From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 19 19:14:53 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83FC116A41C for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:14:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 388BB43D1F for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:14:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A54515641F; Mon, 20 Jun 2005 07:14:51 +1200 (NZST) Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 07:14:51 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20050619191451.GB15438@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <20050619174509.GA32544@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050619174509.GA32544@thought.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: postfix, ubuntu+postfix and FBSD+sendmail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:14:53 -0000 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=, 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=, 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Vini, vidi, velcro... I came, I saw, I stuck around