On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 13:59 -0600, Randall Donaldson wrote:
> This is my first attempt at creating a mail server.  I'm running postfix and 
> dovecot on Fedora 7.  So far the process has been very
> enlightening.  I currently have the server able to send and receive messages 
> for a domain from the server machine itself.  In
> addition, I can SMTP from any client set up on the LAN by logging in.  
> However, I cannot retrieve messages from remote clients on
> the LAN.  Thunderbird reads "Connected to" {servername} across the bottom, 
> then times out.  I tried to telnet to port 110 on the
> server, and I no response, just hangs.  Not sure where the problem lies.  
> Thanks for any assistance.  

Stop Dovecot and try telnetting to port 110 again. Does it still hang?
If so, change your firewall settings.

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