Re: Cannot telnet on my SMTP port
you gotta run a MTA like smail or sendmail
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On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Alessandro Zaffaroni wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to configure fetchmail to retrieve my mail from my pop3
> server.
> However, something goes wrong when fetchmail tries to send retrieved
> messages to my SMTP port.
> Fetchmail send a messages like : "SMTP connection failed"
> I checked if I can telnet my SMTP port and I can't.
> --> trying 127.0.0.1...
> --> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: connection refused
>
> Fetchmail FAQ suggest to fix that first; I tried to, but I wasn't
> successful.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
> Alessandro
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