On Sunday 08 Jun 2003 12:27 pm, Derek Jennings wrote:
> On Sunday 08 Jun 2003 9:31 am, Jan Verstuyft wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using Mandrake 9.1 and want to be able to receive mails on that
> > machine (more for experimenting that real use :)   ).
> >
> > Now, I've allready got the sending part up and running, but if I send an
> > email back to that adress, I doesn't bounce anywhere, but I don't get it
> > on my machine.
> >
> > Could u give me a clue?
> >
> > I attached the only file that I allready changed manually.
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Jan
>
> I can ping to that host, and you have an Apache Web server (unconfigured)
> running on Port 80, but Port 25 (SMTP) is closed.
> So the obvious place to start looking is your firewall.
> Edit your /etc/shorewall/rules file, and check the  smtp protocol is listed
> in the line
> ACCEPT net fw tcp     list_of_ports/protocols
>
> Then 'shorewall restart' in a root terminal
>
> HTH
>
> derek

Two more things.  I see from your Apache welcome page you do not seem to have 
a hostname defined for this server. It is identifying itself as 10.0.0.10
I know Postfix gets upset if there is no valid hostname. Are you sure Postfix 
is actually running The logs in /var/log/mail  will let you know its status.

I also had second thoughts about your firewall. By default shorewall will 
block pings, yet I was able to ping your host. So are you running without a 
firewall, or with a different firewall?

(BTW: I note that you also have ssh running. While ssh is considerably more 
secure than telnet, it is still only as good as the password you have chosen. 
A weak password can easily be broken. This article will tell you how to make 
ssh bombproof http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/openssh.php )

derek
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