Subject: Re: Telneting trouble
From: mike cullerton (yellowdog@cullerton.com)
Date: Wed Mar 13 2002 - 08:35:48 MST
--On Wednesday, March 13, 2002 4:31 PM +0100 Olivier Reisch
<ydl@karasuma.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 March 2002 16:20, you wrote:
>> Hello guys,
>>
>> I try telneting to check SMTP status (at port 25) and POP (at port 110)
>> but it doesnt work. I dont know why.
>> All looks like ok. But telnet send me this message:
>>
>> telnet localhost 25
>> Trying 127.0.0.1...
>> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
>>
>
> Well, this is either due to 2 reasons:
>
> 1) You don't have any SMTP or POP3 daemons running on the box you are
> checking.
it isn't getting that far. it says connection refused.
>
> 2) The ports are kept close by a Firewall.
this is to localhost. no firewall involved.
-- mike cullerton yellowdog at cullerton dot com
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