On 10/16/01 10:07 PM, Larry Stone at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 10/16/01 9:22 PM, Pete Stephenson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> Sunday, I installed a Linksys DSL router. SIMS remained where it was. The >>> Linksys router was configure to make the system with SIMS the "DMZ host" >>> meaning all traffic from outside to well-known ports is directed to that >>> host. >> >> Interesting. I run SIMS from behind a Linksys router (the one with >> the 4-port switch and wireless antennas, cost a pretty penny, but is >> worth every cent) and didn't bother with the DMZ. >> >> Since I have local access to the machine and just needed it >> accessible to the world in case I needed to send mail from elsewhere, >> I just told the router to forward ports 25 and 110 to the box with >> SIMS (i.e. I don't need to change passwords remotely, so I didn't >> open the port). It works flawlessly. > > I'll try that next time I try it (probably this weekend). I can't imagine it > would make a difference though.
Well, I did a quick test tonight. If I sent directly to a problem recipient, it went fine. But when the message went through Macjordomo (mailing list software), I saw the same problem of hanging and timing out when closing the message (I should have mentioned earlier that Macjordomo was involved). >>> For the most part, everything worked as expected. Except mail to two >>> different destinations wouldn't go out most of the time. The biggest problem >>> was to mediaone.net where it would never go. I set SIMS logging to "All >>> info" where I found that the messages were getting sent, then it appears >>> timing out after sending the terminating dot to close out the message. >> >> Weird. >> >> >>> I went back to using IPNetRouter and the messages went out promptly. >>> >>> Any ideas what might be going on? >> >> What version of the firmware for your router are you using? If not >> the latest version, considering upgrading -- just get a TFTP client >> (I use MacTFTP) and download the drivers from the Linksys site. > > I believe it's the latest. I can't check right now though (to avoid > reconfiguring everything else, whatever is acting as the router gets the .1 > address. So I can't put the Linksys back on-line without shutting down > IPNetRouter and switching some cables around). 1.39.1 (dated 7/19). There is a later version out. -- Larry Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stonejongleux.com/ ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
