Re: [exim] smarthost relay problems

Dave Lugo wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Rob Brenart wrote:
>
>>> |...
>>>
>> Yeah, we opened port 587 yesterday, and I got access to a relayed box...
>> from which I can do exactly what I want to... but from my SBC connection
>> I still can't get through to 25 or 587, which means either my internal
>> setup or SBC is blocking 587... and I'm about 99% positive it's not
>> anything going on inside my walls.
>>
>>
>
> Find and download 'lft' (layer four traceroute), and you'll be able
> to determine what hop is dropping the port 587 packets.
>
>
>
Sometimes I love debian... apt-get install lft... :)
But I don't quite understand the output... it all looks good to me then
says failure at the end... (pasted at the bottom)


>> I talked to SBC and they're completely clueless... I've toyed with using
>> SBC's SMTP server instead, but that's another whole host of
>> authentication problems that won't work. I think it's time to start
>> looking into stunnel.
>>
>>
>
> Plan b! :)
>
>
I hate plan B, plan A was so nice!



odsdev1:/usr/share/doc/stunnel/examples# lft -d 587 oculardata.com -V
Setting my ISN = 1668223766
Using device eth0, 192.168.1.2:53
SEND TTL=0 TSEQ=1668223766 FLAGS=2
ICMP SEQ=1668223766 received
RECV RSEQ=1668223766
SEND TTL=1 TSEQ=1668223767 FLAGS=2
ICMP SEQ=1668223767 received
RECV RSEQ=1668223767
SEND TTL=2 TSEQ=1668223768 FLAGS=2
ICMP SEQ=1668223768 received
RECV RSEQ=1668223768
SEND TTL=3 TSEQ=1668223769 FLAGS=2
ICMP SEQ=1668223769 received
RECV RSEQ=1668223769
SEND TTL=4 TSEQ=1668223770 FLAGS=2
ICMP SEQ=1668223770 received
RECV RSEQ=1668223770
SEND TTL=5 TSEQ=1668223771 FLAGS=2
ICMP SEQ=1668223771 received
RECV RSEQ=1668223771
SEND TTL=6 TSEQ=1668223772 FLAGS=2
ICMP SEQ=1668223772 received
RECV RSEQ=1668223772
SEND TTL=7 TSEQ=1668223773 FLAGS=2
ICMP SEQ=1668223773 received
RECV RSEQ=1668223773
SEND TTL=8 TSEQ=1668223774 FLAGS=2
ICMP SEQ=1668223774 received
RECV RSEQ=1668223774
SEND TTL=9 TSEQ=1668223775 FLAGS=2
ICMP SEQ=1668223775 received
RECV RSEQ=1668223775
SEND TTL=10 TSEQ=1668223776 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=11 TSEQ=1668223777 FLAGS=2
ICMP SEQ=1668223776 received
RECV RSEQ=1668223776
SEND TTL=12 TSEQ=1668223778 FLAGS=2
ICMP SEQ=1668223777 received
RECV RSEQ=1668223777
SEND TTL=13 TSEQ=1668223779 FLAGS=2
ICMP SEQ=1668223778 received
RECV RSEQ=1668223778
SEND TTL=13 TSEQ=1668223780 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=14 TSEQ=1668223781 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=15 TSEQ=1668223782 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=16 TSEQ=1668223783 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=17 TSEQ=1668223784 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=13 TSEQ=1668223785 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=14 TSEQ=1668223786 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=15 TSEQ=1668223787 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=16 TSEQ=1668223788 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=17 TSEQ=1668223789 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=14 TSEQ=1668223790 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=15 TSEQ=1668223791 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=16 TSEQ=1668223792 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=17 TSEQ=1668223793 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=18 TSEQ=1668223794 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=18 TSEQ=1668223795 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=19 TSEQ=1668223796 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=20 TSEQ=1668223797 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=21 TSEQ=1668223798 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=22 TSEQ=1668223799 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=18 TSEQ=1668223800 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=19 TSEQ=1668223801 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=20 TSEQ=1668223802 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=21 TSEQ=1668223803 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=22 TSEQ=1668223804 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=19 TSEQ=1668223805 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=20 TSEQ=1668223806 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=21 TSEQ=1668223807 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=22 TSEQ=1668223808 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=23 TSEQ=1668223809 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=24 TSEQ=1668223810 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=25 TSEQ=1668223811 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=26 TSEQ=1668223812 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=23 TSEQ=1668223813 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=27 TSEQ=1668223814 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=24 TSEQ=1668223815 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=25 TSEQ=1668223816 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=26 TSEQ=1668223817 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=23 TSEQ=1668223818 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=27 TSEQ=1668223819 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=24 TSEQ=1668223820 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=25 TSEQ=1668223821 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=26 TSEQ=1668223822 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=27 TSEQ=1668223823 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=28 TSEQ=1668223824 FLAGS=2
SEND TTL=29 TSEQ=1668223825 FLAGS=2
Everyone responded. Moving on...
Will finish TWO
Concluding with 1 hops.


TTL LFT trace to mail.oculardata.com (67.43.2.202):587/tcp
1 192.168.1.1 1.4ms
2 192.168.0.1 1.4ms
3 adsl-67-36-176-1.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net (67.36.176.1) 7.0ms
4 dist2-vlan60.chcgil.ameritech.net (67.38.101.35) 8.7ms
5 bb2-g3-0.chcgil.ameritech.net (151.164.190.122) 9.7ms
6 ex1-p2-0.eqchil.sbcglobal.net (151.164.42.149) 8.4ms
7 bpr1-ge-3-3-0.ChicagoEquinix.savvis.net (151.164.248.134) 8.7ms
8 bpr1-ae2.ChicagoEquinix.savvis.net (208.175.9.134) 9.3ms
9 dcr2-so-4-3-0.Chicago.savvis.net (208.175.10.237) 8.1ms
10 acr1-so-1-0-0.Chicago.savvis.net (208.172.3.78) 8.9ms
11 liquid-web-inc.Chicago.savvis.net (208.172.3.174) 18.0ms
12 lw-core1-ge4.rtr.liquidweb.com (209.59.157.22) 28.3ms
13 lw-dist1-ge1.rtr.liquidweb.com (209.59.157.2) 17.3ms
** [587/tcp failed] Try alternate options or use -V to see packets.