Hi Larry,
yes, of course is present in the /etc/services file:
(copied and pasted directly)
smtp 25/tcp # Simple Mail Transfer
Any ideas?
BR,
jonathan
Larry Rosenman wrote:
> jonathan gonzalez wrote:
>
>>Hi Steven
>>
>>thank you for answer my question.
>>
>>I've checked that exim is the only one MTA. Of course it doesn't run
>>because the error doesn't allow the program runs. The exactly error i
>>get is this:
>>
>>Starting MTA: 2005-07-16 15:20:25 Exim configuration error:
>> TCP port "smtp" not found
>>
>>
>>I have published a copy of muy actual exim4.conf file in my web site
>>just to provide a source of what was running before and that actually
>>seems not to be valid: http://www.surestorm.com/TMPFLDR/exim4.conf
>>
>>BTW the server is not running :(
>>
>>TIA,
>>BR,
>>
>>jonathan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Steven Wayne wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 05:12:54AM +0200, jonathan gonzalez wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>after install the brand new debian sarge the exim package gives me
>>>>the following error that i'm unable to solve:
>>>>
>>>>tcp port smtp not found
>>>>
>>>>I've realized that the "services" file is readable and contains an
>>>>entry at least with the smtp reference to the 25/tcp port, but this
>>>>seems not to be enough.
>>>>
>>>>Can anyone help me solve this issue or point me in the good
>>>>direction?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Is port 25 blocked in any firewall rules?
>>>
>>>Is Exim the only MTA running?
>>>
>>>What does "netstat -pant|grep :25" show? Look for a line like:
>>>
>>>tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:25
>>>
>>>and check the PID/Program name on the far right.
>>>
>>>Steven.
>
>
> Is smtp in /etc/services?
> $ grep smtp /etc/services
> smtp 25/tcp mail
> $
>
>
>
