On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:13:35 -0500 Jonathan Billings <billings@xxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxx </dev/null > > Null message body; hope that's ok > > geoff@xxxxxxxxxx... Connecting to [127.0.0.1] via relay... > > geoff@xxxxxxxxxx... Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1] > > > > root@webster[6]->ping 127.0.0.1 > > PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. > > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.080 ms > > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.086 ms > > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.091 ms > > 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.103 ms > > ^C > > --- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics --- > > 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3096ms > > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.080/0.090/0.103/0.008 ms > > > > 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. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx