On 08/17/2010 04:35 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 08/17/2010 02:28 PM, JD wrote: >> So, why would any mail client/server send an email message >> to my ip address on a port other than 25? > They never would. > >> Seems that I would need to configure the dydns account to >> forward the email to me on that alternate port, no? > Yes. I merely meant that if you configured the firewall to direct port > 8025 to your sendmail server's port 25, you wouldn't have to take the > step of reconfiguring sendmail. You'd only need to set up an external > MX at DynDNS, configure your dns MX record to point to their servers, > and configure your router to forward the appropriate port. No small > configuration, but one that doesn't modify sendmail. > > On the other hand, if your ATT firewall's configuration is simply to > forward all ports, then you *would* have to modify sendmail. I normally > don't do that. I forward only specific ports, and most firewall will > allow you to set the destination port to something other than the original. This router does not provide for a port to forward to. It only provides for forwarding a port or range of ports to a lan ip address. As I said, it is a crappy router. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
