Broken SMTP :-/
I have a strange problem: I use gentoo-linux and after merging latex my hole system behaves strange.
Although I could receive and send emails for a long while, now i am not able to send them - but receiving works fine. I do not use any firewall or s. (like iptables) and so I trie a 'telnet $HOSTNAME 25' which ended in following error: telnet darkstar 25 Trying 146.140.4.78... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused But also a 'telnet $HOSTNAME' gives the same error... What does this mean? So I tried to make a 'telnet $ISP_SMPT_ADRESS 25' and receive: telnet smtp.tiscali.de 25 Trying 62.26.116.130... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused But if I connect with ssh to another machine I get from there: telnet smtp.tiscali.de 25 Trying 62.26.116.130... Connected to smtp.tiscali.de. Escape character is '^]'. 220 webmail.tiscali.de ESMTP Service (6.7.019) ready So I think MY port 25 doesn't work! (remember I can receive emails and surf the web, so I have some TCP connections) Could someone help me? Thx, Robi |
first what is your email server software? if it can recieve emails from other email servers, this means your tcp 25 port is working.
does "telnet 127.0.0.1 25" work? |
No, 'telnet 127.0.0.1 25' doesn't work, too. I use Mozilla 1.5! I thought that sending mails is about port 110.
Why is there this difference : telnet pop.tiscali.de WORKS FINE, BUT... telnet smtp.tiscali.de DOESN'T WORK! I think here lies the answer, but I don't know further.... Do you? |
sorry, i thougth u have an eamil server. but u just have an email client software mozilla. it is really strange. u cannot telnet to port 25 of your isp's email server. but it works for other computers which is in same network. i really cannot undertand what s happining.
call your isp. maybe their firewall doesnt allow u to connect smtp. |
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