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From: William Anderson <neuro@well.com>
To: users@lists.bitfolk.com
Sent: Mon, October 4, 2010 6:39:50 PM
Subject: Re: [bitfolk] external machines cannot see port 25??

On 4 Oct 2010, at 16:59, Max B wrote:
> [snip]
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> Why does
>
> % telnet exoco.net 25
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> from an external machine not work (it hangs), while it does function at the local? 
>
> What am I missing??

You're missing the fact that you appear to be connecting via Uni of Soton's resnet network, who block tcp/25 outbound and recommend you use smtp.soton.ac.uk for sending mail instead.  Best to do testing from outwith a traffic-managed/filtered network.

-n
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