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Hi All ,

I am a bit new in linux admin. actually i just join a new company , in my server centra linux is install and we are using the mail service for our company domain (abc@company.com)..now i am not sure that which mail server is installed on this server ..it may be q mail , send mail , Exim mail , squiral mail ..now the question is how can i identify that which mail service is installed on my machine ..i have check it in /etc/init.d/ direcotory but there is not sendmail or qmail service is there ( so that we can easily start or stop service ) ..i am not aware about exim mail ..so now can anyone please help me to resolve that how can i identify that which mail service is installed on my machine . is that possible in linux that we can use default pop , smtp service which is default with operating system like same in w2k3 server. Any suggestion is highly appreciated...

Thanks...

John

Run following command it will tell which mail service is associated with port 25:
Output:
In last column you will get service name, master means it is running postfix mta

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Hi ,

Thanks for your great help !!! I have checked it , my server is running EXIM Mail now the question is i am not able to send and receive mails , and while i am checking the exim error log message it shows : connection refused , too many connection ..so now how to solve this problem , i am not that much aware about the error ...please help me...any suggestion is highly appreciated ..

John .

I don't use exim, I use postfix MTA, so really can't comment much.

A good starting point is official help and faqs - Documentation for exim

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