On Thursday 16 May 2002 9:12 am, Eugene Joubert wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I use this script:
>
> iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -i eth0 -d EXTIP -s 0/0 --dport 25 -j
> DNAT --to intip
>
> iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp -i eth0 -o eth1 -m state --state
> NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -d intip --dport 25 -j ACCEPT
>
> I am thinking a routing problem cause I have tried just about everything I
> know. Using tcpdump I can see that packet coming in and being forwarded to
> my intip and port 25. That's as far as I get....

Are you saying that tcpdump shows you the packet going to the mail server, 
but doesn't show a reply coming back again ?

If so, you need to check the routing on yur mail server - does it know to use 
the firewall's internal IP as the gateway address to the rest of the world ?

Hope this helps,



Antony.

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