From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 6 21:56:39 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 CD1D016A400 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 21:56:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from usleepless@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 525BF13C481 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 21:56:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from usleepless@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o2so14108uge for ; Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:56:37 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=aYZz5dIKtxqiYAKCPNNOImmDOCueCxZNLTBK2lBOe9Vwn8giOMqEvLmQyJMEbctjOtkei6oieJdcyPuPaCn0DG8PDvWkpUdToK1PLYILSzRWLCZiO2b5Lo6vjnAj6OVKqyu/lIRp3GJW2PAIyp8PM7g7tjsoq0JRmAr0z/i9oGU= Received: by 10.78.158.11 with SMTP id g11mr1970746hue.1170798996123; Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:56:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.122.7 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 13:56:35 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 22:56:35 +0100 From: usleepless@gmail.com To: "Josh Paetzel" In-Reply-To: <200702061544.36041.josh@tcbug.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200702061544.36041.josh@tcbug.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 21:56:39 -0000 Guys, ( unfortunatly there were no girls ), On 2/6/07, Josh Paetzel wrote: > 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 a bunch. it got me thinking. 1. i have an adsl-account with ip-connectivity only ( no mail, no news, no mailserver, no nothing ) 2. i used to send my email using a relay-server coming with a hosted domain i administer ( hosted by an isp abroad ). so that was not working anymore. so i tried sendmail, which did not work either. so i pinged "smtp.myisp-withnoservices.country" ( which previously never existed ). bingo! now it exists. so they decided to block port 25, and add this relay-server. thanks! regards, usleep