Re: fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed: Connection refused
On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 08:52:48AM -0700, root wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm doing a fresh slink install on a friend's old '486.
> I've installed fetchmail, but keep getting the error msg:
> fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed: Connection refused
> I edited /etc/exim.conf and added 'localhost' and my hostname to
> 'local_domains=' and restarted exim, but no change.
Are you sure that exim is running? The default /etc/init.d/exim has a
big 'exit 0' at the very top of the script?
What does "ps aux | grep 'exim'" say?
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