Charles,
Here is an excerpt from the following support page @
Cox.net(http://support.cox.net/custsup/email/email_info.shtml):
"Additional Email Settings Information
Please note that Cox requires that all email messages sent from
our network go through Cox outbound (SMTP) servers. Any attempt to
send email using a 3rd party outbound email server will result in an
error message (on your email software), and the message will not be
delivered!
The use of Cox email servers is required in order to reduce the
amount of unsolicited email, or SPAM, that is sent from our network.
SPAM is not only considered a nuisance by our valued customers,
but also potentially degrades our email service by consuming
network and server resources. SPAM also increases the potential for
computer related virus attacks. Finally, excessive amounts of
SPAM originating from our network can result in other ISP's
refusing to receive any email, including legitimate messages, from our
network."
So it looks like you are going to be unable to use your own SMTP server
with their ISP, but anyone with a provider that allows outgoing port 25
should. If you would like you can e-mail me privately and I can check
if your SMTP server is indeed up and running.
Hope this helps,
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:26 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [toaster] HELP...Toaster only accepting smtp connects from
localhost :(
Its cox.net. But I wasn't able to send from hotmail, my workplace, and
a couple of other external unix hosts I tried :(
The server itself is dedicated hosting with no port restrictions.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Maag" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:21 PM
Subject: RE: [toaster] HELP...Toaster only accepting smtp connects from
localhost :(
> Charles,
> Who is your ISP? Recently Cox, and others have started blocking
> outgoing port 25 connections to everything except for their servers.
> This would be a pretty good explanation as to why it suddenly stopped
> working. Hope this helps,
>
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:17 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [toaster] HELP...Toaster only accepting smtp connects from
> localhost :(
>
> First I would like to say thanks for putting together such an easy to
> install package. The directions were concise and the end result was
> my toaster was up and working great.
>
> But somehow...today it isn't. Here are the symptoms:
>
> I can connect to anything from localhost, including webmail. I can
> use sqwebmail to send a message to myself and I get it. I can telnet
> to localhost 25 and the smtpd responds. However telnetting to it from
> anywhere outside the network fails (IT WAS WORKING YESTERDAY!).
>
> I'm hoping I have provided enough info here that should help someone
> spot my problem. If you need to know anything else just say the word.
>
> Here is the contents of my control files, with the actual domain names
> changed to "test"
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [/var/qmail/control]# cat locals
> mail.test.com
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [/var/qmail/control]# cat me
> mail.test.com
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [/var/qmail/control]# cat virtualdomains test.com:test.com
> test2.com:test2.com
> test.info:test.info
> anothertest.com:anothertest.com
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [/var/qmail/control]# cat rcpthosts
>
> test1.com:test1.com
> test2.com:test2.com
> test.info:test.info
> anothertest.com:anothertest.com
> mail.test.com
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [/var/qmail/control]# cat me
> mail.test.com
>
> Running processes:
> root 15428 0.0 0.0 1284 308 ? S 21:44 0:00
supervise
> qmail-send
> qmails 15430 0.0 0.0 1336 364 ? S 21:44 0:00
> [qmail-send]
> qmaill 15431 0.0 0.0 1296 300 ? S 21:44 0:00
> /usr/local/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail
> root 15432 0.0 0.0 1284 308 ? S 21:44 0:00
supervise
> qmail-smtpd
> root 15434 0.0 0.0 1284 308 ? S 21:44 0:00
supervise
> qmail-pop3d
> qmaill 15437 0.0 0.0 1296 296 ? S 21:44 0:00
> /usr/local/bin/multilog t /var/log/qmail/smtpd
> root 15439 0.0 0.0 1300 304 ? S 21:44 0:00
> qmail-lspawn
> ./Maildir/
> qmailr 15440 0.0 0.0 1296 292 ? S 21:44 0:00
> [qmail-rspawn]
> root 15444 0.0 0.0 1280 304 ? S 21:44 0:00
supervise
> qmail-pop3ds
> qmailq 15446 0.0 0.0 1288 316 ? S 21:44 0:00
> [qmail-clean]
> qmaill 15450 0.0 0.0 1292 296 ? S 21:44 0:00
multilog
> t
> /var/log/qmail/pop3d
> qmaill 15452 0.0 0.0 1292 296 ? S 21:44 0:00
multilog
> t
> /var/log/qmail/pop3ds
> root 16068 0.0 0.1 1700 604 pts/3 R 22:06 0:00 grep
> qmail
> root 15429 0.0 0.0 1284 308 ? S 21:44 0:00
supervise
> log
> root 15433 0.0 0.0 1284 308 ? S 21:44 0:00
supervise
> log
> vpopmail 15436 0.0 0.0 1352 472 ? S 21:44 0:00
> [tcpserver]
> vpopmail 15441 0.0 0.0 1312 328 ? S 21:44 0:00
> [tcpserver]
> root 15443 0.0 0.0 1280 304 ? S 21:44 0:00
supervise
> log
> root 15445 0.0 0.0 1280 304 ? S 21:44 0:00
supervise
> log
> vpopmail 15451 0.0 0.0 1304 324 ? S 21:44 0:00
> [tcpserver]
> root 15424 0.0 0.1 2076 1012 ? S 21:44 0:00 /bin/sh
> /command/svscanboot
> root 15426 0.0 0.0 1324 316 ? S 21:44 0:00 svscan
> /service
> root 15427 0.0 0.0 1276 264 ? S 21:44 0:00
> readproctitle
> service errors:
> ......................................................................
> ..
> ....
>
........................................................................
> ....
>
........................................................................
> ....
>
........................................................................
> ....
>
........................................................................
> ....
> ....................
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [/var/qmail/control]# telnet localhost 25
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 mail.test.com ESMTP
> quit
> 221 mail.test.com
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> >From external host:
> $ telnet mail.test.com 25
> Trying x.x.x.x...
> (time passes, I give up)
> ^C
> $
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [/var/qmail/control]# cat /etc/tcp.smtp
> ## To update this database type "tcprules tcp.smtp.cdb tcp.smtp.tmp <
> tcp.smtp" 127.0.0.1:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [~]# /sbin/iptables -L
> Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
> target prot opt source destination
>
> Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
> target prot opt source destination
>
> Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
> target prot opt source destination
>
> Chain acctboth (0 references)
> target prot opt source destination
>
>
