Can post from thunderbird but not from telnet or php

[Russ Allbery]

Samer Bechara <farrooda at gmail.com> writes:

> I am able to post a message to inn 2.4.3 from within thunderbird, but I am
> not able to post from telnet nor from a local php script .
> When I type: telnet localhost 119 I am able to connect,
> but when I send POST command I get an error "Permission Denied"
> The same applies for my php script.
> What could be the cause?

You're probably allowing relaying connections from the same host that you
want to post from, and therefore your code has to send MODE READER first.

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