Folks,
Here's some output.. I'm not familiar with ipchains.
This box is not supposed to be a firewall, so I'd be
fine with not using ipchains at all. Looks like it's set
wide open anyhow, is it not?
Thanks,
-Adam
ipchains --list
Chain input (policy ACCEPT):
Chain forward (policy ACCEPT):
Chain output (policy ACCEPT):
telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.
220 localhost ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.6/8.11.6; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 13:30:31
-0600
>From another machine..
telnet mailserv
Trying 192.168.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
On Thu, 2002-01-17 at 13:22, Robert wrote:
> Hi Adam,
>
> If sendmail is indeed running, and the client machine does report the
> "Connection Refused" via telnet, then you have one of three issues
> there..
> 1) Your firewall setup is blocking port 25
> 2) Your sendmail is listening on another port other than 25
> 3) Remote chance here: You've possibly setup SMTP AUTH, but that should
> still let you in initially, to be able to provide the correct AUTH
> credentials before getting refused. So this is not likely a cause.
>
> Check your connectivity setup, because if sendmail *is* running, then
> sendmail *isn't* the problem. Its elsewhere...
>
> Robert Toth
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Adam vonNieda
> Sent: January 17, 2002 1:58 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Sendmail connection refused
>
>
>
> I'm sure some of you have seen this before..
>
> I'm trying to use my sendmail to relay mail, and
> get the popular "connection refused" message. I've made
> a real effort to resolve this through past messages and
> FAQ's etc. with no success
>
> My question is, if I telnet to port 25 on my mail server from the
> client machine and get a "Connection refused", where is the
> configuration error coming from?
>
> /etc/mail/access?
> /etc/mail/relay-domains?
> Somewhere else?
> Do I need to rebuild the sendmail.cf? It's default.
>
> Yes, sendmail is running. :)
>
> Any insight would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Adam vonNieda
>
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