Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:58:42 -0600 From: Logan <lashby@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Postfix doesn't do anything when I connect to it through telnet or Mozilla Thunderbird Message-ID: <9cd98d120603122058g7941c9depc403a6390518207e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060312222002.hjehocgwwkcggs0g@www.trancegeek.net> References: <20060312222002.hjehocgwwkcggs0g@www.trancegeek.net>
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On 3/12/06, tom@trancegeek.net <tom@trancegeek.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to set up a Postfix SMTP server on my machine (FreeBSD 4.11 > ). I > read the cheat notes here < > http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/mail.html>; > and I can get Postfix running. However, when I try to telnet in or > connect > with Mozilla Thunderbird nothing happens. > > Here is an example: > > tom@killdozer$ telnet 127.0.0.1 25 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to localhost.angrycoder.org. > Escape character is '^]'. > [some time goes by here...] > [I get angry and mash the escape character like a monkey] ^] > telnet> quit > Connection closed. > > Here is some [hopefully!] useful info: > > tom@killdozer$ ps auxw | grep post > postfix 275 0.0 0.2 1328 1032 ?? I 9:48PM 0:00.02 proxymap -= t > unix > -u > postfix 175 0.0 0.2 1384 1084 ?? I 9:47PM 0:00.02 qmgr -l -t > fifo > -u > postfix 174 0.0 0.2 1348 1060 ?? I 9:47PM 0:00.02 pickup -l > -t fifo > -u > root 173 0.0 0.2 1328 1040 ?? Is 9:47PM 0:00.08 > /usr/local/libexec/postfix/master > > > tom@killdozer$ uname -a > FreeBSD killdozer.angrycoder.org 4.11-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE #0: Fr= i > Apr > 22 01:01:47 EDT 2005 > admin@63-246-146-190.domain.tld:/usr/src/sys/compile/TOMKERNEL i386 > > [TOMKERNEL is just generic with SSE instructions enabled] What does your log file say? What do your inet_interfaces lines in /usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf look like?
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