Re: Telnet to mail host replies connection refused

[brian moore <bem@cmc.net>]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 11:39:20PM -0400, Paul McHale wrote:
> > The server IP_NUM isn't running SMTP ?
> > There is a firewall between your host and IP_NUM ?
> > You're not connected to the same network ?
> 
> > The host is refusing your connection.  It's either IP filtered, denied
> > through /etc/hosts.allow or equivalent for the system, or there is no
> > SMTP server running.
> 
> Additional information in response.  When I do the telnet, it is from the
> machine running the mailserver so networking and firewalls shouldn't
> interfere.  I can ping out from the machine.  PS shows sendmail is running
> with the following message:
> 
> Sendmail: Rejecting connection on port 25 : min free: 100

You're low on disk space on /var -- sendmail will refuse to accept mail
until it has a place to put it.

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