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Jwp wrote:
> A couple hours later and I finally managed to get a response from the
telnet
> connection both through {# telnet localhost 25} as well as { telnet LAN IP
> 25} from another machine on my home network. However when I tried {telnet
> mydomain.com 25} from another machine on the network I received a
connection
> refused. Please excuse my ignorance but, is this working as it should?
> Refusing outside access to my smtp server or is this an indication that my
> ISP is filtering traffic to port 25? Also now when I send mail to
> usr@xxxxxxxxxxxx it doesn't get returned to the sender but it also hasn't
> shown up in the usr inbox either? Is this a sign that my ISP is working
> against me? Do you all know of a way I can tell if my ISP is the
problem?
>
> If so can I set up the MX record to send mail to port other than 25 say
> 10001 and then forward port 10001 through my router to port 25 on the
linux
> box?
Type 'dig yourdomainname MX'
(and substitute your domain name) and see what you get. You do have a
static ip? If you do, you need to get your ISP to setup DNS entries for
your domain, and add an MX record. It would help if you posted your
actual domainname.
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