On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 16:50 -0700, JD wrote: > 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. ---- that's all you need Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- 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
