply-To: <20020624185034.GA10465@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>; from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk on Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 07:50:35PM %2B0100 References: <20020624140920.A22529@skytrackercanada.com> <20020624185034.GA10465@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
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On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 07:50:35PM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 02:09:20PM -0400, David Banning wrote: > > > > I can't seem to telnet any server on port 25; > > > > su-2.03# telnet skytrackercanada.com 25 > > Trying 209.188.66.29... > > telnet: connect to address 209.188.66.29: Operation timed out > > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host > > su-2.03# > > Seems that nothing is listening on the SMTP port --- since you aren't > firewalled, I guess you aren't running an MTA --- sendmail, qmail, > postfix or the like. You can see what ports daemons are listening on > by running `netstat -a' or `sockstat'. I believe now that the host ISP is blocking our box making any inquiries on port 25 to any server but thiers. Thanks for the tip of the netstat -a and sockstat commands they will come in useful. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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