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Date:      Sun, 22 Apr 2001 15:23:44 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net>
To:        dotslash <dotslash@linif.org>
Cc:        Keith Spencer <bsd2000au@yahoo.com.au>, <freeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: about how mail routing works
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104221519040.88695-100000@husten.security.at12.de>
In-Reply-To: <014901c0cb17$56275b00$2903010a@atg.altayer.com>

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On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, dotslash wrote:

> > Before you update your DNS records, you can test your secondary server
> > by sending mail from there or telneting directly to port 25 and seeing
> > if it will relay mail to your primary server.
>
> hmm, can telnet be blocked from entering port 25 and still have smtp
> working?

Nope.

It doesn't have anything really to do with telnet.  If a port is open,
like smtp (25), then you can connect to it.

By "telneting", I just meant connect to the port, but you don't have
to use telnet, you could use /usr/ports/net/netcat for example.

-Paul.


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