Question
I can't connect to any port 25 (I've tried yahoo mail server), so I can't send mail from the vps :(
- Posted on October 14, 2012
Asked by designer.christopher
I have installed sendmail, and while I can receive mails, I’m unable to send. I tried to telnet to port 25 of the destination server, and it fails.
I’m able to do it on other vps I have on another company, so I know the destination server is fine.
this command fails here: $ telnet mta7.am0.yahoodns.net 25 (it never connects…)
In the other vps, it works correctly: $ telnet mta7.am0.yahoodns.net 25 Trying 66.94.238.147… Connected to mta7.am0.yahoodns.net. Escape character is ‘^]’. 220 mta1411.mail.mud.yahoo.com ESMTP YSmtp service ready
Is blocked? Can I ask to unblock it? is necessary that to have a mail server on the vps.
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I’ve checked firewall table in my VPS, and doesn’t see if port 25 is blocked. But, when i tried :
telnet smtp.gmail.com 25
Trying 74.125.28.109…
Unable to connect from port 25. I can receive email, but because of unable to connect from port 25, i can’t send email.
Port 25 is blocked by DigitalOcean ? If yes, can i suggest to open/allow port 25 in my VPS ?
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-a-mail-server-using-postfix-dovecot-mysql-and-spamassasin#step-3-configure-postfix
I have just followed the above post to set up the postfix service. Do I need to request to unblock port 25 and 587?
Blocking port 25 is pretty lame. It means that I can’t put down a contact email address on my sales web page. Or else it means I have to waste time setting up an email server somewhere else, just to do it again here. I thought DO was for small businesses? Isn’t that the whole point of the service?