On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:04 AM, brad davison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there something I need to configure in telnetd or sendmail to allow > 'outside' IP addresses to telnet to the mail server and get a 220 response? > > When I 'telnet localhost 25' i get: > > email# telnet localhost 25 > Trying ::1... > Connected to localhost.xxxxxxxxx.com. > Escape character is '^]'. > 220 email.xxxxxxxxx.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.8/8.13.8; Mon, 12 May 2008 > 10:01:39 -0400 (EDT) > > > > But if I try the same thing from 'outside' the firewall I get: > > %telnet email.xxxxxxxxxxxx.com 25 > Trying 67.x.x.x... > Connected to email.xxxxxxxxxxx.com. > Escape character is '^]'. > Connection closed by foreign host.
That looks like TCP wrappers dropping the connection. Have you checked /etc/hosts.{allow,deny}? man 5 hosts_access for details. Josh _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"