Connection refused means that the connection from the CF server to the mail server is either blocked by a firewall, you entered the wrong IP address of the mail server, or the mail server is off line. Open up a command prompt on the CF server and type:
telnet <ip address> 25 Do you see the preamble greeting of the mail server? If not then the connection is likely blocked somewhere or the IP address is incorrect. HTH, -- Howie Hamlin - inFusion Project Manager On-Line Data Solutions, Inc. - www.CoolFusion.com inFusion Mail Server (iMS) - The Award-winning, Intelligent Mail Server PrismAV - Virus scanning for ColdFusion applications >>> Find out how iMS Stacks up to the competition: >>> http://www.coolfusion.com/imssecomparison.cfm --- On Thursday, February 03, 2005 6:12 AM, simmyana a scribed: --- > > I tried giving the mail server IP and I verified connection also. It > is not giving any error. But when i try to send mail, it is giving > the following error > > "Could not connect to SMTP host: localhost, port: 25; nested > exception is: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused" > > any idea?? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:192879 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
