On Jan 24, 2008 12:53 PM, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote: > I have used fetchmail/procmail/postfix/dovecot/kmail for some time on my mail > server, and have set this up on three or four machines in the past. I'm now > setting up a new server and having problems. I've reached the > thinking-in-circles stage, so need a prompt. > > The box in question is called borg2.lydgate.lan, and resides at 192.168.0.40. > I can ping both borg2.lydgate.lan and 192.168.0.40, yet kmail tells me that > it cannot connect to it, either by name or ip. /etc/hosts has correct lines > for the box. It has to be something pretty basic, but I can't think what, > unless it is either an selinux problem or ipv6 problem. I know that in FC6 I > turned ipv6 off (I'd have to search to find how to do that again). What about firewall rules ? # iptables -L Did you tries do login localy ? # telnet localhost 25 ... # telnet localhost 110 .. # telnet localhost 143 .. Remotly ? # telnet 192.168.0.40 25 ... # telnet 192.168.0.40 110 ... # telnet 192.168.0.40 143 ... Did you in your logs ? Regards > > Anne > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Alain Spineux aspineux gmail com May the sources be with you