On Mon, Jun 01, 1998 at 08:41:17PM +0800, A.D.Y. Cheng wrote: > Hello all, > > I try the command to test my email connection 'telnet localhost 25', but > it gives me the error: > > Trying 127.0.0.1... > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused > > However, I have '127.0.0.1 localhost' entry in my /etc/hosts file. > Another problem is that I have troubles download email from my ISP using > fetchmail, it gives me the error
Have you checked your /etc/hosts.deny file? For instance, my /etc/hosts.deny has the line containing "ALL: ALL" to disallow ALL people from connecting to ALL of my services. The few people I do let use stuff, I have explicity set in /etc/hosts.allow, for instance a line that says "ftpd: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" or likewise. The two mentioned files are for configuring your TCP wrappers, a program which monitors (and can do more extensive logging, I think) you inetd services. Also, do you have a telnet daemon running? godspeed, Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
