Quoting Hatem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I did it, .. I blew everything away, and went step by step carefuly with
> Life with qmail!!
OK, then move on with http://cr.yp.to and http://faqts.com in case of
such questions.
> but when I had to test the telnet localhost 25
> it connects, and gave me this:
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to firegate.hahlabs.com
> Escape character is '^]'.
>
> and that is it..
> if I typed anything it goes nowhere!!
Have you tried an "fuser 25/tcp"??? What process takes care of this port?
If it is qmail-smtpd, then what do the logs say? If you start qmail-smtpd
by hand on the cmdline, does the correct prompt appear?
Yours, Mario
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Mario Thaten
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