On Tuesday 05 February 2008 10:02:42 Brian McKerr wrote:
----- "Anne Wilson" cannewilson@googlemail.com wrote:
This (CentOS5.1) box is my new imap server. Using system-config-security-level I opened port 143 tcp, and mail is readable throughout the LAN. I want a Roaming account on my laptop so that I can read mail while away from home. I have set up the account in kmail, and I know that that part is correct, as it worked on my old, less-secured, imap server. However, I haven't been able so far to make a connection.
Do I need 143 udp open? What else must I do to allow me to connect over WAN?
Hi Anne,
is your firewall setup with the appropriate NAT/port forwarding and how about DNS ?
The firewall in the router is correctly set up. I'm not so sure about the software firewall. I'm tempted to turn it off completely until I'm sure everything works correctly, then try to bring it back in. At least that way I'd be sure I was tackling one problem at a time.
DNS - local dns is by means of /etc/hosts. The same setup worked perfectly, without any additional configuration, on the old server which had no software firewall, depending entirely on the router firewall.
Anne