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Kalpesh_48932
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Jul 09, 2012

Port forwarding for SMTP

Hello,     i have done port forwarding for SMTP traffic. for this I have configured VIP on port 25 and pool members of this VIP on port 2500.     however when i test i get this TWO below d...
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nitass
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Jul 09, 2012
2. VIA VIP :

$ telnet 10.155.65.43 25

Trying 10.155.65.43...

Connected to uat.my.saint-gobain.com (10.155.65.43).

Escape character is '^]'.

-------------- here “220 localhost ESMTP SubEthaSMTP” is missing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HELO domain

220 localhost ESMTP SubEthaSMTP

250 localhost

QUIT

-------------- here no reaction/resonse from the node is 220 not a line below HELO domain??

this is my testing. 

[root@ve10:Active] config  b virtual bar list
virtual bar {
   snat automap
   pool foo
   destination 172.28.19.79:25
   ip protocol 6
}

[root@ve10:Active] config  telnet 172.28.19.79 25
Trying 172.28.19.79...
Connected to 172.28.19.79 (172.28.19.79).
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.f5.com ESMTP
HELO me
250 mail.f5.com
QUIT
221 mail.f5.com
Connection closed by foreign host.