On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 22:06, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org> wrote: > The daemon is bound to localhost only. > Yes, that would be a problem! >> What could I be missing? The logs are clean. > > postconf -e 'inet_interfaces = all' > > service postfix restart > Thanks! However, even after the change and confirming that postfix is listening properly: [root at mercury ~]# postconf -e 'inet_interfaces = all' [root at mercury ~]# service postfix restart Shutting down postfix: [ OK ] Starting postfix: [ OK ] [root at mercury ~]# netstat -anp --tcp --udp | grep LISTEN | grep 25 tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 7816/master [root at mercury ~]# I still cannot cannot connect with telnet: ✈dcl:~$ telnet sharingcenter.eu 25 Trying 178.63.65.188... Trying 178.63.65.136... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out ✈dcl:~$ telnet mail.sharingcenter.eu 25 Trying 178.63.65.136... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: No route to host ✈dcl:~$ ping sharingcenter.eu PING sharingcenter.eu (178.63.65.188) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from static.188.65.63.178.clients.your-server.de (178.63.65.188): icmp_req=1 ttl=50 time=85.0 ms 64 bytes from static.188.65.63.178.clients.your-server.de (178.63.65.188): icmp_req=2 ttl=50 time=189 ms 64 bytes from static.188.65.63.178.clients.your-server.de (178.63.65.188): icmp_req=3 ttl=50 time=92.0 ms ^C --- sharingcenter.eu ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2002ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 85.069/122.275/189.675/47.745 ms ✈dcl:~$ Why might that be? -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com