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Re: Fetchmail



Hello,

On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 01:44:20AM -0400, Dan Brosemer wrote:
> 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

Do you have the telnet daemon enabled in /etc/inetd.conf ?
Look for a line something like :

telnet	stream	tcp	nowait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.telnetd

If the "telnet" entry is commented out ("#") then it's disabled.
Just remove the '#'.

Regards,
Robert

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