What does [Errno 61] Connection refused mean?

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Updated:August 12, 2014

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Introduction

Background Information

Introduction

This document describes details about error message "Errno 61".

Contributed by Stephan Fiebrandt and Chris Haag, Cisco TAC Engineers.

Background Information

There a couple of different "Errno" messages possible when an Cisco Email Security appliance is unable to deliver a message due to a network error. Errno 61 indicates that there is no server active at the destination IP. If you powered down your appliance and attempted to deliver mail to it from another Cisco Content Security Appliance, this is the log message.

Connection Error: DCID: 15242613 IP: 192.168.1.1 port: 25 details: [Errno 61] Connection refused interface: 1.1.1.1 reason: network error
If the connection is being TCPREFUSED, you'll see Errno 54.