>> % telnet localhost 25
>> ^^^^^^^^^
>>> refuses ident requests
>>
>> bingo! thanks!!!
> Uhm, that's strange. Are you sure that the host isn't doing any kind of
> packet filtering?
% ipfw list
00400 allow ip from any to any
65535 deny ip from any to any
> Delay 30s => default timeout reached => no IDENT, no RST, nada.
that's the path my mind followed, clearly incorrectly. so i enabled
authd for the moment, what the heck.
randy