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Old 01-24-2008, 10:25 AM   #1
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sendmail: Cannot open mail:25

I'm trying to use sendmail but I get the following error message

sendmail: Cannot open mail:25


If I do netstat -an | grep :25

I get nothing so I presume port 25 is not in a listen state on my computer so how do I change this?
 
Old 01-24-2008, 12:01 PM   #2
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Is sendmail or any other MTA running? That's what it sounds like to me.
 
Old 01-24-2008, 01:38 PM   #3
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how do you start sendmail
 
Old 01-24-2008, 02:16 PM   #4
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This post appears to be a duplicate of:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-ports-616028/
 
Old 01-24-2008, 02:43 PM   #5
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This post appears to be a duplicate of:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-ports-616028/
Always pick the one that was started first, any others are the duplicates and should be closed. We should leave this one open, close the other. And please do not double post, it's pointless and against our rules.
 
Old 01-24-2008, 02:46 PM   #6
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This post appears to be a duplicate of:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-ports-616028/
Also, use the report feature and let the moderators handle it from there. Thanks.
 
  


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