Unable to connect to SMPT host servers??

Is there any way to test my e-mail server to see
if it is working properly??? I'm not an expert at this
no matter what e-mail service I use on my site I keep getting
the same error message ???

Warning: fsockopen(): unable to connect to localhost:25 in /var/www/html/webmail/inc/class.smtp.php on line 534
SMTP Error: could not connect to SMTP host server(s)

are there any utilities I can download to help me?
thank you
TC

Please don't post like this. It makes it harder for everyone to help ya

Use something like Outlook Express or Mail.app and test it out. If it worked their then your server is ok.

Hello,

If you are unable to connect to port 25, that would mean that either exim isn't running, or else port 25 on localhost is blocked (less likely) .. have a look at your /var/log/exim/mainlog for possible errors, you can also try:

telnet localhost 25

to see if exim lets you connect.

John

I'm having the same problem now. Tried to telnet to port 25 and said connection refused. I went and checked the mainlog file and it said: "re-exec of exim (/usr/sbin/exim) with -Mc failed: Permission denied".

Related info (always check google )
http://info.ccone.at/INFO/Mail-Archives/OpenNA/Nov-2002/msg00043.html

John

There is no page at this address. Error 404... any other page?