On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 12:15 PM haines--- via Exim-users < [email protected]> wrote:
> New installation of Debian Bookworm. For mail using mutt and exim4. > No problem receiving mail, but cannot send it (disappears). So I am > sending this message with mail. > > $ swaks > To: [email protected] > === Trying postoffice.omnis.com:25... > *** Error connecting to postoffice.omnis.com:25: > *** IO::Socket::INET6: connect: timeout > > $ telnet localhost 127.0.0.1 > Invalid port name '127.0.0.1'. > That command attempts to establish a telnet session to both localhost and 127.0.0.1 (which is also localhost). What you want to do its 'telnet localhost 25' to see if Exim is listening on that port. But even before you do that, please head to: https://wiki.debian.org/Exim. Read and follow every step. Come back and let us know at what point you got stuck. > > $ wget localhost > --2024-12-19 08:14:27-- http://localhost/ > Resolving localhost (localhost)... ::1, 127.0.0.1 > Connecting to localhost (localhost)|::1|:80... failed: Connection refused. > Connecting to localhost (localhost)|127.0.0.1|:80... failed: Connection > refused> [3~ > What you are trying to achieve with the above command is irrelevant to this mailing list. > $ nano /etc/hostname > iskra > > I have a ~/.fetchmailrc file with polling information that is correct sent > to my mail server. My /etc/resolv.conf file seems correct. > By the time you get to using fetchmail, Exim's involvement has ended. You are now getting involved with the POP3/IMAP4 engine that you installed. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html] -- ## subscription configuration (requires account): ## https://lists.exim.org/mailman3/postorius/lists/exim-users.lists.exim.org/ ## unsubscribe (doesn't require an account): ## [email protected] ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
