Iptables – Can Telnet to port 21 but not 25, 110

I am running postfix and dovecot on my Centos Mail server.

Now I can send mail from the server to the outside, BUT I cannot receive mail from the outside.

TELNET: When I telnet to my ip address to port 21, it connects, but when doing it for port 25 and 110, it cannot connect, hence something is blocking it.

Now, in IPTABLES, I enabled all the following ports to allow traffic: 80,21,25,110,143.
See my iptables configuration below:

# Generated by iptables-save v1.4.7 on Fri Jul  5 22:08:10 2013
*filter
:INPUT DROP [0:0]
:FORWARD DROP [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [30:3200]
-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 5252 -j ACCEPT -m comment --comment "SSH"
-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 48001 -m comment --comment "SSH was 5252" -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 8 -m state --state NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 21 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m tcp -p tcp --dport 25 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m tcp -p tcp --dport 110 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m tcp -p tcp --dport 143 -j ACCEPT
-A OUTPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 0 -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
COMMIT
# Completed on Fri Jul  5 22:08:10 2013
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Question:
1. Why can't I telnet to port 25 from the outside? (I belive this is why I cannot receive incoming mail from the outside.

Note: My MX records and reverse DNS all works fine, I believe if I can telnet to ports 25 and 110 I will be able to receive mail from the outside, or am I wrong here?

PS: I set up my mail server using the following 2 tutorials:

Postfix:
http://centoshelp.org/servers/mail/postfix-mail-server-on-centos/

DoveCot
http://ostechnix.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/setup-mail-server-using-postfixdovecotsquirrelmail-in-centosrhelscientific-linux-6-3-step-by-step/

EDIT: netstat -tlnp

Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address               Foreign Address             State       PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:3306                0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      1284/mysqld
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:110                 0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      1313/dovecot
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:143                 0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      1313/dovecot
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:21                  0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      1146/vsftpd
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:631               0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      1008/cupsd
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:25                0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      2573/master
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:6010              0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      1802/sshd
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:6011              0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      2038/sshd
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:6012              0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      2357/sshd
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:6013              0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      2583/sshd
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:48001               0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      1767/sshd
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:993                 0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      1313/dovecot
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:995                 0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      1313/dovecot
tcp        0      0 :::110                      :::*                        LISTEN      1313/dovecot
tcp        0      0 :::143                      :::*                        LISTEN      1313/dovecot
tcp        0      0 :::80                       :::*                        LISTEN      1415/httpd
tcp        0      0 ::1:631                     :::*                        LISTEN      1008/cupsd
tcp        0      0 ::1:25                      :::*                        LISTEN      2573/master
tcp        0      0 ::1:6010                    :::*                        LISTEN      1802/sshd
tcp        0      0 ::1:6011                    :::*                        LISTEN      2038/sshd
tcp        0      0 ::1:6012                    :::*                        LISTEN      2357/sshd
tcp        0      0 ::1:6013                    :::*                        LISTEN      2583/sshd
tcp        0      0 :::48001                    :::*                        LISTEN      1767/sshd
tcp        0      0 :::993                      :::*                        LISTEN      1313/dovecot
tcp        0      0 :::995                      :::*                        LISTEN      1313/dovecot

SOLUTION – READ YOUR POSTFIX main.cf FILE CAREFULLY!

I made a small mistake on my /etc/postfix/main.cf file – For some reason the inet_interfaces = localhost line was NOT commented out, it overruled the inet_interfaces = all rule…Thanks again for the help, much appreciated. Now I can also telnet to 110 and 143.