Thank You, for your time. --- Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >
Response from that telnet: telnet smtp.kolumbus.fi 25 220 fep06-app.kolumbus.fi ESMTP server ready Tue, 18 Jun 2002 20:50:33 +0300 And exact error message to that mail command is: nc: connect: Connection refused Error: Unknown response. RSET 0: Aborting due to connection error Killing child processes: 24559 30653 > ... 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! > > > -- > -----------------------------------------------"Never > tell me the > odds!"-------------- > Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo > Palo Alto, California, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bringing you mounds of caffeinated joy >>> http://thinkgeek.com/sf <<< ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
