>Well, it gets worse. Now when I telnet to port 25, >it's not giving me the correct messages back: > >>telnet <my server> 25 >Trying <my ip address>... >Connected to <my reverse dns name>. >Escape character is '^]'. >^] >telnet> quit >Connection closed.
Brings us back to dns resolution. Ensure that server has a working dns. I like to run a dnscache for the qmail servers to use. If the servers are not doing a lot of work I run it on the same server as the qmail install. Bind had been known to give problems with qmail. Shane