Re: can nott telnet to port 25

1999-12-09 Thread Fred Backman
It's probably something you've already done, but have you checked the qmail logs? Ning Wu wrote: > All the other ports work normally. FTP, Telnet, etc > > Here is my /etc/inetd.conf > ftp stream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -L -i > -o > telnet stream tcp nowait

Re: can nott telnet to port 25

1999-12-08 Thread Dave Sill
Ning Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >All the other ports work normally. FTP, Telnet, etc > >> > But when I try to connect from other host. >> > $telnet myhost 25 >> > trying 24.12.XX.XX... >> > >> > It just hangs there. I can't figure out what's wrong. I don't have special >> > settings of TCP Wra

Re: can nott telnet to port 25

1999-12-08 Thread Ning Wu
All the other ports work normally. FTP, Telnet, etc Here is my /etc/inetd.conf ftp stream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -L -i -o telnet stream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd #gopher stream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd gn # do not uncom

Re: can nott telnet to port 25

1999-12-08 Thread Fred Backman
Can you reach your Linux host on any other port? If you have access to tools such as traceroute or ping, try these and see if you can reach your mail host from the external host. Also try the reverse, e.g. try reaching the external host from inside the mail host. Ning Wu wrote: > Hi. > > I am a

can nott telnet to port 25

1999-12-08 Thread Ning Wu
Hi. I am a newbie of Mail world. I am trying to install Qmail on my Red Hat box. I installed qmail and can telnet localhost 25 and everything looks fine. But when I try to connect from other host. $telnet myhost 25 trying 24.12.XX.XX... It just hangs there. I can't figure out what's wrong. I do