On Wed January 10 2007 10:19, 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 > > -Duncan
That looks good, exim is waiting to do what it's told. I'd have a good look at exim's setup and make sure exim knows that mail for that domain should be accepted. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]