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

[Trey Sizemore]

On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 17:33 -0500, Trey Sizemore wrote:
> 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.

Just wanted to report this was a goof on my end as I was correctly using
mail.alltel.net elsewhere and switched to smtp.alltel.net in this
instance.

Sorry for the noise.