Edward Krack: > Paul Smith : You must have a SERVICE/S listening on the port your trying to telnet too, And configured . netstat -an Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:10024 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:10025 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN =============================== 1) My amavisd-new mail settings /etc/amavisd-new.conf $inet_socket_port = 10024; # listen on this local TCP port(s) telnet localhost 10024 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. 220 [127.0.0.1] ESMTP amavisd-new service ready quit 221 2.0.0 [127.0.0.1] (amavisd-new) closing transmission channel Connection closed by foreign host. =============================== 2) My Postfix Mail settings /etc/postfix/master.cf 127.0.0.1:10025 inet n - n - - smtpd telnet 127.0.0.1 10025 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to 127.0.0.1. Escape character is '^]'. 220 test.example.com ESMTP Postfix quit 221 Bye Connection closed by foreign host. Just my $0.02 Edward Krack If your not listening, WE can't make OUR connection.
