From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 16 16:40:33 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48BFA16A49E for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:40:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists-fbsd@shadypond.com) Received: from mx-outbound01.easydns.com (mailout.easydns.com [205.210.42.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2681F13C46B for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:40:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists-fbsd@shadypond.com) Received: from slider.shadypond.com (69-12-173-117.static.humboldt1.com [69.12.173.117]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx-outbound01.easydns.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5C928050 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:40:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from slider.shadypond.com (slider.shadypond.com [192.168.1.11]) by slider.shadypond.com (postoffice) with ESMTP id 6EEF7B67C0 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:40:29 +0000 (UTC) From: Pollywog To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:40:28 +0000 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200709161640.28759.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> Subject: Re: Telnet & smtp X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:40:33 -0000 On Sunday 16 September 2007 16:28:02 Bill Banks wrote: > How do I turn on telnet for smtp? Im installing qmail > Telnet for SMTP? Are you trying to connect to port 25 (SMTP) using a telnet client for testing purposes? Don't install telnetd (telnet server), just use a telnet client: telnet 25 If the SMTP server is running and not blocked by a firewall, you should be able to connect to it that way on port 25.