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Subject: Re: Iptables for webmail access
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:32:46 +0200
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Alejandro Cabrera Obed wrote:
> Hi people,
> 
> I have a Linux machine with a webmail server  (smtp+imap+http), and I have a
> iptables script in order to protect the host.
> 
> By default I deny all the traffic. Then, I enable all new connections
> (--syn) from every hosts (-s 0/0) to ports 25, 80 and 143.
> 
> But whern a try to log in via web, I can enter the webmail interface and I
> get a message teling "IMAP timeout".
> 
> The connection from the webmail to the imap server is from eth0 to eth0, I
> suposse Im forgetting something like this.....
> 
> Can you help me with a iptables rule in order to connect to my imap server
> from the webmail interface, both in a unique machine ???


No, not enough information :( Please post your rule set, either the 
output of iptables -nvxL or iptables-save.