>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Jaakko Niemi wrote: >> >> > >> popclient: POP3< +OK 5698 octets >> > >> reading message 1 (5698 bytes) >> > >> popclient: SMTP connect to (null) failed >> > >> > Smells like exim is not running, nor inetd is starting it. Do you have >> > something like the following in your inetd.conf: >> > >> > #:MAIL: Mail, news and uucp services. >> > smtp stream tcp nowait mail /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/exim exim >> > -bs >> >> Thank you for replying and no, my inetd.conf did not have that line for >> exim. That line looked like this: >> >> # smtp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.smtpd (will be >> restored by smail postinst)
This is commented out line, and methinks there was a bug conserning this looong time ago. That line means that when an smtp connection attempt is approved, inetd shall start that mailer. >> and there was no exim-line. The exim installation script seems to be >> buggy. Which version ? Hamm or bo ? >> Anyhow, I did put the line you supplied above in inetd.conf and rebooted >> the computer because I do not know how to get inetd to read that file >> otherwise (later I discovered inetd-update and used it to enable smtp, >> but without any positive results). >> >> I then sent a test message to myself locally using mailto. No error >> messages appeared, and the file was in /var/spool/exim/input. I tried to >> send an test message using Pine but the message was again: >> >> [Error sending: 421 SMTP connection went away!] Do you have a permanent connection or a dial-up ? How does exim.conf look ? >> To send this message, I had to remove exim again and reinstall smail. >> >> Johann >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | >> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3201 Pietermaritzburg | >> | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South >> Africa) | >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> "Love not the world, neither the things that are in >> the world. If any man love the world, the love of the >> Father is not in him." I John 2:15 >> >> >> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
