The problem is your first line in tcp.smtp.cdb. Remove the :deny. You
want to allow the connections but NOT set the RELAYCLIENT environment
variable which is the default behaviour.
On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Ed Weinberg wrote:
> I am trying to run qmail on my firewall. Until now we were picking up
> the mail by pop using fetchmail.
>
> qmail on the sending machine tells me that the firewall started to
> respond, then dropped. When I telnet from inside the firewall to port
> 25 it works fine.
>
> When I telnet to port 25 from outside the firewall I get:
>
> Trying x.x.x.x...
> Connected to [servername].
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> Here is how tcpserver and qmail are started:
> /usr/local/bin/tcpserver \
> -x /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb \
> -u 91 -g 90 0 smtp \
> /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd &
>
> I know we should be using private ip addresses inside, but we are not
> (blame it on the previous administration), and this should not cause
> this problem. We want people on the inside (the 100 network) to be
> able to use the firewall as a relay...and that works.
> Here is the content of tcp.smtp which holds the rules compiled to
> tcp.smtp.cdb:
> :deny
> 127.0.0.1:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
> 100.0.:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
>
> I have the domain I am accepting mail for in locals.
> I have the domain I am accepting mail for in rcpthosts.
> I do not think that my ipfwadm commands are stopping it.
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> If you need the machine name to look at it from the outside let me
> know.
>
> Thanks.
> -- Ed Weinberg,
> Detel, Inc., An Internet Presence Provider
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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