> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Cocker > Sent: Monday, 13 October 2008 8:58 PM > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my > first config > > Okay, so last week I posted an issue about the above with > lots of errors > and it turns out I hadn't generated the relevant .db files, > along with a > couple of other problems. So, I sorted all that out and fired up > postfix, checked that the server was listening on port 25 and > then tried > to telnet: > > Connecting To 10.100.1.1...Could not open connection to the host, on > port 25: Connect failed > > > Then tried to send a test message using blat from another machine: > > Blat v2.6.2 w/GSS encryption (build : Feb 25 2007 12:06:19) > > unexpected error 10065 from winsock > Error: Can't connect to server (timed out if winsock.dll error 10060) > > > I checked /var/log/secure and found no record of the connection being > dumped; messages contained nothing, nor did maillog tell me anything > useful. > > Oct 13 09:56:17 server postfix/postfix-script: starting the > Postfix mail > system > Oct 13 09:56:17 server postfix/master[30342]: daemon started > -- version > 2.3.3, configuration /etc/postfix >
As well as telnetting to localhost/25, can you telnet to the FQDN hostname from the host itself? If you're on the server "mail", what happens if you telnet mail.example.com 25?
