Re: firewall outgoing mail

elie wrote:
guys can someone verify that this is the right syntax

iptables -I FORWARD 1 -p tcp --dport 25 -j DROP

I'm afraid to add it and have my remote server disappear from the
internet.


On Sep 29, 8:03 pm, elie <mazz...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
is this right?

iptables -I FORWARD 1 -p tcp --dport 25 -j DROP

i only have a remote server so I don't want to firewall myself out of
it, can someone help me.

It is if you want to insert it as the first rule. Are you sure you don't want any outbound mail to go anywhere, though? That's what the rule will do. It won't make your servers inaccessible for management purposes, in any case.
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