Thanks Jeremy for the help. I followed your suggestions. the netstat -na shows: tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN Also when I tried telnet to port 25: 220 mail.seeop.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.5/8.12.5; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:53:24 -0700 What is the difference between ESMTP and regular SMTP? Thanks, Dan > > Message: 16 > Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:02:32 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Jeremy C. Reed" > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: can't receive e-mail > Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 Dvmcaferty@aol.com wrote: > > > But I cannot receive e-mail. (using sendmail) > > > > The error messages from the bounced e-mails looks > > like this: > > Bounce messages are usually not good for troubleshooting. > > Some troubleshooting ideas/steps: > > 1) on the mail server, run: > > netstat -an # and make sure that port 25 is listening > > telnet localhost 25 # to make sure sendmail is listening at least locally > > (And type "quit" to exit the SMTP session.) > > telnet your.public.ip.address 25 > > 2) from a remote computer: > > dig seeop.net MX # and make sure it has an MX record > > telnet mail.seeop.net. 25 # connect to that MX as shown above > > Then try some SMTP commands: > > HELO your.local.host.name > MAIL FROM: > RCPT TO: > DATA > Hello > > . <- period here > QUIT > > > By the way, mail.seeop.net (207.108.140.106) doesn't appear to have a SMTP > listening to port 25. > > Jeremy C. Reed > http://bsd.reedmedia.net/ > > > > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discus > s > > > End of PLUG-discuss Digest > > > ____________________ Daniel V. McAferty Thorpe Seeop Corp 320 S. Nina Ste 14 Mesa, AZ 85210 (w)480-969-2021 (C)480-529-7139