Re: Cannot telnet on my SMTP port
> 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.
>
I had something like that when I deleted by mistake the relevant line from
/etc/inetd.conf.
With exim it is something like:
[02:16:38 /tmp]$ grep smtp /etc/inetd.conf
smtp stream tcp nowait mail /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs
[02:16:45 /tmp]$
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