Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 07:14:51 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: postfix, ubuntu+postfix and FBSD+sendmail Message-ID: <20050619191451.GB15438@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <20050619174509.GA32544@thought.org> References: <20050619174509.GA32544@thought.org>
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On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 10:45:09AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
>
> People,
>
> This is one reason that I don't want to switch to postfix
> (or any other "more secure" MTA). So far I have figured
> out most things on ubuntu linux--(Debian based). I can get
> mail *out* from any acct; but not in. According to my
> sendmail /var/log/maillog, the connection is refused:
>
>
> Jun 19 10:18:50 sage sm-mta[60201]: j5F3qGbQ035034:
> to=<allyson@thought.org>, delay=4+13:26:14, xdelay=00:00:00,
> mailer=relay, pri=22800576, relay=ethic.thought.org., dsn=4.0.0,
> stat=Deferred: Connection refused by ethic.thought.org.
> Jun 19 10:18:50 sage sm-mta[60201]: j5F3rm4u035037:
> to=<allyson@thought.org>, delay=4+13:24:45, xdelay=00:00:00,
> mailer=relay, pri=22890920, relay=ethic.thought.org., dsn=4.0.0,
> stat=Deferred: Connection refused by ethic.thought.org.
A connection refused means that the outgoing box doesn't think
there's a socket listening on the receiving end. Have you made sure
that:
1. postfix is running?
2. no firewall blocks in place?
3. "inet_interfaces = all" in Postix's main.cf?
Cheers.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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