Kolusion K via Postfix-users: > Hello > > > So I have a problem sending and receiving e-mail from some people. > > The problem I have sending e-mail to some people is that Postfix > says the connection times out when attempting to connect to the > server. > > This is my setup: > [amazing complexity] > > The strange thing is, when I Telnet on port 25 on the VPS to the > e-mail servers Postfix can't connect to from my e-mail server, I > can connect to them. > > What could be causing Postfix being able to send e-mail to some > servers but not others, and some people being able to e-mail me > but not others?
Assuming that you did the telnet tests from the *same host or container or VM* that also runs Postfix: Speculation: - The telnet command uses a different source IP address than Postfix. A tcpdump recording would reveal that. - The telnet command ran as root, whereas the Postfix SMTP client runs as non-root, resulting in different behavior in your netwotrk stack. A tcpdump recording would reveal that. Hint: make a tcpdump recording. As root: tcpdump -s 0 -w /file/name -i interface-name dst port 25 You'll have to experiment a bit to figure out which interface to look at; it may be differfent for the telnet and Postfix cases. Wietse _______________________________________________ Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org