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07-07-2003, 05:29 PM	#1
batham LQ Newbie Registered: Jul 2003 Posts: 1 Rep:	telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused Hello everyone. I have a Redhat Linux 9 server. I have installed sendmail on it, everything works fine on it, I can receive and send email on the machine........ but when I try to check my emails from my other client machine I get PORT 143 error IMAP. I tried to issue this command from my other machine on the network telnet IPADDRESS 143 and it returned an error telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused Am I missing something, please help thanks batham

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