telnet to mail server from outside does not get 220, telnet from inside works

[Jeffrey Goldberg]

On May 12, 2008, at 9:04 AM, brad davison wrote:

> But if I try the same thing from 'outside' the firewall I get:
>
> %telnet email.xxxxxxxxxxxx.com 25
> Trying 67.x.x.x...
> Connected to email.xxxxxxxxxxx.com.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host.

Have you checked to see what your mail logs say about those connection  
attempts?

Cheers,

-j