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i cannot be able to send emails; port 25 is blocked
- Posted December 15, 2019
- DigitalOcean Accounts
[root@ns1 ~]# telnet gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com 25 Trying 172.217.197.27… telnet: connect to address 172.217.197.27: Connection timed out Trying 2607:f8b0:400d:c0f::1b… telnet: connect to address 2607:f8b0:400d:c0f::1b: Network is unreachable
please help
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Hi @eleetgeeks,
It’s possible you you need to allow outgoing TCP traffic on port 25
Additionally, you can further read this DigitalOcean article explaining more about Iptables and what they are - https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/iptables-essentials-common-firewall-rules-and-commands
Regards, KDSys