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Author: Fernando Sanchez
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To: Tomer H.
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] OT. Problems on connecting to some servers on port 25
Thanks, it worked nicely. The ECN can also be disabled at runtime
changing the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn to 0

Tomer H. wrote:
| Friday, April 30, 2004, 11:33:31 PM, Fernando Sanchez wrote:

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| FS> I've noticed that some servers do not allow my server to connect

on port
| FS> 25 for SMTP, when doing a manual test with:

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| FS> $ telnet mx.some.server.com 25

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| FS> from the server it just stays on:

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| FS> Trying x.x.x.x

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| FS> but if I try to telnet that remote server from another box on

mynetwork
| FS> I get the welcome message from the MTA on the other side. Does anybody
| FS> have had the same kind of problems? I try to search for my server on
| FS> sever black lists but is not on any. I was trying with tcpdump, but
| FS> don't know what to look for in the output. Any ideas?

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| I have had this issue with linux once, failing to connect
| to one of ICQ's servers and to lists.netsys.com
| (full-disclosure@??? mailing list).

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| The problem was with ECN, as their servers (ICQ & netsys)
| did not support it, and caused their firewalls probably to
| drop the packets.

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| Over the Linux kernel v2.4 tree you will find it at the Networking
| category as: "IP: TCP Explicit Congestion Notification support", just
| disable it.

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| HTH, Tomer.

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| ----------------------------------
|    Tomer H.    tomer@???
|        IT Solutions Provider
| www.metnix.com     info@???
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Fernando Sanchez
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