Connection refused 127.0.0.1

I can't send any test emails at all. They just go into limbo. So this is what I've got so far.

Jun 18 11:11:19 hosting2 amavis[20498]: SpamAssassin debug facilities: info
Jun 18 11:11:19 hosting2 amavis[20498]: (!!)TROUBLE in pre_loop_hook: config: no rules were found! Do you need to run 'sa-update'?
Jun 18 11:11:19 hosting2 amavis[20498]: (!)_DIE: Suicide () TROUBLE in pre_loop_hook: config: no rules were found! Do you need to run 'sa-update'?
Jun 18 11:15:01 hosting2 postfix/smtpd[20664]: connect from hosting2.abnet.ca[127.0.0.1]
Jun 18 11:15:01 hosting2 postfix/smtpd[20664]: lost connection after CONNECT from hosting2.abnet.ca[127.0.0.1]
Jun 18 11:15:01 hosting2 postfix/smtpd[20664]: disconnect from hosting2.abnet.ca[127.0.0.1]
Jun 18 11:15:01 hosting2 imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Jun 18 11:15:01 hosting2 imapd: Disconnected, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], time=0
Jun 18 11:15:02 hosting2 pop3d: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Jun 18 11:15:02 hosting2 pop3d: Disconnected, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Jun 18 11:20:01 hosting2 postfix/smtpd[20870]: connect from hosting2.abnet.ca[127.0.0.1]
Jun 18 11:20:01 hosting2 postfix/smtpd[20870]: lost connection after CONNECT from hosting2.abnet.ca[127.0.0.1]
Jun 18 11:20:01 hosting2 postfix/smtpd[20870]: disconnect from hosting2.abnet.ca[127.0.0.1]
Jun 18 11:20:01 hosting2 pop3d: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Jun 18 11:20:01 hosting2 pop3d: Disconnected, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Jun 18 11:20:01 hosting2 imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Jun 18 11:20:01 hosting2 imapd: Disconnected, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], time=0
Jun 18 11:20:43 hosting2 postfix/qmgr[16933]: 91A391584F9: from=<[email protected]>, size=716, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jun 18 11:20:43 hosting2 postfix/qmgr[16933]: 08D2C158566: from=<[email protected]>, size=376, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jun 18 11:20:43 hosting2 postfix/qmgr[16933]: 55429158432: from=<[email protected]>, size=716, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jun 18 11:20:43 hosting2 postfix/qmgr[16933]: 56CBA15857B: from=<[email protected]>, size=960, nrcpt=2 (queue active)
Jun 18 11:20:43 hosting2 postfix/smtp[20890]: connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]: Connection refused (port 10024)
Jun 18 11:20:43 hosting2 postfix/smtp[20891]: connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]: Connection refused (port 10024)
Jun 18 17:20:43 hosting2 postfix/smtp[20891]: 08D2C158566: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=3230, delays=3230/0.06/0/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]: Connection refused)
Jun 18 17:20:43 hosting2 postfix/smtp[20890]: 91A391584F9: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=3486, delays=3486/0.04/0/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]: Connection refused)
Jun 18 17:20:43 hosting2 postfix/smtp[20891]: connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]: Connection refused (port 10024)
Jun 18 17:20:43 hosting2 postfix/smtp[20891]: 55429158432: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=3500, delays=3500/0.12/0.03/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]: Connection refused)
Jun 18 17:20:43 hosting2 postfix/smtp[20890]: connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]: Connection refused (port 10024)
Jun 18 17:20:43 hosting2 postfix/smtp[20890]: 56CBA15857B: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=3347, delays=3347/0.15/0.01/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]: Connection refused)
Jun 18 17:20:43 hosting2 postfix/smtp[20890]: 56CBA15857B: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=3347, delays=3347/0.15/0.01/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]: Connection refused)


I'm thinking that the issue is amavisd.

When I do a status I get

[root@hosting2 log]# /etc/init.d/amavisd status
amavisd dead but subsys locked
amavis-milter is stopped

I can't find what keeps it from running. Any ideas as I'm out of ideas.

I've followed the perfect server for centos 5.4 and I'm running in a 32 bit system.

Thanks for any ideas.

 

update

When I cut and pasted for the forum posting, I noticed a message that said I needed to run sa-update. That ran and it seems amavisd is now running. But I'm still get a connection refused so no mail gets delivered still.

 

Update 2 -- working now

I did the update sa-update and restarted amavis (it still says amavis-milter is stopped) but the error seems to be normal for postfix.

I restarted some of the others like spamassassin and then restarted postfix.

It seems to be delivering mail.

Thanks for listening (reading).

 

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[root@centos mail]# cat -n /etc/hosts
1 # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
2 # that require network functionality will fail.
3 127.0.0.1 mail.saudivalves.com mail centos.saudivalves.com centos localhost.localdomain localhost
4 ::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6
[root@centos mail]#
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[root@centos ~]# telnet mail.saudivalves.com 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to centos.saudivalves.com (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.saudivalves.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.8/8.13.8; Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:54:45 +0300
Ehlo localhost
250-mail.saudivalves.com Hello mail.saudivalves.com [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-PIPELINING
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE
250-DSN
250-ETRN
250-DELIVERBY
250 HELP
mail from:[email protected]
250 2.1.0 [email protected]... Sender ok
recpt to
500 5.5.1 Command unrecognized: "recpt to"
rcpt to: [email protected]
250 2.1.5 [email protected]... Recipient ok
data
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
this is the test email from khalil email account to
test eamil account I send this through telnet account

should received by khalil

.
250 2.0.0 o6AJsj5i015630 Message accepted for delivery
quit
221 2.0.0 mail.saudivalves.com closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.
[root@centos ~]#

[root@centos ~]# tail –f /var/maillog

Jul 10 22:55:32 localhost dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<khalil>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:127.0.0.1, lip=::ffff:127.0.0.1, secured
Jul 10 22:55:32 localhost dovecot: IMAP(khalil): Disconnected: Logged out
Jul 10 22:55:51 localhost sendmail[15630]: o6AJsj5i015630: [email protected], size=135, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<[email protected]>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=mail.saudivalves.com [127.0.0.1]
Jul 10 22:55:51 localhost sendmail[15663]: o6AJsj5i015630: [email protected], [email protected] (501/501), delay=00:00:42, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=30516, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
[root@centos ~]# telnet mail.saudivalves.com pop3
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to centos.saudivalves.com (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Dovecot ready.
user test
+OK
pass 123456
+OK Logged in.
list
+OK 0 messages:
.


When login to squirrelmail

Jul 10 22:58:04 localhost dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<test>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:127.0.0.1, lip=::ffff:127.0.0.1, secured
Jul 10 22:59:14 localhost dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login: user=<[email protected]>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:127.0.0.1, lip=::ffff:127.0.0.1, secured
Jul 10 22:59:24 localhost dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<test>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:127.0.0.1, lip=::ffff:127.0.0.1, secured
Jul 10 22:59:24 localhost dovecot: IMAP(test): Disconnected: Logged out
Jul 10 22:59:25 localhost dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<test>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:127.0.0.1, lip=::ffff:127.0.0.1, secured
Jul 10 22:59:25 localhost dovecot: IMAP(test): Disconnected: Logged out
Jul 10 22:59:25 localhost dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<test>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:127.0.0.1, lip=::ffff:127.0.0.1, secured
Jul 10 22:59:25 localhost dovecot: IMAP(test): Disconnected: Logged out

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I am unable to view the emails of test user through squirrel web interface
and secondly how to configure the client am I am suppose to select the POP or IMAP for receiving email and for outgoing emails am I suppose to select the sendmail or SMTP


regards,