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Date:      16 Nov 2003 13:05:26 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        faisal gillani <fasi_74@yahoo.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: OT : problems accessing sendmail from LAN
Message-ID:  <44islkur2x.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20031115194007.83094.qmail@web11008.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20031115194007.83094.qmail@web11008.mail.yahoo.com>

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faisal gillani <fasi_74@yahoo.com> writes:

> Well i have a PC running sendmail & pop3 deamon . when
> i try to access sendmail & pop3 services from locally
> "on the same pc"i am sucessful . but when i try to
> access smtp services of sendmail from over lan i can
> find it .. i mean the PC dont have any firewall
> installed .. 

Are you *sure* there's no firewall running on that machine?

> when i port scan it from network i can see pop3 port
> open but sendmail smtp port isnt open .. what can be
> wrong ? i dont understand .. sendmail services arent
> accesable.

Are you sure there's no firewall in between?  ISPs often filter out
SMTP, for example.



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