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From: Bryan Whitehead <driver@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix receives OK, but won't send to internet
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:10:32
Message-Id: Pine.LNX.4.63.0509221358510.32189@beavis.megahappy.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Postfix receives OK, but won't send to internet by Sean Lester
1 Many ISP's route all outgoing port 25 traffic to a black hole (as in they
2 drop the packets not going to their smtp servers). You just need to
3 configure postfix to push all your mail to your ISP's mail server.
4
5 On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Sean Lester wrote:
6
7 > Greetings,
8 > I have a partially working Postfix installation. It delivers
9 > messages on the localhost. It'll receive messages from the internet.
10 > But, it will not send messages to any hosts on the internet. I've
11 > checked my iptables and port 25 is open both ways. Also, each error
12 > I've gotten has been that the target smtp server has "Timed Out." Can
13 > anyone point me in the right direction? Postfix? Firewall? Host or
14 > Domain Name resolution? Other?
15 >
16 > Thank you for your time.
17 >
18 > Sean
19 >
20 >
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RE: [gentoo-user] Postfix receives OK, but won't send to internet Sean Lester <SFLester@×××××××××.net>