Re: Fetchmail cannot access SMTP port (I use Exim)

[Robert Cymbala <rcymbala@yahoo.com>]

Someone at LULA (linux users LA) helped me solve this one.
Question is, is SMTP listening?  If not, fetchmail has no where to go.

  netstat -a | grep -i smtp

If not, try the steps buried in this document:
  http://www.lafn.org/~cymbala/Debian/t4700ct.html

-Rob Cymbala

--- MamoMC <mamomc@virgilio.it> wrote:
> A few mails above a wrote about a problem with Fetchmail, Exim and
> Procmail. Now I realize that most likely I have a problem with
> Fetchmail which, after downloading, says:
>
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> fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from
> pop.tiscalinet.it
> fetchmail: Query status=10 (SMTP)
> fetchmail: normal termination, status 10
>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> In Fetchmail man I can read about exit code 10:
> 10 The fetchmail run failed while trying to do an SMTP
>    port open or transaction.
> 
> Then I try, both as maurizio (standard user) and AS ROOT, to connect
> to the SMTP port. What I get is:
>
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> maurizio@mamo:~$ telnet mamo 25
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
> maurizio@mamo:~$ telnet mamo smtp
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
>
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> I think it has something to do with permissions and/or security.
> 
> If I can get this to work I'll get Fetchmail+Exim+Procmail[+Mutt] to
> work.
> 
> How can I solve the problem?
> Can anybody help me, please?
> TIA!
> Bye,
> Maurizio.
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