I keep getting this error, and I have no clue where it comes from. I have no localhost in my fetchmailrc file, all I have in main.cf is: mydestination = paulandcilla.homelinux.org, localhost
here is some of the entries in /var/log/mail.err:
Dec 7 16:00:38 paulandcilla fetchmail[16761]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused. Dec 7 16:00:40 paulandcilla fetchmail[16761]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused. Dec 7 16:00:43 paulandcilla fetchmail[16761]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused. Dec 7 16:10:50 paulandcilla fetchmail[16761]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused. Dec 7 16:10:56 paulandcilla fetchmail[16761]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused. Dec 7 16:21:05 paulandcilla fetchmail[16761]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused. Dec 7 16:21:07 paulandcilla fetchmail[16761]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused. Dec 7 16:21:08 paulandcilla fetchmail[16761]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused. Dec 7 16:31:18 paulandcilla fetchmail[16761]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused. Dec 7 16:31:19 paulandcilla fetchmail[16761]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused. Dec 7 16:41:25 paulandcilla fetchmail[16761]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused. Dec 7 16:41:26 paulandcilla fetchmail[16761]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused. Dec 7 16:41:27 paulandcilla fetchmail[16761]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
all of the mail SENDING on this box comes out of either kmail or thunderbird via my domain host, secure login.
-- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800