[PLUG] Postfix issues

[drew wymore]

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:35 PM,  <randy.rowlette at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using pfsense and believe firewall rules are in order. Would a port
> being in Stealth Mode instead of Open create the problem. The only thing I
> can come up with is that Embarq and Centurytel combined and after the merger
> may have blocked the incoming port.
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:28 PM, drew wymore <drew.wymore at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:20 PM,  <randy.rowlette at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >  I have a very basic configuration of postfix installed on ubuntu Server
>> > 8.10. The problem I am having is that I can send email to other email
>> > addresses but I cannot receive emails. I followed the steps in the
>> following
>> > link to set up my server;
>> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixBasicSetupHowto .
>> >
>> > I can use netcat and telnet to send emails on the local machine. I do not
>> > know if the ISP is blocking port 25 or not as I was able to run postfix
>> on a
>> > previous server using the same ISP. Using GRC's Shields UP I ran a port
>> scan
>> > and it showed Port 25 as stealth mode, will this prevent smtp from
>> working
>> > correctly?
>> >
>> >
>> > Thank you
>> >
>> > Randy
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>> Firewall rules?
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Can you telnet from a remote machine that's not on the local network?
Maybe grab an account at free shell to test? Stealth mode implies it's
being filtered in some way I think.