On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 14:21:21 -0800
Samuel Sieb <samuel(a)sieb.net> wrote:
On 11/13/20 1:57 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:13:35 -0500
> Jonathan Billings <billings(a)negate.org> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 01:05:46PM -0800, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
>>>
>>> System is running up-to-date Fedora 32.
>>>
>>> root@webster[3]->mailx -v -v -s test geoff(a)hughes.net </dev/null
>>> Null message body; hope that's ok
>>> geoff@hughes.net... Connecting to [127.0.0.1] via relay...
>>> geoff@hughes.net... Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]
>>>
>>> Suggestions for cause/diagnosis would be appreciated.
>>
>> I don't believe Fedora installs and configure an MTA listening on
>> port 25 by default, so mailx deliver mail via the 'sendmail'
>> executable.
>
> I should have mentioned that access to localhost works correctly on
> a similarly-configured system.
Do you have a smtp server running?
What does "lsof -i tcp:25" show?
root@webster[7]->lsof -i tcp:25
root@webster[8]->
Source of the problem? A service needs restarting? Which service?
Thanks.