Who is your host? IF its amazon they have to unblock port 25 for sending if you have more than one IP address. You might want to make sure they don't have any restrictions on you. And...if they do they should have procedures for getting them lifted.
-- Mike McKoy *404.590.7176* http://MyForeverHair.com http://www.MyModelTalk.com http://InCrowdUSA.net http://www.google.com/profiles/mikemckoy On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 11:54 PM, Jithesh AP <jithesh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I am newbie into mail and mTA setup. > > I have my port 465 smtps/587 (submission) working, so do i need to keep > port 25 open? > I am asking this because when i try to telnet gmail then it does not work, > so was wondering if blocking port 25 will stop all my incoming mails or not? > > To try it out i did telnet gmail like below > telnet gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com 25 > it just said trying and did not work > > Then i sent a mail from gmail to my mail ID after blocking port 25 and I > did not receive the mail, dont know where it went :( > > Will be good to know about my questions from experts. > > Regards > Jithesh >
