Re: telnet port 783 from external network On 2/19/08, Daryl C. W. O'Shea  wrote:
> Agnello George wrote:
> > spamd  --listen-ip=0.0.0.0  --allowed-ips=121.240.XX.X &
> > the child process gets spawned
>
> That's fine, for testing anyway... later when you want to daemonize be
> sure to use the -d option rather than &.

thanks for the tip ( spamd  -d  --listen-ip 0.0.0.0 --allowed-ips
216.XX.XX.XX )

>
> > but when i telnet from  121.240.XX.X  it tries to connect ..but the
> > connection brakes after 30 seconds
> spamd isn't exactly a telnet server for humans, it's not going to greet
> you. :)

if it does not allow telnet then .......how does telnet work for
localhost eg : ( telnet localhost 783 )

> If you want to talk to it, type: PING SPAMC/1.0

how do i ping this from remote server ( windows )  to the spamassissin server ??
ping spamc 


> > Where can i chek the logs  for spamassassin other than  /var/log/messages
>
> Probably /var/log/maillog or wherever syslog logs your mail facility.

Just wanted to inform you .... the spamassissn is installed on a VPS
( its not a mailserver )  ....and we want to connect Smatermail (
windows mail server )  to this remote spamassisn server

Thanks for all the effort !! :-)

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Regards
Agnello Dsouza
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