On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:35 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I am using pfsense and believe firewall rules are in order. Would a port > being in Stealth Mode instead of Open create the problem. The only thing I > can come up with is that Embarq and Centurytel combined and after the merger > may have blocked the incoming port. > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:28 PM, drew wymore <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:20 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I have a very basic configuration of postfix installed on ubuntu Server >> > 8.10. The problem I am having is that I can send email to other email >> > addresses but I cannot receive emails. I followed the steps in the >> following >> > link to set up my server; >> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixBasicSetupHowto . >> > >> > I can use netcat and telnet to send emails on the local machine. I do not >> > know if the ISP is blocking port 25 or not as I was able to run postfix >> on a >> > previous server using the same ISP. Using GRC's Shields UP I ran a port >> scan >> > and it showed Port 25 as stealth mode, will this prevent smtp from >> working >> > correctly? >> > >> > >> > Thank you >> > >> > Randy >> > _______________________________________________ >> > PLUG mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > >> >> Firewall rules? >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >
Can you telnet from a remote machine that's not on the local network? Maybe grab an account at free shell to test? Stealth mode implies it's being filtered in some way I think. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
