Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:24:13 -0500 From: Ken Stevenson <ken@allenmyland.com> To: David Banning <david+dated+1140624411.1fb9f0@skytracker.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail port 8025 conundrum Message-ID: <43F5F8AD.50109@allenmyland.com> In-Reply-To: <20060217160651.GA22179@skytracker.ca> References: <20060217160651.GA22179@skytracker.ca>
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David Banning wrote: > I have a strange problem where port 8025 is blocked on my server. > > Trying to connect with telnet, here is the response; > > david$ telnet banning.ca 8025 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host > > Yet I host 6 other domains on the same server, and all the others seems > to be fine; > > david$ telnet optexstaging.com 8025 > Trying 209.161.205.12... > Connected to optexstaging.com. > Escape character is '^]'. > 220 3s1.com ESMTP tmda-ofmipd > quit > > It makes no difference whether I enable the firewall or not. > Strangely I -can- connect to banning.ca via port 25 or 110; > > david$ telnet banning.ca 25 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to banning.ca. > Escape character is '^]'. > 220 3s1.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.8p1/8.12.8; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:06:04 -0500 (EST) > > To my knowledge, there is nothing that stops a connection to a specific > > The only change to my system is that I registered -all- 7 of the domain > names with a new outside DNS server. It could be that there is some > stale DNS going on, but DNS would be the same for all ports, would > it not? > > Looking at the erroneous message, I see that banning.ca is being directed > to 127.0.0.1 - why would that happen? > It works from the outside world: ken@abbott2 > telnet optexstaging.com 8025 Trying 209.161.205.12... Connected to optexstaging.com. Escape character is '^]'. 220 3s1.com ESMTP tmda-ofmipd quit 221 Bye Connection closed by foreign host. ken@abbott2 > telnet banning.ca 8025 Trying 209.161.205.12... Connected to banning.ca. Escape character is '^]'. 220 3s1.com ESMTP tmda-ofmipd quit 221 Bye Connection closed by foreign host. -- Ken Stevenson Allen-Myland Inc.
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