Thanks Paul, just what I need. As I said earlier I've never used Telnet other than copying a command line without understanding what I was doing. I'll try that tomorrow. Funnily enough - I got straight in with telnet mail.paulmcnett.com 25.
Once again - ProFox rocks! John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > > Don't bother calling the isp and wasting your time until you've found > out if the isp is indeed blocking port 25. Find out by opening a command > window and issuing: > > """ > c:\>telnet mail.paulmcnett.com 25 > Connecting to mail.paulmcnett.com...Could not open connection to the > host, on port 25: Connect failed > """ > > Okay, so my ISP (AT&T DSL) is blocking port 25. Actually, it could be > one of my firewalls but I happen to know that isn't the case.[1] Point > being, I can't get out onto the internet on port 25 (smtp). > > If I had gotten out, I'd have seen: > > """ > c:\>telnet mail.paulmcnett.com 25 > Connecting to mail.paulmcnett.com... > 220 mail.paulmcnett.com ESMTP Postfix > """ > > If you find that your isp does block port 25, your options include > setting up a relay smtp server. I've set one up for my use, that listens > on port 8025 (try telnetting to mail.paulmcnett.com 8025). This allows > certain clients of mine behind restrictive isp's to still have > mailservers in-house that relay over 8025 to my server that actually > sends the mail. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
