Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 00:14:29 -0700 From: "Matthew Feadler" <thetrueelf@hotmail.com> To: mrg8n@virginia.edu Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mail Weirdness on 4.5-RELEASE Message-ID: <F166vJFRFWMozgYLows0000093d@hotmail.com>
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Yes, Sendmail is running, as is inetd (which launches qpopper). I can telnet to 25 and 110 from within my net, but not from without. -ELf ---------------------------------------------------------- Matthew A. Feadler Herd Technologies www.herdtech.com matthew@herdtech.com ----Original Message Follows---- From: Mike Galvez <mrg8n@virginia.edu> To: Matthew Feadler <thetrueelf@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Mail Weirdness on 4.5-RELEASE Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 14:40:08 -0400 On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 09:55:51AM -0700, Matthew Feadler wrote: > Thanks in advance to anyone who can help with this: > > Here's 'uname -a': > FreeBSD mail.herdtech.com 4.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE #0: Mon Jan 28 > 14:31:56 GMT 2002 > murray@builder.freebsdmall.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 > > I'm running Sendmail 8.12.2 on FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE for my mail server, and > I'm experiencing an > odd problem, or, rather, suite of problems. > > The server uses a private IP, and sits behind a NAT router. Internally, I > can SSH, Telnet, etc., but my mail programs timeout when attempting to > connect via SMTP or, for that matter, POP (using qpopper). Externally, I > cannot SSH, Telnet, etc. _and_ cannot connect via SMTP or POP. Is sendmail running? [mrg8n@fa1 mrg8n]$ dig @NS1.COXMAIL.COM herdtech.com mx ; <<>> DiG 9.1.0 <<>> @NS1.COXMAIL.COM herdtech.com mx ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 59202 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 3 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;herdtech.com. IN MX ;; ANSWER SECTION: herdtech.com. 3600 IN MX 10 mail.herdtech.com. ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: herdtech.com. 3600 IN NS ns1.coxmail.com. herdtech.com. 3600 IN NS ns2.coxmail.com. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: mail.herdtech.com. 3600 IN A 68.14.240.33 ns1.coxmail.com. 120 IN A 68.99.120.55 ns2.coxmail.com. 120 IN A 68.99.120.48 ;; Query time: 63 msec ;; SERVER: 68.99.120.55#53(NS1.COXMAIL.COM) ;; WHEN: Fri Sep 6 14:32:38 2002 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 143 [mrg8n@fa1 mrg8n]$ telnet mail.herdtech.com 25 Trying 68.14.240.33... telnet: connect to address 68.14.240.33: Connection refused > > Certainly, I suspect this is an OS issue, but, you see, almost nothing's > changed except the physical location of the equipment. The problem started > after a move. The router's the same, the private IPs are the same, etc. > The only difference from a networking standpoint are my public IPs, but DNS > is done correctly, as is NAT. > > I'd be happy to provide whatever info is necessary to help diagnose the > issue. I've run out of things to check, but reinstallation is simply not > something I care to do just yet. > > Also, please copy thetrueelf@hotmail.com on any replies. I'm not > subscribed to the list (for reasons of volume), and the address below is > hosted on my broken server! > > Thanks again, > > -ELf > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Matthew A. Feadler > Herd Technologies > www.herdtech.com > matthew@herdtech.com > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > "Nonchalantly," said the poet, > "For if you wear your gravity, > you'll have nothing left to show." > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world?s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Michael Galvez Computer Systems Sr. Engineer Office: 434-982-2975 Financial Analysis E-Mail: mrg8n@virginia.edu University of Virginia Messenger Mail: Carruthers Hall "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat -- Lewis Carroll ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "Nonchalantly," said the poet, "For if you wear your gravity, you'll have nothing left to show." _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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