Unable to connect to SMPT host servers??

[topcat]

Is there any way to test my e-mail server to see
if it is working properly??? I'm not an expert at this
no matter what e-mail service I use on my site I keep getting
the same error message ???

Warning: fsockopen(): unable to connect to localhost:25 in /var/www/html/webmail/inc/class.smtp.php on line 534
SMTP Error: could not connect to SMTP host server(s)

are there any utilities I can download to help me?
thank you
TC

[existenz]

Please don't post like this. It makes it harder for everyone to help ya :)

Use something like Outlook Express or Mail.app and test it out. If it worked their then your server is ok.

[DirectAdmin Support]

Hello,

If you are unable to connect to port 25, that would mean that either exim isn't running, or else port 25 on localhost is blocked (less likely) .. have a look at your /var/log/exim/mainlog for possible errors, you can also try:

telnet localhost 25

to see if exim lets you connect.

John

[apostle]

I'm having the same problem now. Tried to telnet to port 25 and said connection refused. I went and checked the mainlog file and it said: "re-exec of exim (/usr/sbin/exim) with -Mc failed: Permission denied".

[DirectAdmin Support]

Related info (always check google ;))
http://info.ccone.at/INFO/Mail-Archives/OpenNA/Nov-2002/msg00043.html

John

[max2000]

There is no page at this address. Error 404... any other page?