check your mailserver sendmail etc. They should be enabled to listen to localhost. Also if running mail via inetd then check mail configuration in /etc/xinet.d/your_mail_sserver and make sure it is is not disabled and listining to localhost cheers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suryaman Maharjan" <smaharjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 2:03 PM Subject: localhost not respondig > hi > > when i do telnet localhsot 25 to my mail server, it says connection refused. > while doing netstat -nat | grep 25 > it shows only public_ip:25 and no localhost:25 > how to open port 25 for localhost? > do i have to modify any file in /etc/mail/ ? > > my /etc/hosts file contains the line > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > and command ping localhost is also successful. > > > thanx in advance. > > > > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
