On 20 Feb 2003, Mystical Dluxe wrote: > Hi all... Sorry if any of this has been covered. I tried to search the > archives, but didn't see it. > > I am running RH8 on a 600mhz PIII desktop with tons of disk and RAM. > I'd like to be able to receive email directly on that box (e.g. > me@thatbox.domain.edu) so I opened up SMTP on the firewall. The > computer, however, is refusing email inbound from other hosts. If I > nmap the computer, I see that port 25 is 'up' by in status closed. First step: does thatbox.domain.edu have an MX record on a DNS server pointing to your computer? Second step: is port 25 open in your firewall? (sounds like it is closed) After these steps are done, then take a second look at incoming mail. Mark -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
