Re: qmail , smtp server and port 25

[vishnusi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

> 	My 0.02p on this matter ; I noticed that I had *precisely* the 
> same problem with telnetd - port 23 - because I had my /etc/inetd.conf 
> messed up... make sure that the entry for your
> SMTP/POP3/infact,everything else, is in one line... 
> 	I have
> smtp   stream   tcp   nowait  mail   /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs

Well, as far as I have understood it, inetd is not responsible for smtpd in the
case of qmail. I have two scripts in my /etc/rc.d/init.d/  called qmail and
smtpd. These are responsible for actually starting all the required
processes....

 

> 	By what I gathered , this basically means that the port is
> open .. because the first few bits in /etc/inetd.conf ensures
> that... [?] and the daemon isn't running ... basically , all I have is 
> a bunch of ideas to use to troubleshoot.. and none of them would be
> the real "solution" ... :)

Thanks, that would help a lot. Could you mail them to me?
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