From: "Dr. Georg Bohnert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> there are to error messages in the log files:
>> error message1: could not establish smtp connection (#4.4.1)
>
>you are right, i can get no telnet and also no smtp connection to the mail
>server but ftp works quite well. do you think that the firewall on the
>mx-server in our LAN is responsiple for this behaviour? Is it possible to
>configure qmail to relay mail to the mx-server and not any further?
> the command netstat -nlp indicates that qmail-tcpserver is listening on
>port 25 (sendmail is removed via Yast)
>
Since you are able to ftp to the machine, routing appears to be ok between
the two machines, and that indeed something is filtering out your connection
attempts. Your best bet would be to contact the person in charge of the
firewall and als him to change the config. It's perfectly possible to have
qmail relay to another server. Note that - since there is some packet
filtering going on on your network - you may also have to ask the firewall
guy to make sure that your qmail server's port 25 is accessible to any other
server you want connecting to your system. From what I understand, qmail is
running correctly on your system. You could try connecting to it via telnet
localhost 25, or from a computer on the same LAN just to make sure.
-Filip
