telnet: connect to address 92.205.28.224: Connection refused

I need telnet 92.205.28.224 587 to not get connection refused

I see telnet is an active service and port 587 is active on firewall. I also see 587 is open in the picture below.

services: dhcp dhcpv6-client http https imap imaps pop3 pop3s smtp smtps ssh telnet
ports: 25/tcp 80/tcp 2224/tcp 587/tcp 8443/tcp

To make port listener

netstat -an1p |grep 587

To confirm port is listening

[root@buaidhnobas ~]# netstat -anlp |grep 587 tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:587 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 21018/nc tcp6 0 0 :::587 :::* LISTEN 21018/nc 

Now I should be able to telnet to 92.205.22.224 which is the problem I am trying to solve.

[Neptune@orcacomputers-com ~]$ telnet 92.205.28.224 587
Trying 92.205.28.224...
telnet: connect to address 92.205.28.224: Connection refused

So "something" is still blocking the port? I see telnet as an active service and port 587. So the port is open indeed.

 services: dhcp dhcpv6-client http https imap imaps pop3 pop3s smtp smtps ssh telnet ports: 7689/tcp 25/tcp 588/tcp 80/tcp 143/tcp 993/tcp 443/tcp 2224/tcp 587/tcp 8443/tcp

Iptables turned off

[root@buaidhnobas ~]# service iptables status
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status iptables.service
Unit iptables.service could not be found.

Restart NetworkManager and attempt to telnet

[root@buaidhnobas ~]# telnet 24.149.185.150 587
Trying 24.149.185.150...
telnet: connect to address 24.149.185.150: Connection timed out

Unable to telnet out

[root@buaidhnobas ~]# telnet 24.149.185.150 587
Trying 24.149.185.150...
telnet: connect to address 24.149.185.150: Connection timed out

Unable to telnet in,

[Neptune@orcacomputers-com ~]$ telnet 92.205.28.224 587
Trying 92.205.28.224...
telnet: connect to address 92.205.28.224: Connection refused

Show ip tables eventhough iptables are turned off.

[root@buaidhnobas ~]# sudo iptables -L
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
INPUT_direct all -- anywhere anywhere
INPUT_ZONES_SOURCE all -- anywhere anywhere
INPUT_ZONES all -- anywhere anywhere
DROP all -- anywhere anywhere ctstate INVALID
REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
FORWARD_direct all -- anywhere anywhere
FORWARD_IN_ZONES_SOURCE all -- anywhere anywhere
FORWARD_IN_ZONES all -- anywhere anywhere
FORWARD_OUT_ZONES_SOURCE all -- anywhere anywhere
FORWARD_OUT_ZONES all -- anywhere anywhere
DROP all -- anywhere anywhere ctstate INVALID
REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
OUTPUT_direct all -- anywhere anywhere
Chain FORWARD_IN_ZONES (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
FWDI_public all -- anywhere anywhere [goto]
FWDI_public all -- anywhere anywhere [goto]
FWDI_public all -- anywhere anywhere [goto]
Chain FORWARD_IN_ZONES_SOURCE (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
Chain FORWARD_OUT_ZONES (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
FWDO_public all -- anywhere anywhere [goto]
FWDO_public all -- anywhere anywhere [goto]
FWDO_public all -- anywhere anywhere [goto]
Chain FORWARD_OUT_ZONES_SOURCE (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
Chain FORWARD_direct (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
Chain FWDI_public (3 references)
target prot opt source destination
FWDI_public_log all -- anywhere anywhere
FWDI_public_deny all -- anywhere anywhere
FWDI_public_allow all -- anywhere anywhere
ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere
Chain FWDI_public_allow (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
Chain FWDI_public_deny (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
Chain FWDI_public_log (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
Chain FWDO_public (3 references)
target prot opt source destination
FWDO_public_log all -- anywhere anywhere
FWDO_public_deny all -- anywhere anywhere
FWDO_public_allow all -- anywhere anywhere
Chain FWDO_public_allow (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
Chain FWDO_public_deny (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
Chain FWDO_public_log (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
Chain INPUT_ZONES (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
IN_public all -- anywhere anywhere [goto]
IN_public all -- anywhere anywhere [goto]
IN_public all -- anywhere anywhere [goto]
Chain INPUT_ZONES_SOURCE (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
Chain INPUT_direct (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
Chain IN_public (3 references)
target prot opt source destination
IN_public_log all -- anywhere anywhere
IN_public_deny all -- anywhere anywhere
IN_public_allow all -- anywhere anywhere
ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere
Chain IN_public_allow (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ssh ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:smtp ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:http ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:https ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:imap ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:imaps ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:urd ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:pop3 ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:pop3s ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:bootps ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:collaber ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:smtp ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:cal ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:http ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:imap ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:imaps ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:https ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:efi-mg ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:submission ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:pcsync-https ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:telnet ctstate NEW,UNTRACKED
Chain IN_public_deny (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
Chain IN_public_log (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
Chain OUTPUT_direct (1 references)
target prot opt source destination 

What am I missing or not seeing? Both machines are RHEL

Sorted by: Reset to default

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