RE: Telnet to mail host replies connection refused
> The server IP_NUM isn't running SMTP ?
> There is a firewall between your host and IP_NUM ?
> You're not connected to the same network ?
> The host is refusing your connection. It's either IP filtered, denied
> through /etc/hosts.allow or equivalent for the system, or there is no
> SMTP server running.
Additional information in response. When I do the telnet, it is from the
machine running the mailserver so networking and firewalls shouldn't
interfere. I can ping out from the machine. PS shows sendmail is running
with the following message:
Sendmail: Rejecting connection on port 25 : min free: 100
hosts.allow has "sendmail: all". IP filtering I'm not sure about.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: kmself@ix.netcom.com [mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 10:35 PM
> To: Debian-User
> Subject: Re: Telnet to mail host replies connection refused
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 10:28:26PM -0400, Paul McHale
> (pmchale@doubleesolutions.com) wrote:
> >
> > When I type:
> >
> > telnet IP_NUM 25
> >
> > I get:
> >
> > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection Refused
>
> The host is refusing your connection. It's either IP filtered, denied
> through /etc/hosts.allow or equivalent for the system, or there is no
> SMTP server running.
>
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