Got it! The problem is with the iptables firewall which doesn't allow SMTP/POP3 communication.
I'll fix it Thanks to the list Vittorio Vittorio [debian-user] <08/04/02 13:25 +0000>: > I've setup a small home network to prevent my children from having a > look at sordid sites. So I connected a server to a couple of PCs wia > ethernet card and the server to my ISP via modem. The server and > another box run woody while one PC (my children's) has Win 98 on it. > > On the server I've installed squid as a proxy & squidguard, diald & > samba and a tiny firewall using iptables. > > It all ticks greatly with the exception of email. > > While I can browse through the proxy everything but indecent sites, > when I try from a client to get my mail with mutt, diald starts (and > connects to the ISP) but nothing else happens, it all hangs there > waiting for I dunno what. > > In squid.conf I allowed as an acl the safe_port port 110 and 25. > > In resolv.conf on the client I have put both nameservers. > > Of course, everywhere I've defined the gateway machine both on linux > and win 98 boxes. > > Perhaps I miss something. Please help. > > Ciao > > Vittorio > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
