Subj : Re: Getting email
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Gryphon
Date : Fri Jul 01 2005 11:24 pm

On 07-01-05, Angus Mcleod said...
 
AM>   Re: Re: Getting email
AM>   By: Gryphon to Angus Mcleod on Fri Jul 01 2005 16:31:00
AM> 
AM>  > So, this leads me to believe that the problem is with postfix.  Is ther
AM>  > anything I can check to make sure that it is enabled to take calls from
AM>  > outside world?
AM> 
AM> Run another service on 25 temporarily, to see if you are connecting OK.  
AM> 
AM> Stop postfix.  Change the port number for 'echo' in/etc/services from 7 
AM> to 25, and comment out the 'smtp' entries to avoid a clash.  Send a SIGHUP
AM> to inetd, then telnet to port25.  What you type should be echoed back to 
AM> you.  Use the telnet escape sequence to get out.  Return /etc/services to 
AM> normal and SIGHUP inetd again.
AM> 
AM> If 'echo' works on port 25, then postfix is the obvious place to look for 
AM> your problems.

Good test.  I tried it, and it connects to port 25 when it's 'echo', but not
when it's postfix.  So, I guess that it's the culprit.


So now what do I do?

Gryphon, aka Darryl Perry
Sysop of Cyberia BBS, Kingwood, TX.
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