Re: fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed: Connection refused

[Åsmund Ødegård <aasmundo@ifi.uio.no>]

Thu, 19 Aug skrev root:
> 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.
> I'm guessing that it's exim that won
> won't allow the connection.

Just a guess: 

Maybe exim starts via tcpd ( tcp-wrapper ), and localhost is now allowed to
connect. Check /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny

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