Re: [LIH] Trouble in opening outgoing ports on a mail server selectively

Arun Khan <knura-/[email protected]> Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:18:19 +0530

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On Monday 07 Dec 2009, Ajitabh Pandey wrote:

> # Following two ports are required for exim.
>
> -A OUTPUT -m state --state NEW -p udp -m udp --dport 25 -j
> LOG-AND-ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -m state --state NEW -p udp -m udp --dport
> 587 -j
> LOG-AND-ACCEPT
>

IMO, the protocol shoud be tcp and not udp for SMTP connections.  
Perhaps that is what is blocking exim on outgoing connections.

HTH,
-- 
Arun Khan

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