[John]

I just installed all the latest Security Patches as well as SP2 and now I'm
unable to do a simple telnet to a remote smtp server on port 25. Would these
security patches prohibit me from doing that?
I've got another Win2003/SP1 machine on the same network and it works find
from that machine, so I don't think it's network related.
Thanks

[JS]

John wrote:
> I just installed all the latest Security Patches as well as SP2 and now I'm
> unable to do a simple telnet to a remote smtp server on port 25. Would these
> security patches prohibit me from doing that?
> I've got another Win2003/SP1 machine on the same network and it works find
> from that machine, so I don't think it's network related.
> Thanks

Hi John

FYI, I'm running XP Pro SP2 with all updates and I can telnet to my
ISP's SMTP server on port 25 no problem.

Have you tried adding an exception for %SystemRoot%\system32\telnet.exe
in the Windows Firewall settings?

Start -> Control Panel -> Windows Firewall -> Exceptions

[John]

Yes, I've tried that.

"JS" wrote:

> John wrote:
> > I just installed all the latest Security Patches as well as SP2 and now I'm
> > unable to do a simple telnet to a remote smtp server on port 25. Would these
> > security patches prohibit me from doing that?
> > I've got another Win2003/SP1 machine on the same network and it works find
> > from that machine, so I don't think it's network related.
> > Thanks
>
> Hi John
>
> FYI, I'm running XP Pro SP2 with all updates and I can telnet to my
> ISP's SMTP server on port 25 no problem.
>
> Have you tried adding an exception for %SystemRoot%\system32\telnet.exe
> in the Windows Firewall settings?
>
> Start -> Control Panel -> Windows Firewall -> Exceptions
>