From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 6 21:44:42 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 971D716A403 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 21:44:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from josh@tcbug.org) Received: from sccrmhc14.comcast.net (sccrmhc14.comcast.net [204.127.200.84]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63D9313C48D for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 21:44:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from josh@tcbug.org) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (c-67-190-235-215.hsd1.mn.comcast.net[67.190.235.215]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc14) with ESMTP id <2007020621444101400hsl5ue>; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 21:44:41 +0000 From: Josh Paetzel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 15:44:35 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200702061544.36041.josh@tcbug.org> Cc: usleepless@gmail.com Subject: Re: sendmail setup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:44:42 -0000 On Tuesday 06 February 2007 15:35, usleepless@gmail.com wrote: > List, Guys and Girls, > > although i know this is not a specific freebsd issue, i will ask > the question nevertheless. > > normally, i sent my outgoing email through my isp ( relay.x.z ). > this server seems to be down at the moment. > > so after working with bsd for years, i decided to dive into > sendmail. i read a lot, setup the stuff and tested sh*t. > > so basically, it seems to work fine: i can send messages between > machines on the LAN, but messages to the outside(gmail, other > domains) timeout. > > i ran tcpdump on the external interface, and the only thing that > seems to happen is my machine contacting the other machines, but > they never reply!: > > 22:24:25.763774 x.y.z.4091 > gsmtp183.google.com.smtp: S > 1796563309:1796563309(0) win 57344 (DF) > > how come? how do i find out? i checked /var/log/security and stuff > is not being blocked by ipfw. > > sendmail reports: > stat=Deferred: Operation timed out with gsmtp163.google.com. > > i have masqueraded(sendmail) with my isp-assigned-domain-name ( > ipXXzYYY.provider.country ), and with another domain i own. > > am i missing something obvious? > > thanks in advance for any help, > > regards, > > usleep It's highly possible your ISP is blocking port 25 to everything but their mailservers in an effort to keep their customers from running open relays and other nasty spam software. -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel