[Mailman-Developers] smtp error - [Errno 111] Connection refused - when trying to install MM 3.0

[Danci Emanuel]

How can I make sure that the MTA is properly listening on SMTPHOST/SMTPPORT (they
have the default values, SMTPHOST = 'localhost',  SMTPPORT = 0)? I installed Postfix by 
using the official directions( http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-install/postfix-integration.html )

Also, in regard to the firewall I added a preconfigured rule for the smtp service (port 25), so 
I think this should be fine.

Furthermore, `netstat -na | grep ":25"` produces the following result: 
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:25              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN 

I am just guessing, but could this also be to the `/etc/hosts` folder permissions? This is what
`ls -ld /etc/hosts` produces: 
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 281 2012-06-29 03:08 /etc/hosts

 

Thanks,
Emanuel DANCI


________________________________
 From: Mark Sapiro <mark at msapiro.net>
To: Danci Emanuel <danci_emanuel at yahoo.com> 
Cc: "mailman-developers at python.org" <mailman-developers at python.org> 
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 1:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Mailman-Developers] smtp error - [Errno 111] Connection refused - when trying to install MM 3.0
 
On 6/27/2012 11:07 AM, Danci Emanuel wrote:
>
> Also, there is one more thing that could be related to this problem. I also have installed Mailman 2.1.10
> and after setting it up for the proper domain, when a user tries to subscribe to one of the lists, although 
> the subscription is recorded, the confirmation email is never sent back. The message that appears in 
> the smtp-failure log is this:
> 
> Jun 04 20:55:57 2012 (10427) Low level smtp error: (111, 'Connection refused'), msgid: <mailman.0.1338832556.10889.systers-admin at manu.pensiunealdyna.ro>
> Jun 04 20:55:57 2012 (10427) delivery to esdanci at acm.ro failed with code -1: (111, 'Connection refused')


Barry has responded to the MM 3 part of this. With respect to the above,
there is no MTA listening on SMTPHOST/SMTPPORT (default licalhost/25) or
connection is blocked by a firewall.

See the FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/-IA9>.

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