gb_xxxx@verizon.net wrote:
> I have the same problem.
>
> Step 1 -- Works with 127.0.0.1 or localhost
> Does not work with actual IP address of the server
> (Verizon)
>
> Step 2 -- Works as long as I give the assigned IP address (192.168..)
>
> telnet actualIP 25 -- hangs up. Same with the name

Then port 25 probably isn't open from a networking standpoint. It's likely either in
your system's firewall rules (such as iptables), or in your internet router.

For example on my home system, I use internet connection sharing, where all my
systems have their own 192.168 address, but appear as a single dynamic IP address on the Internet.
I had to initially configure my connection sharing device to tell it to allow port 25 TCP, and
to tell it which of the 192.168 addresses it should be routed to.

--
Greg