Have you verified that your firewall is answering the SMTP requests from outside? (why would a firewall even need to have an SMTP server embedded?) If not, then your are most likely port fowarding SMTP to another machine, in which case you should be able to change that forwarding to the IMail machine. Check your firewall very carefully, looking for an SMTP protocol redirection to another machine.
What kind of firewall is it? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sharyn Schmidt Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 10:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: NOABUSE:[IMail Forum] Smtp auth still This is what I get when I telnet into port 110 +OK X1 NT-POP3 Server todhunter.com (IMail 6.05 312548-2) So, I can conclude that my firewall is doing something wacked out. I am NAT'ing my public IP address for mail to the actual internal address of the IMAIL machine..I wonder if this is what is causing the problems. If it is, there isn't anything else I can do at this point because the way things are currently set up, the mail server MUST be inside. Ah well, live and learn! Moving the mail to a server placed on the DMZ of the firewall is on my list of things to do, as soon as the budget permits me to buy a new server :) Thanks again for everyone's patience and help! Sharyn -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 9:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: NOABUSE:[IMail Forum] Smtp auth still >Why am I getting two totally different responses from my mail server >when I telnet in? This one, below, is what I get when I telnet in from >my network... > >220 X1 NT-ESMTP Server todhunter.com (IMail 6.05 88820-1) That is the correct one, generated by IMail. >And this is what I get when I telnet in from the outside, dialed up to >a local ISP..Len is right..it doesn't even look like it's the same mail >server. > >220 SMTP service ready That's definitely, positively not IMail. It looks like a broken firewall (a mail server is supposed to response with "220 hostname ...", but IMail does it wrong too, so don't worry too much that the firewall is broken). >I am telnetting into the same machine! Same port, same everything. It isn't the same machine. You are using the same IP, but either they are being routed to different machines, or the firewall is interfering. Try telneting to port 110 (POP3), and see if it says "IMail" in the greeting. If so, the packets are being routed correctly, but the firewall (or something else) is intercepting the SMTP traffic. -Scott --- Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for IMail. http://www.declude.com Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ We are the worldwide producer and marketer of the award winning Cruzan Single Barrel Rum, judged "Best in the World" at the annual San Francisco Wine and Spirits Championships, and the artisan tequilas of Porfidio 100% Agave Tequilas, judged "Best Tequila" four years running by the Wine Enthusiast magazine. For more information, please click (go to) <html><a href="http://www.cruzanrums.com";>http://</a><a href="http://www.cruzanrums";>www.cruzanrums.com</a></html> Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
