> Hi all, > > I'm trying to configure fetchmail to retrieve my mail from my pop3 > server. > However, something goes wrong when fetchmail tries to send retrieved > messages to my SMTP port. > Fetchmail send a messages like : "SMTP connection failed" > I checked if I can telnet my SMTP port and I can't. > --> trying 127.0.0.1... > --> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: connection refused > > Fetchmail FAQ suggest to fix that first; I tried to, but I wasn't > successful. >
I had something like that when I deleted by mistake the relevant line from /etc/inetd.conf. With exim it is something like: [02:16:38 /tmp]$ grep smtp /etc/inetd.conf smtp stream tcp nowait mail /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs [02:16:45 /tmp]$
