[PLUG] port 465 connection refused

[wes]

sounds like msmtp is not running. what is its service status?

-wes

On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM <briand at pounceofcats.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to set up msmtp as a local mail agent just for my machine so
> that i can get mail from, for example, cron jobs
> I keep getting this error
>
>   cannot connect to localhost, port 465: Connection refused
>
> and can find nothing as to how I might fix it which is really odd as i'm
> using the standard msmtprc config file and you'd think if it has this
> problem out of the box it would be relatively common.
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> --
> Brian
>
>
> the config file
> ---
> account default
>
> # The SMTP smarthost
> host localhost
>
> # Use TLS on port 465. On this port, TLS starts without STARTTLS.
> port 465
> tls on
> tls_starttls off
>
> # Construct envelope-from addresses of the form "user at oursite.example"
> from %U at localhost
>
> # Do not allow programs to override this envelope-from address via -f
> allow_from_override off
> # Always set a From header that matches the envelope-from address
> set_from_header on
>
> # Syslog logging with facility LOG_MAIL instead of the default LOG_USER
> syslog LOG_MAIL
>