/* HINT: Search archives @ http://www.indyramp.com/masq/ before posting! /* ALSO: Don't quote this header. It makes you look lame :-) */ On 17 Jul 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ip address of the mail server (mailhost.domain.edu) And I'm using > ipmasqadm portfw to forward the connections to the internal mailserver. > I can't ping mailhost from outside the firewall, nmap shows no ports open, > and I can't telnet mailhost.domain.edu 25 either (connection refused) mailhost.domain.edu is not an IP address. It's a domain name and must map to an IP address before it can be used. It sounds like the IP address it maps to does not point to your firewall machine (it would be need to be set up as an alias) or there's some other routing problem. -- Michael Best _______________________________________________ Masq maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Admin requests can be handled at http://www.indyramp.com/masq-list/ -- THIS INCLUDES UNSUBSCRIBING! or email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE read the HOWTO and search the archives before posting. You can start your search at http://www.indyramp.com/masq/ Please keep general linux/unix/pc/internet questions off the list.
