Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 14:11:55 -0500 From: "Jon Noack" <noackjr@compgeek.com> To: "Stephen Hovey" <shovey@buffnet.net>, "David Banning" <david@skytrackercanada.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: can't telnet anything on port 25 Message-ID: <NFBBIJDHKLKEJHKFMLBHGEPECBAA.noackjr@compgeek.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10206251155130.5265-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
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> Port 25 is smtp (email) Yes, but you can still telnet to it (assuming it's running an external mail daemon and it's not firewalled). You can even send email. Here's a telnet to the localhost sendmail on my box: [noackjr@patriarch:~] $ telnet localhost 25 <snip> 220 patriarch.dnsalias.org ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.3/8.12.3; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 14:07:57 -0500 (CDT) Jon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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