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[Linux Linux]

Ahmed,

Try tcptraceroute. you can use tcptraceroute utility to trace where is the
port 25 blocked.
you may need to download a rpm package for tcptraceroute and install it.

I have heard that Rogers does not allow running servers on home internet. I
believe Bell does.

Thanks
Pankaj

On 1/16/07, Ahmed Mohamed <ajmoham at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Jeremy L. Gaddis and all.
>
> I was suspecting all along that the problem might be with outbound port 25
> blocked but I was not completely sure. To get around the problem, I have
> since tried other ports like cyrus2 587. In addition, I configurered
> SMART_HOST with  (`smtp.broadband.rogers.com')dnl   (I am not sure if it
> is
> correct the
> one - Rogers folks would'nt tell you). No luck.
>
> By the way, does anyone know of CANADIAN ISP provider that allow
> port-forwarding
> like mail, http, and the like. Your suggestions are welcome.
>
>
>
> On 1/15/07, Gaddis, Jeremy L. <jeremy at linuxwiz.net> wrote:
> >
> > On 1/14/07, Ahmed Mohamed <ajmoham at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I have a problem with sendmail. I am setting up a mail server at home
> > and
> > > I am using Fedora 6 with sendmail  version sendmail-8.13.8-2. I
> > succeeded
> > > receiving mail from
> > > outside but I am unable to send outside mail (SMTP problem?). The
> > following
> > > is the output generated
> > > by the mail log daemon:
> >
> > Chances are good that your ISP is filtering traffic outbound on 25/TCP
> > to servers other than their own.  You may have to configure sendmail
> > to use your ISP's mail servers as a "smart host".
> >
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