New iptables installed, but no email requst posseble?

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Hi All
I installed new iptables rules (got from James Stephens ([email protected]) http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/ ) and now everything seems to be ok, as i am here, but kmail isn't able to load my emails down?!
i installed the rules, cause the iptables -L sayd there are no rules at all, and so i'm a bit paranoid of that.
Has anyone an idear? Here's my iptabels.rules:
#!/bin/bash
## Iptables example ruleset
## James Stephens ([email protected])
## http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jns/
modprobe ip_tables
modprobe ip_conntrack
modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp
iptables -F
iptables -X
iptables -Z
iptables -P INPUT DROP
iptables -P FORWARD DROP
iptables -P OUTPUT DROP
IFACE="ath0"
IPADDR="my ip, no dhcp"
NAMESERVER_1="server1"
NAMESERVER_2="server2"
BROADCAST="net broadcast"
LOOPBACK="127.0.0.0/8"
CLASS_A="10.0.0.0/8"
CLASS_B="172.16.0.0/12"
CLASS_C="192.168.0.0/16"
CLASS_D_MULTICAST="224.0.0.0/4"
CLASS_E_RESERVED_NET="240.0.0.0/5"
P_PORTS="0:1023"
UP_PORTS="1024:65535"
TR_SRC_PORTS="32769:65535"
TR_DEST_PORTS="33434:33523"
/bin/echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all
/bin/echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts
/bin/echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/accept_source_route
/bin/echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/accept_redirects
/bin/echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses
for interface in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*/rp_filter; do
   /bin/echo "1" > ${interface}
done
/bin/echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/log_martians
/bin/echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
############ Rules
iptables -A INPUT  -i lo -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT
## SYN-FLOODING PROTECTION
iptables -N syn-flood
iptables -A INPUT -i $IFACE -p tcp --syn -j syn-flood
iptables -A syn-flood -m limit --limit 1/s --limit-burst 4 -j RETURN
iptables -A syn-flood -j DROP
## Make sure NEW tcp connections are SYN packets
iptables -A INPUT -i $IFACE -p tcp ! --syn -m state --state NEW -j DROP
## FRAGMENTS
iptables -A INPUT -i $IFACE -f -j LOG --log-prefix "IPTABLES FRAGMENTS: "
iptables -A INPUT -i $IFACE -f -j DROP
## SPOOFING
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -s $IPADDR -j DROP
# Refuse packets claiming to be from a Class A private network.
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -s $CLASS_A -j DROP
# Refuse packets claiming to be from a Class B private network.
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -s $CLASS_B -j DROP
# Refuse packets claiming to be from a Class C private network.
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -s $CLASS_C -j DROP
# Refuse Class D multicast addresses. Multicast is illegal as a source address.
iptables -A INPUT -i $IFACE -s $CLASS_D_MULTICAST -j DROP
# Refuse Class E reserved IP addresses.
iptables -A INPUT -i $IFACE -s $CLASS_E_RESERVED_NET -j DROP
# Refuse packets claiming to be to the loopback interface.
# Refusing packets claiming to be to the loopback interface protects against
# source quench, whereby a machine can be told to slow itself down by an icmp source
# quench to the loopback.
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -d $LOOPBACK -j DROP
# Refuse broadcast address packets.
iptables -A INPUT -i $IFACE -d $BROADCAST -j DROP
## DNS
iptables -A INPUT -i $IFACE -p udp -s $NAMESERVER_1 --sport 53 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -i $IFACE -p udp -s $NAMESERVER_2 --sport 53 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
# Allow UDP packets to DNS servers from client.
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -p udp -d $NAMESERVER_1 --dport 53 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -p udp -d $NAMESERVER_2 --dport 53 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
## SSH usualy used, instead of Telnet below
# Allow ssh outbound.
### Actually we don't need it and havn't miss is in the past
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -p tcp --sport 22 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -p tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
## TELNET old, usualy SSH is used
# Allow telnet outbound.
## iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -p tcp --sport 23 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
## iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -p tcp --dport 23 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
## WWW
# Allow www outbound to 80.  http://
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -p tcp --sport 80 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -p tcp --dport 80 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
# Allow www outbound to 443. https://
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -p tcp --sport 443 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -p tcp --dport 443 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
## FTP
# Allow ftp outbound.
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -p tcp --sport 21 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -p tcp --dport 21 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
# 1) Active ftp.
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -p tcp --sport 20 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -p tcp --dport 20 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
# 2) Passive ftp.
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -p tcp --sport $UP_PORTS --dport $UP_PORTS -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -p tcp --sport $UP_PORTS --dport $UP_PORTS -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
## SMTP
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -p tcp --sport 25 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -p tcp --dport 25 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
## AUTH server (I actually don't know what this means)
## iptables -A INPUT -i $IFACE -p tcp --dport 113 -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset
## TRACEROUTE
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -p udp --sport $TR_SRC_PORTS --dport $TR_DEST_PORTS -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
# ICMP
iptables -A INPUT -i $IFACE -p icmp -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
# We always allow icmp out.
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -p icmp -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
## LOGGING
# Any udp not already allowed is logged and then dropped.
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -p udp -j LOG --log-prefix "IPTABLES UDP-IN: "
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -p udp -j DROP
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -p udp -j LOG --log-prefix "IPTABLES UDP-OUT: "
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -p udp -j DROP
# Any icmp not already allowed is logged and then dropped.
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -p icmp -j LOG --log-prefix "IPTABLES ICMP-IN: "
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -p icmp -j DROP
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -p icmp -j LOG --log-prefix "IPTABLES ICMP-OUT: "
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -p icmp -j DROP
# Any tcp not already allowed is logged and then dropped.
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -p tcp -j LOG --log-prefix "IPTABLES TCP-IN: "
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -p tcp -j DROP
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -p tcp -j LOG --log-prefix "IPTABLES TCP-OUT: "
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -p tcp -j DROP
# Anything else not already allowed is logged and then dropped.
# It will be dropped by the default policy anyway ........ but let's be paranoid.
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -j LOG --log-prefix "IPTABLES PROTOCOL-X-IN: "
iptables -A INPUT  -i $IFACE -j DROP
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -j LOG --log-prefix "IPTABLES PROTOCOL-X-OUT: "
iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE -j DROP
####### THE END
so what?

Answer 1

I'm not a iptables guru, but i can't find any imap/pop rule that accepts thouse ports.
And in your scripts the defaults are DROP so that can be it.
Maybe that is the problem?