though i'm not aware of any system changes i might have
made, fetchmail, which fetched yesterday, does not do so
today.

i see the following:

  4 messages for jdm+moylan.us at moylan.us (16100 octets).
  fetchmail: connection to localhost:smtp [127.0.0.1/25]
  failed: Connection refused.
  fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed
  fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from
  jdm+moylan.us-LPA1KyJyIuz1P9xLtpHBDw@public.gmane.org and delivering to SMTP host
  localhost
  reading message jdm+moylan.us-LPA1KyJyIuz1P9xLtpHBDw@public.gmane.org:1 of 4 (1360
  octets)fetchmail: Query status=10 (SMTP)

ubuntu 8.10, network tools, shows ports 22, 80, 631, and
33829 as open.  do i need to open port 25, and if so, what
tool do i use to do it?  i fiddled with ufw without success.

any help appreciated.
dan

j. daniel moylan
84 harvard ave
brookline, ma 02446-6202
617-232-2360 (tel)
810-454-1823 (fax)
jdm-LPA1KyJyIuz1P9xLtpHBDw@public.gmane.org
www.moylan.us
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