Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 15:36:22 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot <fbsd-q@bzerk.org> To: David Banning <david@skytrackercanada.com> Cc: Sanjay Bhattacharya <sanbh@gmx.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using the smtp server remotely - how? Message-ID: <20020621153622.A28230@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <20020621084600.B7871@skytrackercanada.com>; from david@skytrackercanada.com on Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 08:46:00AM -0400 References: <20020621022729.A6248@skytrackercanada.com> <8321.1024647191@www48.gmx.net> <20020621084600.B7871@skytrackercanada.com>
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Maybe your ISP is blocking incoming port 25 traffic. Quite a few do that nowadays :-( On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 08:46:00AM -0400, David Banning typed: > - no firewall running - >=20 > On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 10:13:11AM +0200, Sanjay Bhattacharya wrote: > > The problem might be firewall related. Make sure external connections to > > your smtp server is allowed by your firewall. Check the firewall logs. = Maybe > > that can help. > >=20 > > rgds, > > Sanjay > >=20 > > > My smtp server works fine internally, but this is what I get > > > externally; > > >=20 > > > david>$ 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 > > > david>$=20 > > >=20 > > > I even set the FEATURE(promiscuous_relay) (just for testing) > > > and HUP'ed sendmail and it still does not work. > > >=20 > > > Can some one give me direction? I want to simply use my machine=20 > > > for smtp relaying. > >=20 > > --=20 > > GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. > > http://www.gmx.net >=20 > --=20 > Dear Lord: > I just want *___=08=08=08one* one-armed manager so I never have to hear = "On > the other hand", again. >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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