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Date:      Mon, 24 Jun 2002 15:10:05 -0400
From:      David Banning <david@skytrackercanada.com>
To:        Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: can't telnet anything on port 25
Message-ID:  <20020624151005.B22849@skytrackercanada.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020624185034.GA10465@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>; from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk on Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 07:50:35PM %2B0100
References:  <20020624140920.A22529@skytrackercanada.com> <20020624185034.GA10465@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>

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On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 07:50:35PM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 02:09:20PM -0400, David Banning wrote:
> > 
> > I can't seem to telnet any server on port 25;
> > 
> > su-2.03# telnet skytrackercanada.com 25
> > Trying 209.188.66.29...
> > telnet: connect to address 209.188.66.29: Operation timed out
> > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
> > su-2.03# 
> 
> Seems that nothing is listening on the SMTP port --- since you aren't
> firewalled, I guess you aren't running an MTA --- sendmail, qmail,
> postfix or the like.  You can see what ports daemons are listening on
> by running `netstat -a' or `sockstat'.

I believe now that the host ISP is blocking our box making any inquiries
on port 25 to any server but thiers.

Thanks for the tip of the netstat -a and sockstat commands they will come
in useful.

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