msprobe General Error: cannot connnect to localhost:25: Connection refused

(Doc ID 1489542.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 28, 2017

Applies to:

Oracle Communications Messaging Server - Version 6.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

In the default log file, there are messages from msprobe like:

[07/Sep/2012:09:35:01 +0300] hostname msprobe[20052]: General Error: cannot connnect to localhost:25: Connection refused

Similar errors may appear in the watcher log file.

Cause

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