email them and ask :) My ISP has a web page (toolbox) that allows port blocking to be turned off or on - defaults to on to protect new accounts, but allows users to turn it off (25, 80, 139 & 445 - only all on or off unfortunately) as needed.
BillK On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 02:07 -0300, Scott Llewellyn wrote: > I believe that my ISP has port 25 closed. I have it opened externally in my > firewall and it is still showing as being closed to the internet. Could > this have an effect on recieving mail? and if so, how should I fix that? > > Thanks > > Scott Llewellyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Llewellyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 9:51 PM > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Home mail server problems. > > > > alright, this is what I got form dig www.xploited.ca MX > > > > > > ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> www.xploited.ca MX > > ;; global options: printcmd > > ;; Got answer: > > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41 > > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > > ;www.xploited.ca. IN MX > > > > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: > > xploited.ca. 7171 IN SOA ns16.zoneedit.com. soacontact.zoneedit.com. > > 1109230065 14400 7200 950400 7200 > > > > ;; Query time: 62 msec > > ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1) > > ;; WHEN: Tue Jul 05 21:48:32 2005 > > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 97 > > > > > > > > and here it is just dig www.xploited.ca > > > > > > ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> www.xploited.ca > > ;; global options: printcmd > > ;; Got answer: > > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41 > > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 1 > > > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > > ;www.xploited.ca. IN A > > > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > > www.xploited.ca. 300 IN A 142.177.224.149 > > > > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: > > xploited.ca. 3701 IN NS ns13.zoneedit.com. > > xploited.ca. 3701 IN NS ns16.zoneedit.com. > > > > ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: > > ns16.zoneedit.com. 649 IN A 216.110.187.226 > > > > ;; Query time: 140 msec > > ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1) > > ;; WHEN: Tue Jul 05 21:49:54 2005 > > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 115 > > > > > > Let me know what you think!! > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Scott > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 9:23 PM > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Home mail server problems. > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Scott Llewellyn wrote: > > > > > > > I recently purchsed my own domain and have been meaning to set up my > own > > > > person email servers. I use zoneedit for my dns, and from what I > > understand > > > > you can set up mail through them as well. > > > > > > > > i decided to try to set it up today and i have almost finished, but im > > > > having problem with one thing. I followed the Home Email system > tutorial > > on > > > > gentoo-wiki.com and I've managed to get outgoing email working fine. > I > > can > > > > send to any address from [EMAIL PROTECTED] and all the headers do seem > > > > proper. What I can't do is send back to that email address from other > > email > > > > address, eg a hotmail account. It doesn't bounce back, it just is > never > > > > recieved. > > > > > > > > I can connect to the server over imap and smtp on my internal network > as > > > > well. I do have a firewall in front and I have not opened any email > > ports > > > > (25 and imaps), but I tried sending from one internal user to another, > > and > > > > that didn't work either. As well, there are no logs of blocked > requests > > on > > > > thoes ports. > > > > > > > > I'm not very experience with this accpect of networking. I've set up > web > > > > servers before, but never and email server and I don't even know where > > to > > > > look for problems. > > > > > > > > > > > > If anyone requires any config information please let me know, but I > did > > > > follow that tutorial very closly. > > > > > > > > > > > > I did not setup fetchmail, but from what I could tell that was only > user > > for > > > > recieving emails from external servers, eg your isps email. > > > > > > When I did this, I found setting up my mx records very tricky. Can you > > > post the output from dig? It might point out suspicious settings. > > > > > > Michael > > > -- > > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > > > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
