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Date:      Sat, 4 Mar 2023 11:35:02 -0800
From:      bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>
To:        David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Making -current machines accept mail from sendmail
Message-ID:  <20230304193502.GA43158@www.zefox.net>
In-Reply-To: <ZAOUt81wHfiBG8aw@albert.catwhisker.org>
References:  <20230304184837.GA42823@www.zefox.net> <ZAOUt81wHfiBG8aw@albert.catwhisker.org>

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On Sat, Mar 04, 2023 at 10:57:59AM -0800, David Wolfskill wrote:
> 
> You might start with checking the output of "sockstat -l" on the machine
> that is intended to receive the mail: SMTP is expected to be on 25/tcp.
> 
> If the intended recipient machine does NOT show that 25/tcp is being
> listened to, you will need to (install &) start a process to do so.
> That may well involve installing (& starting) some MTA -- whether
> sendmail, postfix, exim, or even qmail (or something else).
> 
> (I expect that nothing is listening on 25/tcp, as that is what
> "connection refused" implies.)
> 

Indeed, that's the case. It looks as if dma isn't intended 
to replace sendmail, so I'll take the hint in UPDATING and
turn sendmail back on.

Thank you!

bob prohaska



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