Re: unable to access localhost
On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 14:56:53 -0800
Samuel Sieb <samuel(a)sieb.net> wrote:
On 11/13/20 2:51 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 14:21:21 -0800
> Samuel Sieb <samuel(a)sieb.net> wrote:
>> 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?
That depends on what mail server you have installed. e.g. sendmail
or postfix. But you will also need to configure it.
From your original email, are you sure you want to be sending it
through localhost? Don't you have a mail server already that you
could send through? What does your email client use?
Hmmm .... two systems. Both use claws-mail. I used mailx as a simple (I
thought) way of describing the problem. So let's scratch my
"simplification" and restate the problem.
I have two systems, both with up-to-date Fedora 32, both running
claws-mail. Both access the smtp server on hughes.net using port 465.
The 'working' systems logs in and transmits the emailwithout any
problem. The non-working system hangs on the connection until it times
out.
Update: Turns out that the SSL certificate was missing. Why, I have no
idea. My guess it that hughes (email provider) started requiring it
without telling anybody. Sigh!