Email won't send

[Glorious1]

This may not be a bug, but I don't know what other forum is appropriate. The last few days the email function hasn't worked, although I have changed nothing related to email and the sending and receiving email accounts work fine as near as I can tell.

I have been changing SSH and HTTPS ports, but I don't see how that could be related.

When it should send email (like a test email, in /var/log/messages I get:

Code:

Jan 19 04:55:39 Tabernacle freenas[3364]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Jan 19 04:55:39 Tabernacle freenas[3364]:   File "/usr/local/www/freenasUI/../freenasUI/common/system.py", line 179, in send_mail
Jan 19 04:55:39 Tabernacle freenas[3364]:     local_hostname=local_hostname)
Jan 19 04:55:39 Tabernacle freenas[3364]:   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 251, in __init__
Jan 19 04:55:39 Tabernacle freenas[3364]:     (code, msg) = self.connect(host, port)
Jan 19 04:55:39 Tabernacle freenas[3364]:   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 311, in connect
Jan 19 04:55:39 Tabernacle freenas[3364]:     self.sock = self._get_socket(host, port, self.timeout)
Jan 19 04:55:39 Tabernacle freenas[3364]:   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 286, in _get_socket
Jan 19 04:55:39 Tabernacle freenas[3364]:     return socket.create_connection((host, port), timeout)
Jan 19 04:55:39 Tabernacle freenas[3364]:   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 571, in create_connection
Jan 19 04:55:39 Tabernacle freenas[3364]:     raise err
Jan 19 04:55:39 Tabernacle freenas[3364]: timeout: timed out

That's not too informative to me, but maybe someone else has an idea what the problem is?

 

[Ericloewe]

Looks like a networking problem. Got any firewall rules restricting email?

 

[Glorious1]

Yes indeed, you put your finger right on it. I had been playing with the firewall settings in the router and absent-mindedly left it on "high" protection, which must restrict email, although strangely it didn't stop email to and from my laptop. You are a wizard, sir!

 

[Ericloewe]

Not a wizard. I tried applying, but the guild insisted on me carrying a wand around. I wouldn't have minded too much, but I felt this ominous syndicalist presence behind me, giving me cold feet. Turns out it was the union guy, ready to charge me for the "privilege" of being a union member - he had a poorly insulated box of dry ice on the floor in front of him, hence the cold feet.