The "connection refused" message (almost) always comes from the destination
host (the so-called "isp.com") and indicates that it is not accepting
connections on that port (or at least not from your IP address). We have no
way of knowing, of course, what authentication an unnamed ISP might
require, so we're an unlikely source for the answer to "[d]oes my ISP need
some authentication to send email[?]". Some do, and there are several ways
they might do it; ask them.
To diagnose this problem with more detail, find a host that has a telnet
client and use it to connect to the ISP's SMTP port,with this command ...
telnet isp.com 25
... and see what response you get. You might also want to check the MX
record for host "isp.com" to see if it redirects to a different FQN (I'd
check this myself if you hadn't made that impossible by choosing to conceal
information behind the obviously fake "[EMAIL PROTECTED]").
At 01:24 PM 6/18/02 +0100, Vesa Vestman wrote:
>Hi all
>
>I'm using Bering v.1.0-rc2 and having problems getting
>mail to work.
>
>I've checked things that this post tells:
>
>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg06764.html
>
>and opened port for mail to work but no luck.
>
>When I try mail -s "test" [EMAIL PROTECTED] <
>/var/log/messages
>Error what it gives: Connection refused.
>
>Does my ISP need some authentication to send email or
>what might be the problem?
>
>I've fought with this for long time now and I'm really
>lost..
>
>I'd really appreciate any help!
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