do you have a firewall blocking port 25? anthony ----- Original Message ----- From: "technomage" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 5:38 AM Subject: additional problem [was Re: setting up a real pop server at home] > ok. > I'm not sure what I did, but I managed to do it. > postfix is working fine for internal mail, but now it presents "connection > refused" to any attempt to send mail to it from the outside world. I've > checked the config files 4 times and I can't seem to find the problem. > > a telnet to the proper port from a remote machine yields "connection refused" > and a telnet from inside (to localhost) gives me a banner. what am I missing > here? > > Technomage > > On Wednesday 26 June 2002 04:37 am, you wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-06-26 at 03:25, technomage wrote: > > > ok, > > > I've been searching some of the online docs and I'm not really close to a > > > solution here. I'd like to setup and run a home based pop3 server to > > > operate in concert with my smtp server (which is already working). so > > > far, the mandrake website seems of little help. > > > > > > anyone happen to have a solution to this? > > > it would make my life easier if I could check my e-mail from inside the > > > lan on a box instead of logging into the gateway box, then using pine to > > > check my mail (its a hassle). > > > > ---- > > On redhat, it is the imap daemon (uw-imap) that provides pop2, pop3, > > pop3s, imap & imaps services. Install the imap package and configure the > > above via xinetd and your firewall accordingly. Mandrake may have used > > something other than uw-imap. > > > > Craig > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > -- > I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or > numbered! > My life is my own - No. 6 > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss