Dave Sill wrote:
> "Opesh Alkara" <opeshalkara@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > but whenever I telent from a server in the remote network. I get
> > following SMTP greeting.
> >
> > $ telnet mail.mydomain.com 25
> > Trying a.b.c.d...
> > Connected to mail.mydomain.com.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > 220 ********************
> > quit
> > 221 mail.mydomain.com
> > Connection closed by foreign host.
> > $
> >
> > please *NOTICE* the ********** characters in the greeting.
>
> Classic symptom of a Cisco PIX firewall.

I too suspected firewall issue, but the firewall being used here in
qmail network is Verisign.....Which is not under our control....but
under control of thrid party data center guys......

Any ideas...what's the motive behind blocking 220 SMTP greetings??

Thanks

>
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> Dave Sill Oak Ridge National Lab, Workstation Support
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