On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 14:07, Michael Holt wrote: > On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 13:37, Jason Williams wrote: > > > $ telnet 65.246.197.34 25 > > Trying 65.246.197.34... > > Connected to 65.246.197.34. > > Escape character is '^]'. > > 521 qxssmtp2.qualxserv.com access denied > > Connection closed by foreign host. > > Ok, question -- why would a server let you telnet into port 25? I would > think that a connection like that would get dropped for sure.
Try watching a mail session with ethereal sometime... it's just telnet to port 25, though a server is faster and has fewer typos than a human. You can send mails though, -- I posted an example of how to do it earlier today, with the Dead Kennedies quote, but I think it's still floating around in Sympa. > > > You may want to consider upgrading to a new version of Postfix. There have > > been quite a few enhancements as well as security features that have > > changed since this release. A quick note: If you do upgrade, note that the > > way rules are applied (UCE specifically) into Postifx 2.x are slightly > > different than 1.x. > > I think I'm going to hold off upgrading pf for just now; time > constraints and all. I'm planning on migrating the server to mdk9.2 > here soon - just waiting to make sure enough release bugs are squashed > :) > > > Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any other questions. > > > > Jason > > Thanks so much for your help! -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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