It might not be M0n0, it is more than likely your ISP is blocking port 25 so 
you can't run a mail server on a residential account. If you have a business 
account then Never Mind.


Edward A. Chatlos


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Memmott @ HitCatcher.com" <memmott at hitcatcher dot com>
To: <m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch>
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 5:08 PM
Subject: [m0n0wall] Trying to forward port 25 to internal server, isn't 
working


> Hi all,
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> I'm running m0n0wall 1.11 on the Generic PC build. It's connected to the
> outside world via Verizon DSL. I've set up an internal SMTP server, and 
> I'm
> trying to open port 25 so outside hosts can send mail to my domain. 
> However,
> the firewall appears to still be blocking port 25. Here's my setup:
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> First, I set up Firewall NAT with the following:
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> Inbound
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> Interface: WAN
>
> External Address: Interface address
>
> Protocol: TCP
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> External port range: SMTP to SMTP
>
> NAT IP: x.x.x.x (Internal IP of mail server)
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> Local port SMTP
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>
> And I hit the checkbox to create a firewall rule. This generated the
> following:
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> Action: Pass
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> Disabled: No
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> Interface: WAN
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> Protocol: TCP
>
> Source type: any
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> Source port range: any to any
>
> Destination: Single host or alias, with internal address of mail server
>
> Destination port range: from SMTP to SMTP
>
> Do not allow fragmented packets
>
> Do log packets that are handled by this rule
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> That firewall rule was placed below the default "block all" rule on the 
> WAN.
> I moved it to the top of the list and hit apply.
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> I SSHed into an external server (We'll call it Slappy), and tried to 
> telnet
> to port 25 of my external IP address. It just hangs. I look in the logs, 
> and
> two "Pass" arrows, one from the WAN interface, then one from the LAN
> interface. Both have Slappy's IP in the source, with a port of 59048 and a
> destination of the internal IP with port 25. Immediately after is a 
> "block"
> x next to the number 2 with the LAN interface.  The telnet never connects
> from Slappy; it just hangs.
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> I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I have a rule set up to allow RDP from
> the outside, and that works fine. Can somebody tell me what I might be 
> doing
> wrong? Maybe the x with the 2 next to it helps?
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> Thanks,
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> Matt
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