On Fri, 11 May 2001, Mike Nielsen wrote: > There are some sites that I cannot send mail to, the connection always times > out. If from my linux firewall I telnet to the given smtp server port 25 it > won't connect. However if I telnet from a machine behind the firewall (The > natted boxes get the same IP as the router) I connect just fine. It isn't > every smtp host just a few that I have run accross. It dosn't seem to be any > particular type of remote host either, some sendmail, some exchange. > > I can't seem to figure out what is going on. > > I have disabled the firewall and get the same result. > > Anyone ever run accross this type of thing before? Do you have ip_masq_autofw or a similar module forwarding ports 1024: into your internal network? -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500