It is rumored that on or about 2002-09-05 8:09 AM -0700, Tod Fitch 
wrote as follows:
>On Thursday, September 5, 2002, at 07:52  AM, Chris Wagner wrote:
>
>>Well, I don't know that we're running a firewall in our router, but it is
>>running NAT.
>>
>>Would that have anything to do with it?
>
>Unless you have your NAT box set to forward the SMTP port to the 
>SIMS box outsiders will not be able to send you mail.

Some routers allow you to have one host "exposed" in the DMZ. Since 
the server was running web, FTP etc, the router must either have some 
or all well known ports forwarded to the LAN-based server or the 
server is exposed in the DMZ.

-- 
Neil

Neil Herber, RGD
Corporate info at http://www.eton.ca/
Eton Systems, 15 Pinepoint Drive, Nepean, ON, Canada K2H 6B1
Tel: (613) 829-4668


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