# ECONNREFUSED: Connection refused - connect (2) for "localhost" port 587

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/econnrefused-connection-refused-connect-2-for-localhost-port-587/246087>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 24, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/econnrefused-connection-refused-connect-2-for-localhost-port-587/246087 "2020-08-24T10:10:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![David03](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/david03/32/74395_2.png) [@David03](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David03)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/econnrefused-connection-refused-connect-2-for-localhost-port-587/246087/1 "2020-08-24T10:10:34Z")

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Hi, good day. I used email config and i encounter this Connection refused - connect (2) for "localhost" port 587

output {  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"]  
}  
stdout {  
codec =\> rubydebug  
}  
if "shouldmail" in [tags] {  
email {  
to =\> "xxx@teligent.ph"  
username =\> "xxx03"  
from =\> "[xxx@gmail.com](mailto:xxx@gmail.com)"  
subject =\> "Alert"  
body =\> "try logstash email"  
domain =\> "[smtp.gmail.com](http://smtp.gmail.com)"  
port =\> 587  
password =\> "jarpvwyhwxhfkasr"  
use\_tls =\> true  
via =\> "smtp"  
}  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/econnrefused-connection-refused-connect-2-for-localhost-port-587/246087/2 "2020-08-24T15:10:22Z")

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You have not set the address option on the email output, so by default it connects to localhost.

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**Author:** ![David03](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/david03/32/74395_2.png) [@David03](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David03)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/econnrefused-connection-refused-connect-2-for-localhost-port-587/246087/3 "2020-08-26T02:48:36Z")

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Thank you, Badger!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/econnrefused-connection-refused-connect-2-for-localhost-port-587/246087/4 "2020-09-23T02:48:36Z")

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