[olug] Prying open port 25

[Dave Thacker]

On Monday 29 May 2006 22:31, Dave Weis wrote:
> If it's running postfix, some distributions tell it to only listen on
> loopback. If telnet localhost 25 shows signs of life, edit
> /etc/postfix/main.cf and look for inet_interfaces:
> inet_interfaces = all
> #inet_interfaces = $myhostname
> #inet_interfaces = $myhostname, localhost
> #inet_interfaces = localhost
>
> The last line is what you probably have, the first line is what you need.
>
> dave
>
Thanks for the pointers.  I found two mentions of inet_interfaces, one near 
the top of main.cf and another down in the body.  I set them both to "all" 
and ran postfix reload.  Still no joy.   I did verify that a telnet to 
localhost 25 will get a response from postifx.   If anyone has another 
thought, please drop me a line.    

> On Mon, 29 May 2006, Dave Thacker wrote:
> > Stock SuSE 10.0 install with Postfix.   I'm working at setting up an
> > email server.
> >
> > I can't telnet to my mail server on port 25 from another box within the
> > network.  So far I've:
> > -disabled the firewall
> > mail:~ # rcSuSEfirewall2 status
> > Checking the status of SuSEfirewall2                                
> > unused
> >
> > -found a reference to a setting in /etc/sysconfig/mail.  Set
> > SMTPD_LISTEN_REMOTE="yes"
> >
> > -verified postfix is running and will send local (to the server) mail
> >
> > I'm still getting "Connection Refused".  Haven't spotted anything in the
> > logs. Any ideas?
> >
> > Dave
> >
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