Hi Dave,
Dave Wilson wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm rather new to exim and linux so sorry if this is a silly question.
>
> I have a remote user who is having trouble connecting his outlook client to
> pick up his mail (pop3).
remember, pop3 is not the same as smtp (the protocol implemented by
exim). POP3 is a mailbox protocol for retrieving mail. SMTP is a
protocol to send mail from one machine to another.
>
> The logs simply state:
> ------
> SMTP command timeout on connection from [remote-user-machine-ip-address-etc]
> ------
When you try to send a message from your remote client, does the message
goes thruogh or it gives you an error? what is *that* error?
>
> The mail server is behind a firewall with a tunnel opened from the remote
> users ip (simple port forwarding).
is it fowarding port 25? You could test if this is working with a telnet
to the sever from the remote client to port 25 (telnet my.server 25) you
should be able to read a welcome message, If it doesn't work there is
some problem with your fw config
>
> Any ideas what the problem is?
>
> TIA,
> Dave
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