On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 09:48:41PM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote: > This one time, at band camp, David P James said: > > >As you have noted, there are quite a few variables. Rule out iptables > > >and tcpwrappers first - from an address outside the LAN, telnet > > >your.host.ip 25 - if the connection times out, it's probably iptables, > > >if it's refused, it's either iptables or tcpwrappers. If you connect > > >and get the exim greeting banner, then you know that the problem is your > > >exim.conf. > > > > I sshed to my brother's Redhat server and did the telnet my.host.ip 25 > > thing back to my server; the connection timed out. I tried a few other > > ports (21, 80, 22, 110) and got a connection quite quickly. > > Then apparently iptables is DROPping connections to that port - fix that > and we'll move from there.
Jumping in late, but isn't it also possible that the OP's ISP is blocking port 25 (a common spam-fighting technique) ? -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] A booming voice says, "Wrong, cretin!", and you notice that you have turned into a pile of dust.
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