On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, akshaysalkar wrote:
when i try to telnet 192.168.0.1 25 it says connection refused why?
however my telnet 127.0.0.1 25 does accept the connection
Please read the docs/faqs before posting questions.
It happens like this most likely because your mail server is only bound to your loopback interface. What mail server are you using? If you're using sendmail, then read the faq at sendmail.org to see your solution.
Philip