"Connection refused"

[Vince]

> > 
> 
> 	This is strange; I just allowed telnet in /etc/inetd.conf and
> 	reinitialized;  from here on sage/ns1, this.  

No need to enable telnet in inetd.conf if you're just using it to test 
a tcp connection to another host, that's only if you want to be able to
 log on to the host from another machine using telnet.  

> 
> telnet tao 25
> Trying 10.0.0.247...
> telnet: connect to address 10.0.0.247: Connection refused
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
> 
> 	Could I be missing something in rc.conf?
> 

Hmm you should get a basic connection, on tao whats the output of 
sockstat -4 |grep :25
I get  
root     sendmail   651   3  tcp4   *:25                  *:*

i.e. is sendmail actualy running ? if yes, is it listening on any ip other
than 127.0.0.1 ? (mine is listening on *)
If still yes then do you have a firewall or tcpwrappers blocking access ?

Assuming base sendmail (not ports) what is the output of 
grep sendmail /etc/rc.conf
(should be sendmail_enable="YES" unless you are using sendmail from ports)


Vince


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