It's probably something you've already done, but have you checked the qmail logs?
Ning Wu wrote:
> All the other ports work normally. FTP, Telnet, etc
>
> Here is my /etc/inetd.conf
> ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -L -i
> -o
> telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd
> #gopher stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd gn
>
> # do not uncomment smtp unless you *really* know what you are doing.
> # smtp is handled by the sendmail daemon now, not smtpd. It does NOT
> # run from here, it is started at boot time from /etc/rc.d/rc#.d.
> smtp stream tcp nowait qmaild /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env tcp-env
> /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
> #nntp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.nntpd
>
> On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Fred Backman wrote:
>
> > Can you reach your Linux host on any other port? If you have access to tools
> > such as traceroute or ping, try these and see if you can reach your mail host
> > from the external host. Also try the reverse, e.g. try reaching the external
> > host from inside the mail host.
> >
> >
> > Ning Wu wrote:
> >
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > I am a newbie of Mail world. I am trying to install Qmail on my Red Hat
> > > box. I installed qmail and can telnet localhost 25 and everything looks
> > > fine.
> > >
> > > But when I try to connect from other host.
> > > $telnet myhost 25
> > > trying 24.12.XX.XX...
> > >
> > > It just hangs there. I can't figure out what's wrong. I don't have special
> > > settings of TCP Wrapper.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Ning
> >
> >
