Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 09:14:12 -0500 (EST) From: jlrobins@zappa.cs.uncc.edu (James Robinson) To: kkoay@lightside.com (Kok K. Koay) Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Eudora 1.4.3 cannot connect to xxx.yyy.zzz Message-ID: <9602081414.AA01902@zappa.cs.uncc.edu> In-Reply-To: <m0tkRY1-0009X2C@covina.lightside.com> from "Kok K. Koay" at Feb 8, 96 00:17:00 am
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> > Hi, I really need some help on this one. I have a mail server say xxx on > yyy.zzz. The DNS server for yyy.zzz does have a MX record pointed to xxx. > When I use Eudora for Windows with MS provided TCP/IP protocol driver to > connect to xxx.yyy.zzz to retrieve mail, I got the message "cannot connect > to xxx.yyy.zzz. cause: connection refused". The mail got to xxx.yyy.zzz fine > from other FreeBSD server and able to read when logged into xxx.yyy.zzz. By > the way, I added a Cw record for yyy.zzz domain in the sendmail.cf file. I > am really stuck!!!! Please Help!!! > > Eudora uses the POP3 protocol to read mail, and the SMTP protocol to send mail. You're running a SMTP server on your box by default (sendmail). You need to compile / install / run a POP3 server. Check out popper in the ports/mail collection. It works fine. The "connection refused" error is given when you try to contact a certain machine's port number N, but there is no daemon (server) accepting connections on that port number. It is the other machine telling you "no-one's home". James
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