Hi Stephen, Its may not be enough to stop the service(it should be service iptables stop),you must flush the tables using #iptables -F before you telnet,but bear in mind the filtering may be from your service provider.I am almost certain its a firewall issue. Regards Tunde --- Stephen Liu <satimis@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for your response. > > As ROOT > > # telnet 66.218.86.254 25 > Trying 66.218.86.254... > telnet: connect to address 66.218.86.254: No route to host > # service ipchain stop > ipchain: unrecognized service > > B.Regards > Stephen > > > > Babatunde Adebayo wrote: > > I may be due to smtp filtering-either your firewall or your service > providers'. > > Try "telnet 66.218.86.254 25 (i.e mx4.mail.yahoo.com) you should get a > +ve > > reponse if smtp is not filtered. > > > > Hope this helps some. > > > > Tunde > > > > > > --- Stephen Liu <satimis@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>Hi Jay, > >> > >>Thanks for your advice. > >> > >>Jay Crews wrote: > >> > >>>- snip - > >>> > >>>Do you get a mailer-daemon back? > >>>That should give some clue. > >> > >>Sorry I don't catch your question. > >> > >> > >>>Did you check /var/log/maillog? > >> > >>Hereinunder is an extract of 'maillog' > >> > >>..... > >>..... > >>Apr 11 15:28:33 localhost sendmail[1988]: h3B6hi1J001466: > >>to=<satimis@xxxxxxxxx>, ctladdr=<root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (0/0), > >>delay=00:44:49, xdelay=00:00:31, mailer=esmtp, pri=120298, > >>relay=mx4.mail.yahoo.com. [66.218.86.254], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: > >>mx4.mail.yahoo.com.: No route to host > >>Apr 11 15:28:33 localhost sendmail[1988]: h3B6p61J001531: > >>to=<satimis@xxxxxxxxx>, ctladdr=<root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (0/0), > >>delay=00:37:27, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=120485, > >>relay=mx4.mail.yahoo.com., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: > >>mx4.mail.yahoo.com.: No route to host > >>Apr 11 15:28:33 localhost sendmail[1988]: h3AEx9Hp002264: > >>to=<satimis@xxxxxxxxx>, ctladdr=<root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (0/0), > >>delay=16:29:24, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=210483, > >>relay=mx4.mail.yahoo.com., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: > >>mx4.mail.yahoo.com.: No route to host > >>..... > >>.... > >>Apr 11 15:28:37 localhost sendmail[1988]: h3AEYVHp001838: > >>to=<satimis@xxxxxxxxx>, ctladdr=<root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (0/0), > >>delay=16:54:06, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=270507, > >>relay=mx4.mail.yahoo.com., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: > >>mx4.mail.yahoo.com.: No route to host > >> > >> > >> > >>>How are you sending the mail? With a GUI app? > >> > >>I sent the test mail from Ximian as well as Kmail on KDE desktop > >> > >>1) Ximian > >> > >>(Setting -1) > >>Tools --> Mail Settings > >>'Sending Mail' > >>Authentication Type 'Password' > >> > >>Clicking 'Send', following warning popup > >> > >>XError > >>gpg: skipped 'satimis@xxxxxxxxxxxx': secret key not available > >>gpg: signing failed: secret key not available > >> > >>Never asked for password > >> > >>(Setting -2) > >>Tools --> Mail Settings > >>'Sending Mail' > >>Clicking 'Check for supported types' it selected 'NT Login' > >>on the droplist 'Password' fadeout > >> > >>Clicking 'Send', following popup > >> > >>Xenter Password > >>Please enter your GnuPG passphrase for > >> > >>After entering 'Password' following warning popup > >>gpg: skipped ?:malformed user id > >>gpg: signing failed: malformed user id > >> > >>2) Kmail on KDE desktop > >>The test-mail sent with record on 'Sent-mail' but the recipient can't > >>receive it > >> > >> > >> > >>>Try sending from mutt, or if you are using sendmail try, > >>> > >>>echo "Tesing my mail..." | sendmail -v someuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > >># echo "Testing my mail" | sendmail -v satimis@xxxxxxxxx > >>satimis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Connecting to localhost.localdomain. via relay... > >>220 localhost.localdomain ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.5/8.12.5; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 > >>14:43:44 +0800 > >> >>> EHLO localhost.localdomain > >>250-localhost.localdomain Hello localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1], > >>pleased to meet you > >>250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES > >>250-PIPELINING > >>250-8BITMIME > >>250-SIZE > >>250-DSN > >>250-ETRN > >>250-DELIVERBY > >>250 HELP > >> >>> MAIL From:<root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> SIZE=16 > >>250 2.1.0 <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>... Sender ok > >> >>> RCPT To:<satimis@xxxxxxxxx> > >> >>> DATA > >>250 2.1.5 <satimis@xxxxxxxxx>... Recipient ok > >>354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself > >> >>> . > >>250 2.0.0 h3B6hi1J001466 Message accepted for delivery > >>satimis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Sent (h3B6hi1J001466 Message accepted for delivery) > >>Closing connection to localhost.localdomain. > >> >>> QUIT > >>221 2.0.0 localhost.localdomain closing connection > >> > >>Kindly advise. Thanks in advance. > >> > >>B.Regards > >>Stephen > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>Psyche-list mailing list > >>Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! 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