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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!news1.best.com!bofh.noc.best.net!not-for-mail From: rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: "Deferred: Connection refused" in mailq Date: 9 Mar 1997 14:50:38 -0800 Organization: fidgety systems administrators gmbh Lines: 28 Message-ID: <5fveru$61a$1@bofh.noc.best.net> References: <01bc2acd$c9098d80$03c818cb@hack> NNTP-Posting-Host: bofh.noc.best.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36829 In article <01bc2acd$c9098d80$03c818cb@hack>, a <a@cyvox.net.au> wrote: >I am getting the following build up in the mailq for a virtual domain I >have recently added. How do I enable connections? I have already added >xyz.com.au in the sendmail.cw file so I assume it should be accepting mail >for that domain. What am I doing wrong? I am using FreeBSD version 2.1.5. > (Deferred: Connection refused by xyz.com.au.) > <john@jdcc.com.au> >QAA09170 336 Fri Mar 7 16:46 <jbuccia@bb.iu.net> > (Deferred: Connection refused by xyz.com.au.) > <john@jdcc.com.au> >QAA09115 17 Fri Mar 7 16:20 <jdcc@chariot.net.au> > (Deferred: Connection refused by xyz.com.au.) > <JOHN@JDCC.COM.AU> >QAA09137 1073 Fri Mar 7 16:31 <alsil@www3.clever.net> > (Deferred: Connection refused by xyz.com.au.) > <john@jdcc.com.au> As near as i can tell from the above, xyz.com.au isn't running a sendmail daemon, so it's not accepting connections to receive mail. Is there an MX entry for xyz.com.au that should, perhaps, point somewhere else? rone -- Ron Echeverri Best Internet Usenet Administration rone@best.net ############################################################################# INGREDIENT: Sodium benzoate (to preserve taste)