By jdhsom
Hello all!
For some reason I can’t seem to connect to postfix using ‘localhost’. The command ‘telnet localhost 25’ returns the following:
Trying 127.0.1.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
My /etc/hosts file looks as follows:
127.0.1.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
droplet.ip.address.here example.com
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
/etc/postfix/main.cf (relevant section):
smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit_mynetworks permit_sasl_authenticated defer_unauth_destination
myhostname = localhost
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
mydestination = localhost
relayhost =
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = loopback-only
inet_protocols = all
Could anybody help me solve what’s going on?
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Hello,
Seems like that there is a typo in your /etc/hosts file, you need to change:
127.0.1.1 localhost
```
To:
```
127.0.0.1 localhost
```
Regards,
Bobby
I know, 4 years have passed, but I need respond this haha
Dude, your localhost IP is incorrect… 127.0.1.1 is wrong, the right is 127.0.0.1.
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