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Re: Exim says TCP port "smtp" not found
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: John Kim <jkim at sciences dot sdsu dot edu>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:47:00 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: Exim says TCP port "smtp" not found
- References: <1109987298.24814.ezmlm@cygwin.com> <014101c52127$840553f0$efebbf82@JOHNKIM>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, John Kim wrote:
> I just downloaded & installed Cygwin w/ Exim on a Windows 2000 box and...
> - ran exim-conf successfully
> - chmod-ed all the log files & directories to SYSTEM:root
> - created the /var/mail and /var/spool/mail directories.
>
> When I try to start exim service ("net start exim" from Cygwin bash shell) it
> says that it cannot be started. When I look in the log files, it says (in
> cygrunsrv_err.log):
> TCP port "smtp" not found.
>
> I looked in /etc/services and SMTP at port 25 is there (I hadn't touched the
> file to begin with).
>
> What should I do?
Read <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>, and follow its directions for
reporting Cygwin-related problems. However, my crystal ball informs me
that you have installed Cygwin as "Just for me". See the FAQ on "Why
don't my services work?": <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_3.html#SEC33>.
Igor
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