satellite-sync does not honour MTA setting mentioned in /etc/rhn/rhn.conf using web.smtp_server parameter

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Issue

  • satellite-sync does not honour MTA settings mentioned using parameter web.smtp_server in /etc/rhn/rhn.conf and fails with,
error: [Errno 111] Connection refused
Local variables in innermost frame af 2 canonname '' proto 6 sock <socket._socketobject object at 0x14c3c90> 
msg error(111, 'Connection refused') host 'localhost' timeout <object object at 0x7f60db0b80c0> res (2, 1, 6, '', ('127.0.0.1',25)) socktype 1 sa ('127.0.0.1', 25) port 25 address ('localhost', 25)

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 5

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