[nflug] RHEL 5.1/PostFix Refusing Remote Connections

Robert Wolfe robertwolfe at localnet.com
Wed Dec 26 15:52:53 EST 2007


Brad Bartram wrote:
> First thing - have you configured postfix to listen to port 25 from 
> the world?
>
> When you connect from outside your local network, do your logs show a 
> connection?  If so, what are the appropriate entries and do they give 
> any reason for the rejection?  If not, what exactly happens when you 
> connect over port 25 - do you get a real error from the application, 
> does the connection just hang with no answer, or is it a connection 
> refused?
>

Seems like I found my problem.  It was set to listen on the 'localhost' 
interface only instead of 'all.'  Did a restart and it works now.  
Thanks for everyone's suggestions.


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