Can't TELNET to my server. How do I fix this?

[JBruyet]

Hey all, I'm setting up the relaying option on my Exchange server so my other servers can send me a text message when they have a serious problem. I've set up a new Receive Connector under hub transport and now my SNAP server can send me warnings but not my HP Systems Insight Management software. I thought the problem was with SIM but when I did the TELNET test I get the following error message:

C:\>telnet 192.168.2.39 25
Connecting To 192.168.2.39...Could not open connection to the host, on port 25:
Connect failed

Is there an additional step somewhere that will allow local incoming connections to my Exchange server? I've tried Googling the problem but haven't found anything applicable to my situation.

Thanks,

Joe B

 

[JBruyet]

I finally figured out the problem. I was meandering around the server and took at look at a Mcafee log and found some entries about TELNET being blocked. I changed that setting within Mcafee and now I'm able to connect. SO, it was antivirus-related and not firewall-related. That also explains why I never found a connection attempt when I was running my packet sniffer.

Thanks,

Joe B