Re: Weird firewall setting for email (SMTP)?

From: Kenneth (jjjkkklll_at_cox.net)
Date: 09/03/05 

Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 12:05:33 -0700

On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 03:23:33 -0400, Adam McCarthy wrote:

> I have what is called Webmin-firewall which helps you configure iptables.
>
> What I did was set the default to drop but set what ports to accept. I
> opened port 25 UDP and TCP and double checked it but I still cannot
> access exim4 outside my network unless I unblock everything.
>
> Does exim4 need some other port then 25?

Set your rules to log everything that is dropped or rejected, then
use the logs to see what additional traffic might be needed.

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