Re: Telnet to Localhost but not Server IP

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From: Brent Bortnick (BrentBortnick_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/19/05 

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:09:02 -0800

Thanks Miha,

I found the there was a setting in Mailmax which needed to be set to open in
on the IP. Thank you very much for your help.

Regards,

Brent Bortnick

"Miha Pihler [MVP]" wrote:

> If there is nothing listening on TCP port 25 on IP address 192.168.0.1 make
> sure that your mail service (Mailmax) is running and has correct IP address
> assigned...
>
> --
> Mike
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Security
>
> "Brent Bortnick" <BrentBortnick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:24AEDC24-6B12-4CE7-B3C6-8F5A9AE59738@microsoft.com...
> > The error when trying to telnet to IP is: Could not open connection to the
> > host, on port 25: Connection failed
> >
> > I ran netstat -an and port 25 is open for the localhost but not for the
> > 192.168.0.1. Thats interesting why would the localhost be open but not the
> > actual IP.
> >
> > I am not running any personal firewall on the server but I do have a
> > netopia
> > firewall for external access.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Miha Pihler [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Brent,
> >>
> >> what is the error that you get? Access denied, timeout, ...? If you run
> >>
> >> netstat -an
> >>
> >> do you see IP address 192.168.0.1 listening on TCP port 25'
> >>
> >> Do you have personal firewall enabled on Windows 2003?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mike
> >> Microsoft MVP - Windows Security
> >>
> >> "Brent Bortnick" <BrentBortnick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message
> >> news:29395AE2-BB4D-44CB-97E9-57BC259CB2BD@microsoft.com...
> >> >I am able to telnet to my mail server using:
> >> >
> >> > telnet localhost 25
> >> >
> >> > but cannot telnet to the mail server using the servers IP:
> >> >
> >> > telnet 192.168.0.1 25
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone have any idea why I cannot access the mail server this way.
> >> > Server OS = Windows 2003 and Mailserver = Mailmax 5.5.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for any help or ideas.
> >> >
> >> > Brent Bortnick
> >>
> >>
> >>
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