port 25 refuesed

[Mike Chambers]

On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 01:06 -0700, Thornton wrote:

> Is this for a server or for home? If its for home your ISP may be
> blocking port 25.
> 
> If it is for a server or business connection it may be behind a firewall
> that is preventing access.
> 
> Of course this is if you actually have a mail server up and running. 

You also need to check your /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file to make sure it's
setup to listen on all/whichever interface, and not just localhost.
It's defaulted to do that, so you have to change it then restart the
sendmail service.

-- 
Mike Chambers
Madisonville, KY

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