New problem with firewall

Marcio A. Regalado zkyzlayer
Fri Dec 9 16:02:33 PST 2005


Alma J Wetzker wrote:
> Marcio A. Regalado wrote:
> 
>> Net Llama! wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, Marcio A. Regalado wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi guys, I'm again asking for your help...
>>>>
>>>> I've a FC4 linux box running behind a firewall... the thing is that the
>>>> FC4 box has an e-mail server and an apache server running on it and I
>>>> need them to be accesible on-line I've a Dynamic IP so I get all the
>>>> trafic redirected by no-ip, and the apache server runs fine, the web
>>>> page is ok on-line but I can't receive e-mail from internet can you 
>>>> guys
>>>> please help me with this issue
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What does "can't receive e-mail from internet" mean exactly?  Is the 
>>> email
>>> bouncing?  If so, what's the bounce look like?
>>>
>>> Which MTA are you using?  What's the domain for the email that you're
>>> using?
>>>
>> it means no e-mail arrives no bounce, no queued, no message at all I'm 
>> using the software and configuration from de qmailrocks page (qmail :P)
> 
> 
> Could you be blocked by your ISP?  I know Comcast will not let me run a 
> mail server.  They already have huge problems with spam, that could just 
> overwhelm the internet if it were allowed.  (Think a windows spambot 
> that could work without going through the ISP mail servers, <shudder>.)
> 
> Are any of the other ISP's more liberal about server policies than Comcast?
> 
>     -- Alma
my address is www.publimotion.com.mx and my e-mail address ys 
marcio at publimotion.com.mx I'm in Mexico and my ISP is Prodigy (ADSL) no 
ports blocked by my ISP



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