Re: telnet

From: Gareth Ansell (ceeceeextwosixfour_at_coventry.ac.uk)
Date: 09/10/03 

Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:11:58 +0100

On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 13:11:43 +0800, wd wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I suspect the ISP has blocked port 25 of the IP I used, so I would like to
> test it from a host outside the ISP network. Does any one know where I can
> find a free telnet login account such that I can ping and traceroute back to
> my server to confirm it? Or any other newsgroup appropriate for this
> question?
>
> Appreciate for your reply.
>
> Rgds,
> wd

Surely you would want to telnet to port 25 on your IP. Pinging or
traceroute wouldn't tell you whether or not port 25 was being blocked.

If you give me your IP I'll run nmap on it and tell you everything I
can see ;-)

gareth Ansell

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