so is that if mail has to be sent or received...a mta has to be present on each terminal.??

also is it possible to read mail via outlook or netscape ie. pop3 mails if the MTA is qmail??

linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in wrote:

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