Can't connect to port 25 from another system

[Patrick W. Barnes]

On Friday 21 April 2006 20:32, Debbie Deutsch <fedoralist at ddeutsch.org> wrote:
> Perhaps someone can help me with this problem.  I have sendmail running
> on an FC5 system.*  It works to the extent that I can send email from
> that system to other systems in other domains.  The problem is that
> other systems cannot initiate a connection to it.  Here are the key
> facts that I have been able to confirm:
>

Are you getting a "connection refused" error or a timeout?  The former would 
suggest that there isn't a firewall problem and that sendmail simply isn't 
listening to the right interface and port.  The latter would suggest a 
firewall issue.

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