ERROR: connect to mail.*******.com[*.*.*.*]:25: Connection refused

advolente · 03-30-2009, 01:45 PM

Postfix is set to listen on all interfaces with port 4011 yet I'm still getting this error saying connection refused on port 25. I'm at wits end and have been messing with this for nearly a week. Can anyone familiar with postfix or linux email servers point me in the right direction here?

netstat output

Code:

[root@******* postfix]# netstat -tnap
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address               Foreign Address             State       PID/Program name   
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:2049                0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      -                   
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:3306                0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      2557/mysqld         
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:4011                0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      9644/master         
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:875                 0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      2447/rpc.rquotad    
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:111                 0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      2015/rpcbind        
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:6000                0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      3253/X              
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:10000               0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      2684/perl           
tcp        0      0 192.168.1.2:53              0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      2315/named          
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:53                0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      2315/named          
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:22                  0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      2359/sshd           
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:631               0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      2664/cupsd          
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:44183               0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      -                   
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:953               0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      2315/named          
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:51513               0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      2028/rpc.statd      
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:47646               0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      2462/rpc.mountd     
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:10000             127.0.0.1:35059             TIME_WAIT   -                   
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:10000             127.0.0.1:35063             TIME_WAIT   -                   
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:10000             127.0.0.1:35062             TIME_WAIT   -                   
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:10000             127.0.0.1:35061             TIME_WAIT   -                   
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:10000             127.0.0.1:35058             TIME_WAIT   -                   
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:10000             127.0.0.1:35064             TIME_WAIT   -                   
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:10000             127.0.0.1:35060             TIME_WAIT   -                   
tcp        0      0 :::111                      :::*                        LISTEN      2015/rpcbind        
tcp        0      0 :::6000                     :::*                        LISTEN      3253/X              
tcp        0      0 :::80                       :::*                        LISTEN      2620/httpd          
tcp        0      0 :::22                       :::*                        LISTEN      2359/sshd           
tcp        0      0 ::1:953                     :::*                        LISTEN      2315/named

Anything else you need please let me know i'll post immediatley

thank you for any help

ken

repo · 03-30-2009, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Postfix is set to listen on all interfaces with port 4011 yet I'm still getting this error saying connection refused on port 25

what if you set postfix to listen on port 25?
is postfix running?

farslayer · 03-30-2009, 02:13 PM

This is basically a duplicate of your other post, or a continuation of the same problem.. No clue why you started a new thread.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ion...-715349/

If you are listening on Port 4011, why would you expect to be able to connect to it on port 25 ?
Postfix is not listening on port 25 so that response would be correct.

I still think the resolution, already provided in your other thread, would resolve your issue.

advolente · 03-30-2009, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by farslayer

This is basically a duplicate of your other post, or a continuation of the same problem.. No clue why you started a new thread.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ion...-715349/

If you are listening on Port 4011, why would you expect to be able to connect to it on port 25 ?
Postfix is not listening on port 25 so that response would be correct.

I still think the resolution, already provided in your other thread, would resolve your issue.

Please close this thread. I reposted here because I thought it was a more appropriate forum for my problem. Please visit first thread if you have any help to give, as the issue is still unresolved. Thank you.

advolente · 03-30-2009, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by farslayer

This is basically a duplicate of your other post, or a continuation of the same problem.. No clue why you started a new thread.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ion...-715349/

If you are listening on Port 4011, why would you expect to be able to connect to it on port 25 ?
Postfix is not listening on port 25 so that response would be correct.

I still think the resolution, already provided in your other thread, would resolve your issue.

Please close this thread. I reposted here because I thought it was a more appropriate forum for my problem.