What exactly is the host value in the ColdFusion administrator? You said you telnet'd to localhost on port 25, is that what you have in the administrator?
I've had issues in the past where relaying was open for localhost (127.0.0.1), but if you connected to the machine using its name, which looked up to the real IP, relaying would be blocked. -Ryan -------- Original Message -------- > From: Brian Dominick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 3:57 PM > To: CF-Linux <cf-linux@houseoffusion.com> > Subject: mail server connection problem > > I've been using CF on Windows for a long time but just installed it on > my first Linux box. Much works smoothly, a few things don't, most > disconcertingly including outgoing mail. > > Here's my setup: > > CF Version: CFMX 7.01 > OS Version: CentOS 4.5 > Mail Server: Exim 4.68 > WHM/cPanel 11.x > > Exim seems to be working okay for localhost relays. It's relaying mail > from localhost for PHP apps; the nobody user is permitted to send. > > But cfmail tags don't work even if I provide server, username and > password attributes. And in CF Administrator > Mail, I cannot get a > connection to the mail server using any settings (localhost, IP address, > mail.domain.com, etc, etc); I just get "Connection Verification Failed" > every time. > > I'm not sure how to use the user:[EMAIL PROTECTED] method in CF Admin > Mail > to ensure an authenticated connection (one should not be needed, > anyway), since usernames on my server have an @ in them. > > As root, I can telnet to localhost on port 25, no problem. > > The CF mail.log has one consistent error in it: > Could not connect to SMTP host: [IP Address], port: 25; nested exception > is: java.net.ConnectException: connection to [IP Address] timed out > > Thanks in advance for any help! > > B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Linux/message.cfm/messageid:4349 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Linux/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.14
