From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: /dev/rob0 Subject: Re: Mail server behind a firewall Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:22:50 -0600 Message-ID: <200511211522.50244.rob0@gmx.co.uk> References: <7834b9550511211310n25ec94f5q@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <7834b9550511211310n25ec94f5q@mail.gmail.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org On Monday 2005-November-21 15:10, Fernando Martins wrote: > I have been looking for a solution for days and nights and I can't > find any solution to my problem. > I have installed a Mail server behind a firewall , firewall I have > configured very badly with iptables. If you do not understand iptables, I recommend that you get a script such as Arno's, MonMotha's, or Shorewall. (These in no particular order of preference, although I suspect if I took the time to read the docs I would choose Shorewall.) > I want an exterior smtp server to be able to speak with mine > but it is failing. What did you try? How did it fail? What are your iptables rules? How did you expect to get help without covering the basics? > My configuration is: ... not clear from that. I guess you have a firewall on a public IP and you want to DNAT that to an internal mail server. But that is a guess. > nervous break down is close And at this rate it's getting closer! :) Unless you take my advice to try Shorewall or similar, perhaps ... -- mail to this address is discarded unless "/dev/rob0" or "not-spam" is in Subject: header