Re: [CentOS] Not receiving mail

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 22:34, Steve Clark sclark@netwolves.com wrote:

Hmm... I am not having any problem connecting from the U.S.

ping 178.63.65.136 PING 178.63.65.136 (178.63.65.136) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 178.63.65.136: icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=140 ms 64 bytes from 178.63.65.136: icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=142 ms 64 bytes from 178.63.65.136: icmp_seq=3 ttl=49 time=138 ms

telnet 178.63.65.136 25 Trying 178.63.65.136... Connected to 178.63.65.136. Escape character is '^]'. ^] telnet> close Connection closed.

Exactly the problem! It pings fine (so I know that connections can be established over the physical wires) and on the IP address telnet answers. However, telnet to port 25 (smtp) with the domain name fails. Why could that be?