Re: newby Q - ReadList.com

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newby Q
\ jekillen (15 Nov 2007)
. \ mouss (15 Nov 2007)

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Subject:	Re: newby Q
Group:	Postfix-users
From:	mouss
Date:	15 Nov 2007

jekillen wrote:
> Hello;
> I have been trying to test my Postfix installation on FreeBSD 6.2
> I tried sending e-mail to the host at the address of this message.
>
> Here are some e-mail to root messages on this machine:
> (names changed to protect the innocent)
>
> 4FC294F1065 2526 Sun Nov 11 13:49:20 MAILER-DAEMON
> (connect to domain.tld[ip address]: Connection refused)
> root
>
>
> 84E684F101B 337 Mon Nov 12 19:36:49 root
> (connect to domain.tld[ip address]: Connection refused)
> jekillen
>
> 0EAE64F1021 349 Tue Nov 13 19:46:40 jekillen
> (connect to domain.tld[ip address]: Connection refused)
> jekillen
>
> And the ip addresses are public static ip addresses.
>
> I have mynetworks_style set to subnet. If I understand this correctly,
> It governs what messages will be relayed from what addresses but
> not what messages are addressed directly to the user@$mydomain
> Why am I getting these connection refused messages?

"connection refused" generally means that the TCP connection cannot be
made: either nothing is listening on the IP:port or a firewall is
blocking access.

> Particularly, why messages generated locally and addressed to root.
> I think I am swimming in a pond with too many things going on.

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