Re: telnet port 25

[Remco van de Meent <rvdmeent@xs4all.nl>]

On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, A.D.Y. Cheng wrote:

 : I try the command to test my email connection 'telnet localhost 25', but
 : it gives me the error:
 : 
 : Trying 127.0.0.1... 
 : telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused      
 : 
 : However, I have '127.0.0.1	localhost' entry in my /etc/hosts file.

Looks like your maildaemon (sendmail, smail) isn't running. I suggest you'd
check the configuration of whatever maildaemon you're using.

 -Remco


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