From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 29 13:29:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B586416A4CF for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:29:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail2.tsgincorporated.com (ns2.tsgincorporated.com [67.66.242.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BF3243D1F for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:29:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from micheal@tsgincorporated.com) Received: (from root@localhost) by mail2.tsgincorporated.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) id i2TLTZMt027694; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 15:29:35 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from micheal@tsgincorporated.com) Received: from micheal (micheal.tsgincorporated.com [67.66.242.77]) i2TLTYKe027684; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 15:29:34 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from micheal@tsgincorporated.com) Message-ID: <017901c415d5$0826bbb0$4df24243@tsgincorporated.com> From: "Micheal Patterson" To: "Payne" , References: <406890E3.8010709@magidesign.com> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 15:30:11 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12 Subject: Re: Sendmail refusing connection X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 21:29:35 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Payne" To: Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 3:10 PM Subject: Sendmail refusing connection > Hi, > > I have installed FreeBSD 5.2 and I am trying to get to access mail from > the outside world. But when I do a telnet to port 25 I get this error, > > telnet mail.eatme.com > trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > > telnet: connect to address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: Connection refused > > where do I need to go to tell my server it ok to access mail. > > Payne > > > Please note that eatme.com and xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx are flake to protect the > real server. > Sendmail has hooks into tcpd which causes it to look for the proper entries in hosts.allow for connection access. If this is to be a server that responds to the world, you'd need an entry for sendmail : all : allow -- Micheal Patterson TSG Network Administration 405-917-0600 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.