> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MacShane, Tracy > Sent: 13 October 2008 12:05 > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: RE: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 > - my first config > > > -----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? >
All my telneting had been by IP address, the name wasn't in DNS yet. I've added it, but I get the same problems. As noted in my previous post I've now found I can access the port from the postfix machine, just not other machines. TNT Post is the trading name for TNT Post UK Ltd (company number: 04417047), TNT Post (Doordrop Media) Ltd (00613278), TNT Post Scotland Ltd (05695897), TNT Post North Ltd (05701709), TNT Post South West Ltd (05983401), TNT Post Midlands Limited (6458167)and TNT Post London Limited (6493826). Emma's Diary and Lifecycle are trading names for Lifecycle Marketing (Mother and Baby) Ltd (02556692). All companies are registered in England and Wales; registered address: 1 Globeside Business Park, Fieldhouse Lane, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 1HY.
