[NTLUG:Discuss] Sendmail auth

[Bug Hunter]

On Thu, 29 May 2003, Richard Humphrey wrote:

> Sorry for the long post but I am really trying to understand why this
> isnt working.
> 
> I have a machine set up at home (RedHat 8 fully up2date) and it is
> running sendmail. I can receive mail just fine and send mail locally on
> my LAN to both internal and external recipients. I have set up SMTP AUTH
> (i think) and want to be able to send mail from outside my network using
> my smtp server and authenticating against my username. I believe all
> this is set up correctly according to this website
> http://www.joreybump.com/code/howto/smtpauth.html. When I try to send an
> email i get the following error:
> 
> The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'xxx.homedns.org',
> Server: 'xxx.homedns.org', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No,
> Socket Error: 10054, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
> 

  telnet to port 25 on that machine.

  If it is refused, then your network provider is blocking port 25 access 
at their routers to prevent spam.

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