I'm still not sure why I can't access Port 25 from remote. I turned off
IPTables and my Host claims they do not block any ports. I'm using Fedora
10. But I just switched the port to another one to get around this.

Now that I changed my SMPT port to 4500. I can telnet in just fine. I used
the commands you gave me and it asked for authentication. I found the
commands to do an auth login and logged in using my username and password
converted to base code. It works great so far :)

However, I am not sure about one thing. If I have to do an auth login, what
would that setting be called in a normal email client? Is it just "SMTP
Requires Authentication"? 

Thanks a lot for the help once again
- Kurtis



Stefano Bagnara-2 wrote:
> 
> Kurtis Mullins ha scritto:
>> Well, I tried switching my port over to 4500. Now I can access it.
>> Unfortunately I don't think I get a proper response because my email
>> client
>> cannot use it to send mail. When my email client tests it though, it
>> seems
>> like its going to work fine. Also, I can telnet into it (port 4500) from
>> home and it lets me connect.
> 
> Telnetting you should see:
> 
> 220 <host> SMTP Server (JAMES SMTP Server <version>) ready <DATE>
> 
> and then you can try with:
> EHLO <yourhost>
> MAIL FROM: <[email protected]>
> RCPT TO: <[email protected]>
> DATA
> yourmessage
> .
> QUIT
> 
> If this works then you have to check your client settings because james
> is working fine.
> Stefano
> 
> 
>> Stefano Bagnara-2 wrote:
>>> Kurtis Mullins ha scritto:
>>>> Okay, I tried a traceroute and it works fine. I can connect to my port
>>>> 80
>>>> (http), 110 (pop), 8080 (tomcat) all just fine. The problem occurs when
>>>> I
>>>> attempt to connect to port 25 -- that is when I get the "No route to
>>>> host"
>>>> error. However, if I SSH into the box and then do a "telnet localhost
>>>> 25",
>>>> it works just fine.
>>>>
>>>> I'm going to take your advice though and make sure my port isn't
>>>> blocked.
>>>> My
>>>> ISP doesn't seem to block it but perhaps it could be an IPTables
>>>> configuration issue as someone else mentioned.
>>> It is probably blocked from your home provider and your university.
>>> It is highly suggested for providers to block all traffic to port 25
>>> except for their own smtp relaying server, so that they can check email
>>> abuse and block them. It is not an uncommon practice.
>>>
>>> Stefano
>>>
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