are you allowing traffic on the lookback interface in input? iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT Remember traffic to localhost will go through OUTPUT, and then will reach INPUT. On 9/27/05, Alejandro Cabrera Obed <sisdis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi people, > > I have a Linux machine with a webmail server (smtp+imap+http), and I have a > iptables script in order to protect the host. > > By default I deny all the traffic. Then, I enable all new connections > (--syn) from every hosts (-s 0/0) to ports 25, 80 and 143. > > But whern a try to log in via web, I can enter the webmail interface and I > get a message teling "IMAP timeout". > > The connection from the webmail to the imap server is from eth0 to eth0, I > suposse Im forgetting something like this..... > > Can you help me with a iptables rule in order to connect to my imap server > from the webmail interface, both in a unique machine ??? > > Thanks a lot, > > > Alejandro > > >
