Re: Telnet to mail host replies connection refused
If I recall, the correct line to be used with Sendmail is
sendmail: all
to allow all users.
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Wayne Topa wrote:
>
> Subject: RE: Telnet to mail host replies connection refused
> Date: Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 11:39:20PM -0400
>
> In reply to:Paul McHale
>
> Quoting Paul McHale(pmchale@doubleesolutions.com):
> > > 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
> >
> > hosts.allow has "sendmail: all". IP filtering I'm not sure about.
>
> Paul, have you tried changing the hosts.allow to
>
> # Allow mail to anyone
> smtpd: ALL
>
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