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Date:      Mon, 12 May 2008 09:55:42 -0500
From:      Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey@goldmark.org>
To:        brad davison <demonichandextensions@hotmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: telnet to mail server from outside does not get 220, telnet from inside works
Message-ID:  <A83C99EB-EE3A-4300-9FFC-545859393132@goldmark.org>
In-Reply-To: <BLU116-W309DE8D93C9B937FFF824AA1CC0@phx.gbl>
References:  <BLU116-W309DE8D93C9B937FFF824AA1CC0@phx.gbl>

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On May 12, 2008, at 9:04 AM, brad davison wrote:

> But if I try the same thing from 'outside' the firewall I get:
>
> %telnet email.xxxxxxxxxxxx.com 25
> Trying 67.x.x.x...
> Connected to email.xxxxxxxxxxx.com.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.

Have you checked to see what your mail logs say about those connection  
attempts?

Cheers,

-j




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