[ale] I think my port 25 might be blocked.

[Trey Sizemore]

On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 17:15 -0500, Michael Hirsch wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Trey
> > Sizemore
> > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 4:52 PM
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > Subject: [ale] I think my port 25 might be blocked.
> > 
> > How can I tell if port 25 on my machine is blocked?  I can send e-mail
> > from using Evolution and kmail without incident, but sylpheed-claws
> > gives me an error connecting to the smtp server.  I've verified that
> the
> > smtp server info is correct.  It does not require authorization.
> Using
> > telnet to try to connect to the port yields:
> > 
> > linux:/home/trey/sylpheed-claws # telnet localhost 25
> > Trying 127.0.0.1...
> > telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
> > Trying ::1...
> > telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
> > 
> > I don't have a firewall enabled.  Where in suse do I check this out?
> 
> I would guess that evolution and kmail are talking directly to your ISP,
> not localhost.  In any case, double check their settings for sending
> mail and try to duplicate them in sylpheed.
> 
> Michael

Sorry, that should have been:

trey at salamander:~/Desktop> telnet mail.alltel.net 25
Trying 166.102.165.30...
Connected to mail.alltel.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 ispmxmta06-srv.alltel.net ESMTP server ready Mon, 31 Jan 2005
16:29:06 -0600
quit
221 ispmxmta06-srv.alltel.net ESMTP server closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.