Is the sendmail running ? issue this command: /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail restart then check for a sendmail listening process on port 25 using the command: ps -aux -or- netstat -tulpn aljuhani@xxxxxxxxx Original Message: ----------------- From: Mrs. Geeta Thanu geeta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 10:56:55 -0800 To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Pls help me with sendmail probs Hi Gurus, I have a sendmail running and suddenly today it was not accepting incoming mails but was sending mails(outgoing mails are going on by pine). how can be this possible.when i did telnet xxx 25 , it gave connection refused, which used to accept before.when i stopped and started sendmail evrything was fine. waiting for ur explanations.please guide me Thanks in advance Geetha -- 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