Problem with Postfix installation - Kindly Help

[skirao]

Hi all,

I am installing postfix from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Po...efault%20setup and i am stuck at "Test your default setup" I am not able to telnet localhost 25, the error is telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

This worked immediately after i installed mailx. But, after a reboot the telnet just doesnt work. how can i test the default postfix setup. Also, is there way to remove the default sendmail attached to each user account. Because, sendmail was installed on this machine and i guess sendmail is the default mail service for each user account?

Thanks
Avinash

[topdog]

Am guessing that postfix is not starting at boot, install rcconf and use that to configure postfix to start at boot.

For now you can manually test by starting postfix

/etc/init.d/postfix start

[skirao]

Postfix is configured to start at boot time. But the service is not started. If i execute /etc/init.d/postfix start, the prompt comes back

root@servername:~# /etc/init.d/postfix start
root@servername:~#

Originally Posted by topdog

Am guessing that postfix is not starting at boot, install rcconf and use that to configure postfix to start at boot.

For now you can manually test by starting postfix

/etc/init.d/postfix start

[topdog]

Then check the logs, am sure postfix will state why it is not starting most likely due to a config error.

[skirao]

To keep you updated, the same thread is in http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...2/#post3279083

Originally Posted by topdog

Then check the logs, am sure postfix will state why it is not starting most likely due to a config error.