On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:04 AM, Sahil Tandon <sa...@tandon.net> wrote: > Asif Iqbal wrote: > >> iqb...@improvise:~$ echo this is a test | mailx -s email vad...@gmail.com >> iqb...@improvise:~$ tail -f /var/log/mail.info >> Dec 18 23:01:16 improvise nullmailer[4322]: Rescanning queue. >> Dec 18 23:02:48 improvise postfix/master[5024]: daemon started -- >> version 2.5.5, configuration /etc/postfix >> Dec 18 23:04:26 improvise postfix/pickup[5025]: CB66F10E395: uid=1000 >> from=<iqbala> >> Dec 18 23:04:26 improvise postfix/cleanup[5236]: CB66F10E395: >> message-id=<20081219040426.cb66f10e...@improvise.lan> >> Dec 18 23:04:26 improvise postfix/qmgr[5027]: CB66F10E395: >> from=<iqb...@improvise.lan>, size=348, nrcpt=1 (queue active) >> Dec 18 23:04:56 improvise postfix/smtp[5238]: connect to >> gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[74.125.47.27]:25: Connection timed out >> Dec 18 23:05:26 improvise postfix/smtp[5238]: connect to >> alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[209.85.133.27]:25: Connection timed >> out >> Dec 18 23:05:56 improvise postfix/smtp[5238]: connect to >> alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[209.85.135.27]:25: Connection timed > > It appears your ISP blocks outgoing connections on port 25 to IPs other > than its own MX. Can you telnet to those gmail MXs? You should see > something like:
You are right I cannot talk to any domain's MX. My ISP is cox and I cannot even talk to their two MXs on port 25. I guess I could do a nmap to find what port they are using for MX. They might require some authentication. I have no idea what my login is to my cox account. > > % telnet 209.85.133.27 25 > Trying 209.85.133.27... > Connected to an-in-f27.google.com. > Escape character is '^]'. > 220 mx.google.com ESMTP d38si5830405and.43 > > Also see: > http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#relayhost Relay Host would probably be my only option. However using postfix relay with gmail seems to be a *lot* of work > > -- > Sahil Tandon <sa...@tandon.net> > -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu
