Hi, thanks for the mail Patrick. The sec rule is completly open set as "all hosts all services for both sides". The log says that the exchange server is trying to connect ot the external servers, even the mails are released to internet, but not the smtp port is found open. Where could be the trouble? thanks James >From: patrick kerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Patrick James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: FW1 is letting the traffic out but not the port starts >'listening'.... >Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 10:21:39 -0700 (PDT) > >Is the any any any rule in both directions?? What are >you seeing in the logs when you attempt to make these >connections?? Please provide more information for a >specific fix to your problem. > >PK > >--- Patrick James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a FW1 version 4.1 SP2 installation on WinNT > > 4.0 SP6. My network is a > > simple one where I have couple of servers on the LAN > > and a Router, the FW1 > > pretty sits between the LAN Servers and the Router. > > I configured the proper > > NAT and security policy settings absolutely no > > problem with that. > > > > The firewall's SMTP port is not 'listening' on > > behalf of the internal > > Exchange mail server even though I staticaly NAT-ed > > it with a global IP > > addrs. I tried telnet-ing it, but it doesn't go > > through, but I could browse > > from this exchange server. I could even telnet port > > 25 of DMZ's NIC card of > > Exchange server, showing the service is running > > perfect. > > > > I could find the mails flowing out my network to > > hotmail.com but not the > > other way. The current security policy is > > 'all-all-all'. Any helpers > > please.... > > > > thanks > > James > > >_________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > > http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > - > > [To unsubscribe, send mail to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.] > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 >a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ >- >[To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with >"unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.] _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ================================================================================ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================================================
