Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 22:56:35 +0100 From: usleepless@gmail.com To: "Josh Paetzel" <josh@tcbug.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail setup Message-ID: <c39ec84c0702061356t4b77c530sba5cb96a33a012e6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200702061544.36041.josh@tcbug.org> References: <c39ec84c0702061335r17f5b61y8f93c68cdd6e2ef5@mail.gmail.com> <200702061544.36041.josh@tcbug.org>
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Guys, ( unfortunatly there were no girls ), On 2/6/07, Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> wrote: > On Tuesday 06 February 2007 15:35, usleepless@gmail.com wrote: > > List, Guys and Girls, > > > > although i know this is not a specific freebsd issue, i will ask > > the question nevertheless. > > > > normally, i sent my outgoing email through my isp ( relay.x.z ). > > this server seems to be down at the moment. > > > > so after working with bsd for years, i decided to dive into > > sendmail. i read a lot, setup the stuff and tested sh*t. > > > > so basically, it seems to work fine: i can send messages between > > machines on the LAN, but messages to the outside(gmail, other > > domains) timeout. > > > > i ran tcpdump on the external interface, and the only thing that > > seems to happen is my machine contacting the other machines, but > > they never reply!: > > > > 22:24:25.763774 x.y.z.4091 > gsmtp183.google.com.smtp: S > > 1796563309:1796563309(0) win 57344 <mss 1460> (DF) > > > > how come? how do i find out? i checked /var/log/security and stuff > > is not being blocked by ipfw. > > > > sendmail reports: > > stat=Deferred: Operation timed out with gsmtp163.google.com. > > > > i have masqueraded(sendmail) with my isp-assigned-domain-name ( > > ipXXzYYY.provider.country ), and with another domain i own. > > > > am i missing something obvious? > > > > thanks in advance for any help, > > > > regards, > > > > usleep > > It's highly possible your ISP is blocking port 25 to everything but > their mailservers in an effort to keep their customers from running > open relays and other nasty spam software. thanks a bunch. it got me thinking. 1. i have an adsl-account with ip-connectivity only ( no mail, no news, no mailserver, no nothing ) 2. i used to send my email using a relay-server coming with a hosted domain i administer ( hosted by an isp abroad ). so that was not working anymore. so i tried sendmail, which did not work either. so i pinged "smtp.myisp-withnoservices.country" ( which previously never existed ). bingo! now it exists. so they decided to block port 25, and add this relay-server. thanks! regards, usleep
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