Have you added your workstations to /etc/hosts? My newbie level knowledge believes you must.
I have no idea what folks do who have many, many entries needed in /etc/hosts. Others? Steve Nigel Peck - MIS Web Design said: > Can someone tell me why sendmail won't relay from localhost? > > access file: > > # Check the /usr/share/doc/sendmail/README.cf file for a description # > of the format of this file. (search for access_db in that file) > # The /usr/share/doc/sendmail/README.cf is part of the sendmail-doc # > package. > # > # by default we allow relaying from localhost... > localhost.localdomain RELAY > localhost RELAY > 127.0.0.1 RELAY > > # by default we allow relaying from localhost... > > It doesn't: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail]# telnet localhost 25 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to localhost. > Escape character is '^]'. > 220 kili.example.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.6/8.11.6; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 > 21:31:44 GMT > helo localhost > 250 kili.example.com Hello localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you > mail from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 250 2.1.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender ok > rcpt to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 550 5.7.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Relaying denied > > Any ideas? > > Thanks > Nigel > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
