That's it. I didn't think the ISP would block outgoing port 25. Thanks to all that responded. Sean
-----Original Message----- From: Bryan Whitehead [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 5:00 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix receives OK, but won't send to internet Many ISP's route all outgoing port 25 traffic to a black hole (as in they drop the packets not going to their smtp servers). You just need to configure postfix to push all your mail to your ISP's mail server. On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Sean Lester wrote: > Greetings, > I have a partially working Postfix installation. It delivers > messages on the localhost. It'll receive messages from the internet. > But, it will not send messages to any hosts on the internet. I've > checked my iptables and port 25 is open both ways. Also, each error > I've gotten has been that the target smtp server has "Timed Out." Can > anyone point me in the right direction? Postfix? Firewall? Host or > Domain Name resolution? Other? > > Thank you for your time. > > Sean > > -- Bryan Whitehead Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
