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?