On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 05:19:46AM +1100, Duncan McDonald wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan Ianson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:49 AM > Subject: Re: Newbie question: Exim - trouble receiving incoming emails > > > ... > > > > >It was a common practice in my area that ISP's would block ports like > >25 so > >you couldn't run servers on a home account, or to prevent spam from > >originating on their IP block. I don't think that is the case now but > >that is > >something you may want to check. Telneting into your mail server on > >port 25 > >may give you clues as to what is happening when an outside server tries > >to > >connect to your host. > > > > I get this when I try to telnet to port 25 remotely: > > ~$ telnet encomium.com.au 25 > 220 host.encomium.com.au ESMTP Exim 4.50 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 05:14:53 +1100
so you can get to the machine, i.e. the port is not blocked. can you manually mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] from that telnet session? check http://www.yuki-onna.co.uk/email/smtp.html for info on this. A
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