Question : What is the netstat -an port BOUND state?

On a Solaris 10 machine, the command "netstat -an | grep BOUND" returns quite a few ports.

# netstat -an | grep BOUND
      *.32979              *.*                0      0 49152      0 BOUND
      *.32802              *.*                0      0 49152      0 BOUND
      *.32814              *.*                0      0 49152      0 BOUND
      *.32828              *.*                0      0 49152      0 BOUND
      *.32833              *.*                0      0 49152      0 BOUND
      *.32838              *.*                0      0 49152      0 BOUND
      *.32851              *.*                0      0 49152      0 BOUND
      *.32860              *.*                0      0 49152      0 BOUND
      *.32875              *.*                0      0 49152      0 BOUND
      *.32894              *.*                0      0 49152      0 BOUND

What to know the cause and solution for it. The machine is configured with IPFilter.  

Answer : What is the netstat -an port BOUND state?

firewall issue?  you could test with a google smart host or hotmail (if you have their accounts).  Really there isn't a whole lot to IIS smtp.

check: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/6003ab51-7eb5-47b2-8d92-e26b1deeeac1.mspx?mfr=true