[Zope] Help with mail error -- Error Value: (111, 'Connection refused')

[Paul Winkler]

On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 02:48:04PM -0400, Dan Gaibel wrote:
> On Jul 9, 2004, at 1:36 PM, Paul Winkler wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 01:01:29PM -0400, Dan Gaibel wrote:
> >>After switching machines around due to a crash/recovery. I find that
> >>I'm getting an error when I try to use methods which utilize the
> >>Mailhost object. I get "Error Value: (111, 'Connection refused')"  I
> >>don't understand what could have caused this change, except for
> >>changing IP addresses. Any thoughts? I'm running on RH 7.3, Zope 
> >>2.5.1,
> >>Python 2.1.3. Does Mailhost need to use sendmail?
> >
> >It needs to use the MTA on whatever IP / port you configure
> >it to use.  By default this is port 25 on localhost.
> >Go to your mailhost instance in the ZMI and check what
> >you've got it set to, then check that the designated IP/port
> >is actually available on the system that is running zope.
> >Maybe since your IP changed, there are routing or firewall issues.
> >
> >
> 
> If I am using an external SMTP host, then there doesn't need to be any 
> port available on my server, right? Just on the external machine? 

right.

> Changing IPs is the only possible cause I can think of for the problem, 
> but I don't know what to look for.

that's why I suspect routing or firewall issues between your
box and the mail server. It's happened to me before.
 
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Paul Winkler
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