> Add the following firewall rules to /etc/sysconfig/iptables. This is
> to open ports for services/daemons listening on TCP ports 25, 465, and
> 587.

/etc/sysconfig/iptables sounds like RHEL/CentOS, on Debian it might be
/etc/iptables/rules.v4 or rules.v6

> -A INPUT ! -i lo -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 25 -j ACCEPT

/etc/sysconfig/iptables is for ipv4 only, if your server is reachable
via ipv6 don't forget to add rules to /etc/sysconfig/ip6tables

In case you have ipv6 and use ipv4 only you can configure "inet_protocols"
in main.cf.

> Reload firewall rules.
> 
> # service iptables restart

This works for compatibility reasons, RHEL 7/8 redirects this to
systemctl restart iptables

Best regards
Gerald

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