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Auteur: Chris Wilson
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Aan: jwexler
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Onderwerp: Re: [exim] Web Form on same box as exim4. Getting Could not connect to SMTP host: 127.0.0.1, port 7396
Hi JW,

On Thu, 17 Jun 2010, jwexler@??? wrote:

> I have been wrestling with configuring both a web form (web server) and
> exim4 on the same box, hostname=blackbear.


Is it a real box or a virtual server?

How exactly did you configure Exim to listen on port 7396? What does your
Exim configuration file say about it?

> "Email sending failed: Could not connect to SMTP host: 127.0.0.1, port:
> 7396"
>
> However, I do not see any entries in the exim4 log files on blackbear.


That's because the web form could not connect to Exim, so Exim has no way
of knowing that it tried and failed. Probably it's not listening on port
7396 on the IP 127.0.0.1. You can check this with "netstat -plant".

> "allow_localhost Use: smtp Type: boolean Default: false
>
> When a host specified in hosts or fallback_hosts (see below) turns out to be
> the local host, or is listed in hosts_treat_as_local, delivery is deferred
> by default.


I don't think this is the problem, it controls outbound mail *from Exim*,
not mail coming in to Exim.

> I tried different ways to include allow_localhost to solve the issue to
> no avail. I also have added 127.0.0.1 as an accepted relay host for the
> acl that accepts web form emails on port 7396.


Doesn't help if it's not listening on that IP and port.

Cheers, Chris.
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