Sendmail & MailScanner - can't connect from public addresses

[Christian Campbell]

> Finished setting up the latest MailScanner and Sendmail, 
> however, although I
> can connect to the mail server via telnet to port 25 from any 
> machine on the
> local subnet, it does not respond from any request from 
> public IP addresses.
> There is no firewall on this server. Nmap shows port 25 as 
> open.  When I
> open port forwarding from two other firewalls (from different 
> ISP address
> ranges) to the mail server and I get no response, when 
> telnetting from the
> public side to the smtp port.
> 
> It appears that either Sendmail or MailScanner is only 
> accepting connections
> from the local subnet.
> 
> Any ideas on how to fix this?
> 

I'm running sendmail and MailScanner also.  I've recieved outstanding
support from the MailScanner listserv.  Send an email to:
jiscmail at jiscmail.ac.uk with "join mailscanner your-first-name
your-last-name" in the body (sans quotes).  I'm sure they can get you up and
running in no time.

Best of luck,

Christian

Christian Campbell
Systems Engineer, Sair LCP, N+, A+, i-Net+
Information Technology Department - Systems
Bruegger's Enterprises
Desk: 802-652-9270
Mobile:  802-734-5023
Email: ccampbell at brueggers dot com

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