Re[2]: [cobalt-users] Configuring ports

[Alexandre Siufy <alex@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Jeff,

Saturday, November 11, 2000, 10:52:25 PM, you wrote:

JL> Alexandre Siufy wrote:

>> JL> Ports are closed by default.  They're opened by applications that use
>> JL> them.  Any port you'd want opened would have to be opened by the
>> JL> application using it.
>> 
>>     OK,  my problem is that I have an application that SHOULD BE using
>>     port  8400, but its requests are not reaching the destination. So,
>>     I  wonder if I need to enable that port somewhere in my machine to
>>     get that application to communicate using that port.

JL> Not knowing anything about the application, I can't help you with it. 
JL> If it's accepting packets, then you can use telnet to test it.

    I  should've  mentioned  this earlier... The application is called
    SendSMS.  It  will  be  used to send an SMS message directly to an
    SMSC  ("server"),  via  TCP/IP.  The server that I need to talk to
    uses port 8400.

JL> And you can check the logs to see if it's returning any errors, or in
JL> fact if it runs or just exits without running.

    It just sits there when I run it, eventually timing out...

JL> How do you know it's not using the port.  What's supposed to be
JL> happening that isn't?

    The  guys  at  the  other end mentioned that their firewall is not
    registering  any  hits  from my IP... I tried it from my PC, using
    another  copy  of  the application, and that worked fine, but thru
    the Cobalt, nothing happens ...

>> JL> Please write onlist, so others may benefit as well.
>> 
>>     I  just  hit  reply, I didn't notice it wasn't going to the lists.
>>     Actually,  I  checked  your previous messages, and they don't have
>>     the list address on the headers...

JL> The list reply-to isn't always working; I had to just change the address
JL> on this post, or else it would have gone straight to you <frown>.  Since
JL> other people are reporting the problem as well, we know it's NOT our
JL> mail clients, but rather something wrong at the Cobalt/Mailman end.

JL> Cobalt... are you listening <smile>?

    Good....  This  one will be pretty funky, since it says "To: Jeff"
    but it has the list's email address!

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