So, does that mean that the port is not open by me but rather it's my isp who opened 
the port? Would this be a security breach on my machine? Thanks for everyone's help 
man.

--- Sean Higgins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> I tried telnetting and here is what I got:
> 
> $ telnet 210.193.25.172 25
> Trying 210.193.25.172...
> Connected to 210.193.25.172.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 tomts15.bellnexxia.net ESMTP server (InterMail vM.5.01.04.19 
> 201-253-122-122-119-20020516) ready Thu, 13 Mar 2003 20:25:05 -0500
> quit
> 221 tomts15-srv.bellnexxia.net ESMTP server closing connection
> 
> You can see you ISP is filtering port 25.  I have seen other ISPs do
> this in 
> an attempt to stop spam...
> 
>                                    Sean
> 
> On March 13, 2003 07:38 pm, leeweiqi wrote:
> > Ok...telnetting from a outside machine  (210.193.25.172 is my host
> ip):
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] sysconfig]# telnet 210.193.25.172 25
> > Trying 210.193.25.172...
> > telnet: connect to address 210.193.25.172: No route to host
> >
> > Does that mean no one can connect to port 25 on my machine then?
> >
> > --- Paul de Vrieze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Thursday 13 March 2003 15:56, Pius Lee wrote:
> > > > I'm not too sure bout that...how can I find out? Sounds
> evil...
> > >
> > > Just try to telnet to your host on those ports from an outside
> > > machine.
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
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