No idea what is wrong but I tried sendign emails via a PHP script and it only told it network unreachable so I tried this: Code: h1870666:~# telnet smtp.gmail.com Trying 173.194.69.109... Trying 173.194.69.108... Trying 2a00:1450:4008:c01::6d... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Network is unreachable Any idea what could be wrong here?
From that example you are trying to telnet to port 23 which is the default port to test correctly you need to run Code: telnet smtp.gmail.com 25
oops, port 25 works. here is the original error from the script, although I must say I also posted in that script author's forum, awaiting a reply:
sorry for not updating the thread: I solved it and it was entirely my own fault. I forgot to add these TCP ports to my egress filtering firewall: 465,587,995
