can't telnet out port 25

[Ben Scott]

On Nov 15, 2007 11:00 AM, Charlie Farinella
<cfarinella at appropriatesolutions.com> wrote:
> My first assumption was that they (GoDaddy) are blocking outward traffic
> on port 25, so I called them, but they say they are not.

  I suspect they lied:

http://www.google.com/search?q=godaddy+blocking+port+25

  FWIW, I have heard nothing good about GoDaddy, and several gripes.

> I can neither send mail out, or telnet out to another server
> on port 25.

  What happens when you try?  Do you get an error message?  Does it
just sit forever waiting to connect?

> I am not all that familiar with iptables ...

  If needed, do "iptables -L -n -v --line" and post the output of that
somewhere for us to read.

> ... what am I missing?

  A better hosting provider?  :)

-- Ben