also sprach Joost Kooij (on Thu, 19 Jul 2001 12:25:30PM +0200): > telnet 127.0.0.1 25 > > or > > telnet localhost smtp or netstat -lAinet | grep smtp which is better since it gives a more certain answer whether the smtp port is bound to, or not. also, telnet is a protocol, and *if* you test things like that, at least use netcat, dude! :) > No, because it doesn't work like that. Perhaps you read something > somewhere about /etc/hosts.allow or /etc/hosts.deby, but that is > very unlikely to be a problem when you are connecting from localhost > to localhost. Ignore it for now. under certain circumstances, fetchmail will refuse to accept any mail unless /etc/hosts contains both its hostname and localhost on the 127.0.0.1 line. martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck -- click the start menu and select 'shut down.'
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