[wplug] fetchmail-postfix-smtp problem

[Chris]

wplug-admin at wplug.org wrote:
> OK, but I thought postfix had a sendmail or sendmail
> emulator, that listened for SMTP (is that right?). How do I
> get it, or sendmail, to listen? Postfix is running.
> 
> SFK
> 
> On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 15:31, Mike Kuentz (2) wrote:
>> sounds like you don't have sendmail (or anything that's listens for
>> SMTP) running 
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: wplug-admin at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-admin at wplug.org] On Behalf Of
>>> kiesling+ at pitt.edu Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 2:12 PM
>>> To: wplug at wplug.org
>>> Subject: [wplug] fetchmail-postfix-smtp problem
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I upgraded my evolution, fetchmail, and postfix on my gentoo
>>> laptop yesterday. Bad idea. Fetchmail is not working, and it
>>> has to do with SMTP listening (I think) but I'm still too
>>> much of a novice to know exactly how to fix it, even after
>>> some searching on the net. Here is what happens when I
>>> "fetchmail -v" (just the end of it):
>>> 
>>> reading message kiesling at imap.pitt.edu:1 of 38 (1160 header octets)
>>> fetchmail: smtp listener protocol error
>>> fetchmail: smtp listener protocol error
>>> fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed
>>> fetchmail: IMAP> A0007 LOGOUT
>>> fetchmail: IMAP< )
>>> fetchmail: IMAP< A0006 OK Completed
>>> fetchmail: IMAP< * BYE LOGOUT received
>>> fetchmail: IMAP< A0007 OK Completed
>>> fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from imap.pitt.edu
>>> fetchmail: 6.2.3 querying imap.pitt.edu (protocol IMAP) at
>>> Thu Nov 20 11:38:37 2003: poll completed
>>> fetchmail: Query status=10 (SMTP)
>>> fetchmail: normal termination, status 10
>>> 
>>> I know nothing about SMTP, and little on the net documents
>>> what to do with it using Postfix. Can anyone suggest something?
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> Scott
>>> 
>>> 
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Try:
$ netstat -a
And see if anything is listening on smtp(25)

And/Or test that port ...
$telnet localhost 25
Trying 192.168.1.15
Connected to 192.168.1.15
Escape character is '^]'.
220 atlasdesigngroup.com ESMTP

Chris Romano