On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 08:49:54PM -0700, Jay Kelly wrote: > Hello Dan, > I was wondering if I moght ask you a question. I got my linux box to mail > out but I still cant get it to receive mail. Its giving me connection failed > for the smtp. I tried telnet localhost 25 but I get the same thing > connection refused. And idea's #1 tell me what mail transfer agent you're using (sendmail, exim, smail, qmail, etc.) #2 send me the output of the following commands: ps wwaxl|grep <whatevermtayouuse> grep <whatevermtayouuse> /etc/inetd.conf ps wwaxl|grep inetd ls -l /etc/rc2.d|grep <whatevermtayouuse> replace the <whatevermtayouuse>'s with either sendmail, postfix, qmail, exim, smail, whatever. Unless you do that, all I can tell you is what the computer is telling you... you're not running an MTA. Good luck. -Dan PS, I've copied the list. Many eyes and brains are better than one. someone else might be able to help you better than I can. -- "... the most serious problems in the Internet have been caused by unenvisaged mechanisms triggered by low-probability events; mere human malice would never have taken so devious a course!" - RFC 1122 section 1.2.2
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