The firewall script by default blocks everything. It has a rule which allows POP3 out via port 110 (I believe).
The rule is:
ipchains -A output -i $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE -p tcp \
-s $IPADDR $UNPRIVPORTS \
-d $POP_SERVER 110 -j ACCEPT
When I start the Check Mail option I can see activity on the Send/Receive lights of the modem but no mail is ever downloaded
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Torri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 3:53 PM
To: Sarig Scudder
Cc: Red Hat List
Subject: Re: Email Problems
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Sarig Scudder wrote:
> However, when I try to retrieve Emails from the POP server my email client
> (Balsa) gives me an error saying it is having trouble connecting to the
> server. This seems strange because I can see traffic on the network and
> modems (via the lights) and there is network traffic shown using a network
> monitor (its an applet that comes with RH 7.2). I have check the messages
> log to see if something is being rejected by the firewall but nothing is
> appearing in the log.
Start by reading the firewall script for messages talking about POP or
IMAP. You might actually be blocking them for some reason.
Stephen
