Re: Problem on running telnet to send mail

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 09/27/08 10:28, Stephen Liu wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
>
> Debian Etch
> postfix-mysql 
> mysql-server 
> dovecot-imapd
>
>
> Encounter problem on running telnet to send mail.
>
>
> $ telnet localhost 25
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.localdomain.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> HELO satimis.com
> ehlo localhost
> ehlo satimis.com
>
> all above have no response.
>
>
> Please advise where shall I check and how to fix the problem.  TIA

Are you sure that postfix is running properly?

$ telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to ip6-localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 haggis.homelan ESMTP Postfix (Debian/GNU)
HELO haggis
250 haggis.homelan
quit
221 2.0.0 Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.

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