Carel Fellinger wrote: > On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 09:36:53AM -0500, A R wrote: > ... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ telnet localhost smtp > > Trying 127.0.0.1... > > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > okee, this probably means that your /etc/inetd.conf got hoosed, > unless you are running exim in daemon mode. > Somewhere you need to find lines like: > > #:MAIL: Mail, news and uucp services. > smtp stream tcp nowait mail /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs > > if that smtp line is missing, add it, do as root "/etc/init.d/inetd reload" > and try again. > > -- > groetjes, carel
I did it, now look what's coming: Before trying fetchmail again, I am going to close netscape to avoid conflict. I have messenger set to retrieve every minute. So I will report back in a few minutes. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/pruebas$ telnet localhost smtp Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to debian. Escape character is '^]'. 220 debian ESMTP Exim 3.12 #1 Sat, 16 Dec 2000 10:23:21 -0500 quit 221 debian closing connection Connection closed by foreign host. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/pruebas$
