Hi Martin Thanks for your reply. In my /etc/hosts file i haved checked 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain and one more thing i cannot start exim thru /etc/sbin and neither through /etc/rc.d/init.d.Whenver i am changing my exim confif i am everytime restarting my machine so that configuration can be saved.Please advice.
Thanks Nitin -----Original Message----- From: "Martin A. Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Nitin Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: exim-users@exim.org Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:40:15 +0000 Subject: Re: [exim] PORT 25 NOT RESPONDING Hi Nitin Nitin Gupta wrote: > I have installed Exim 4.66 and now whenever i am trying to check the SMTP > with telnet 127.0.0.1 25 , it is throwing error: "Connection Refused".please > suggest.I have checked my /etc/hosts also. > Either exim isn't running, or it not configured to listen on that interface. Exactly what have you checked for in /etc/hosts? -- Martin A. Brooks | http://www.antibodymx.net/ [http://www.antibodymx.net/] | Anti-spam & anti-virus Consultant | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | filtering. Inoculate antibodymx.net | m: +447896578023 | your mail system. DISCLAIMER: The contents of this e-mail (and any attachments) are confidential, may be privileged and may contain copyright material of Company or third parties. You may only reproduce or distribute the material if you are expressly authorized by us to do so. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this e-mail (and any attachments) is unauthorized. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender via e-mail; delete it and any copies of it from your system. Although this message and its attachments have been scanned for viruses and no viruses were detected, no responsibility whatsoever is accepted by the Company for any loss or damage arising in any way from receipt or use thereof. -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
