Date: 28 Sep 2005 09:22:32 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail question on gateway install Message-ID: <44ek79iaxz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20050926190356.16101.qmail@web33602.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20050926190356.16101.qmail@web33602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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steve lasiter <slas7713@yahoo.com> writes: > This is a follow up to an issue I still have > concerning my FreeBSD 5.4 gateway. I've done a basic > install and have disabled inetd and sendmail. My mail > server is behind my gateway. I can send mail out but > the gateway is blocking incoming request on port 25. I > have the ipf rules and ipnat rules in place but the > gateway never allows it through. I can telnet to the > 192.x.x.1 address behind the gateway fine so I know my > postfix is up and running. I can do a port scan via > the internet and see that 25 is opened but when I try > to telnet into the public ip on 25 I never get in and > get a connection refused. When I check with "tcpdump > -vnt port 25" and run the web port scan I see it > catching the packets. But when I run the tcpdump and > try to telnet in on 25 it never reaches it. There is > also output in my maillog even though sendmail is > disabled via rc.conf. Can anyone give me a heads up on > what configuration files need modifying to open this > up? It sounds obvious that your firewall rules are *not* in place to allow SMTP through. You didn't show them. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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