I am getting this in my mail logs constantly, I these are things like logwatch ect. but I can't send them ever since I required SSL authentication for users to get mail, could someone help out on this one? I havn't the slightest idea what is wrong, I am new to sendmail/linux

Jul 29 20:08:39 jonstest sm-msp-queue[5360]: i6TNXCYt004399: to=root, delay=00:35:27, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=1291496, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]

Jul 29 20:08:39 jonstest sm-msp-queue[5360]: i6TGriqJ006900: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=07:14:55, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=1380199, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]

Jul 29 20:08:39 jonstest sm-msp-queue[5360]: i6RCQmkn004428: to=root, delay=2+11:41:51, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=1831623, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]

Jul 29 20:08:39 jonstest sm-msp-queue[5360]: i6RCQmko004428: to=root, delay=2+11:41:50, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=1847718, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]

Jul 29 20:08:39 jonstest sm-msp-queue[5360]: i6R821uR007595: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=2+16:06:38, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=2280327, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]

Jul 29 20:08:39 jonstest sm-msp-queue[5360]: i6R821HL007587: to=email@hotmail.com, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=2+16:06:38, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=2296377, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]

Jul 29 20:08:39 jonstest sm-msp-queue[5360]: i6R5WG3Z007134: to=apache, delay=2+18:36:23, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=2461735, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]

Jul 29 20:08:39 jonstest sm-msp-queue[5360]: i6R0qJQD005588: to=<brandyreuben@localhost>, ctladdr=apache (48/48), delay=2+23:16:20, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=3180490, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]

I don't know much about sendmail either (I use qmail myself; much simpler to set up), but the error message you're getting is caused by not being able to make a connection to a particular port on the local computer.

There can be several causes for this:[list=1][*]A server isn't running that should be. Try , then read the end of /var/log/messages[*]One of the port settings is wrong; e.g. POP3 runs on port 110 but POP3s on port 995. See the /etc/services file[*]A firewall is blocking the connection; check that the local machine is allowed to connect to all necessary ports in your firewall setup.[/list=1]

— Robert J. Lee