Date:  Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:26:17 -0600
From:  Larry Smith <lesmith (at mark) ecsis.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:11329] Re: email on new server not working - maybe pop3
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Message-Id:  <200711301226.17056.lesmith (at mark) ecsis.net>
In-Reply-To:  <20071130133506.M58222 (at mark) nomealaska.org>
References:  <20071130133506.M58222 (at mark) nomealaska.org>
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On Friday 30 November 2007 07:48, James Dory wrote:
> Yesterday I put our new server into service and everything seemed to go
> fairly well. Email was working fine. I did a major yum update (162 pkgs)
> and things still seemed to run fine after the update. This morning when
> trying to connect with thunderbird email clients, I get a "connection
> refused". Logging in via webmail works. I can send email via my client but
> not sure if they are getting through.
>
> Watching /var/log/maillog I'm not seeing in pop3 checkins.
>
> I did change the host-domain name on the server admin GUI late in the day.
>
> Help?

James,

  The "connection refused" generally indicates that dovecot is not running for 
some reason.  If you can login (telnet/ssh) on the server then enter:
> /etc/init.d/dovecot restart
and see what messages you get.  If none, then after your prompt comes back 
just do a "telnet localhost 110" and see if you get a connection or still get 
the "connection refused".  If refused, dovecot is not starting and that will 
need to be traced down.  If connecting, then typeing "quit" will close the 
window and you can test from Thuderbird or your mail client.

-- 
Larry Smith
SysAd ECSIS.NET
sysad (at mark) ecsis.net