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Has anyone had any success in setting up MLK's SMTP Server? I've set my Norton firewall to allow SMPT and DNS ports but all I get is a time-out when I try to send a test email. My router is a D-Link DSL-G604T.
Thanks for your message. My ISP is Force9, part of Plusnet, and it isn't on your list of ISPs blocking port 25.
At www.postcastserver.com/help/Port_25_Blocking.aspx I found a test for port 25. Press Start/Run and enter: telnet://[emailserver]:25 where [emailserver] is the address of any external e-mail server
I entered telnet://relay.force9.net:25 and got this: 220 relay.force9.net ESMPT Exim Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:36:18 +0000 I presume that means that it isn't blocking port 25, or does it!
It is a conclusive test, but it does mean that your ISP is not doing a simple block of port 25.
Please do a test sending to at least ten recipients of different domains and forward me the log file for the sending task:
1. Run MLK and click Ctrl+Shift+I. 2. Check the box to display your database folder and click "OK" 3. Browse to the subfolder named "SendLogs" 4. In that folder your log files are named "mail_sent_*.txt" with the date of the delivery included in the name. Find the files of the relevant date and send them to me
SMTP Server
Posted - Nov 07 2009 : 07:39:25
