Re: telnet port 25

["David Z. Maze" <dmaze@donut.mit.edu>]

A D Y Cheng <adyc100@hkstar.com> writes:
ADYC> I try the command to test my email connection 'telnet localhost
ADYC> 25', but it gives me the error:
ADYC> 
ADYC> Trying 127.0.0.1... 
ADYC> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused      

Are you running an SMTP daemon (sendmail, smail, exim, ...) on your
local machine?  If you aren't (i.e. all of your mail comes from/goes
to your ISP) then this is the correct response.

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