# Mail test -- Cannot assign requested address - connect(2)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/mail-test-cannot-assign-requested-address-connect-2/143658>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [8 במרץ,‏ 2020,‏ 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mail-test-cannot-assign-requested-address-connect-2/143658 "2020-03-08T19:58:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 3

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Igami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Igami](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Igami)\
**Post date:** [9 במרץ,‏ 2020,‏ 4:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mail-test-cannot-assign-requested-address-connect-2/143658/3 "2020-03-09T16:38:44Z")

</div>

Correct.  
I’ve tested a different mail server this morning with the same error.

It’s possible to connect via telnet from inside the docker container.  
`telnet mail.4830.org 587`  
`Trying 193.26.120.251...`  
`Connected to mail.4830.org.`

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mail-test-cannot-assign-requested-address-connect-2/143658)._