comment the line that starts with DAEMON_OPTIONS in the file
/etc/mail/sendmail.mc then re-run m4

odemba

> On Fri, 8 Feb 2002 20:23:42 EST
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> > I am having a problem with inbound SMTP connections.  First of all, I am 
> > running a brand new install of Redhat 7.2 and I have made sure that sendmail 
> > is running.  I am trying to set the box up to receive incoming mail (within 
> > my local network), i.e. to [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Outgoing mail works 
> > fine. However when I issue the following command
> > 
> > telnet mymachine 25
> > 
> > I get a response that the connection to mymachine.domain is refused.  However 
> > if I issue this command
> > 
> > telnet localhost 25
> > 
> > it works fine.
> > 
> > Also, when I issue a netstat -a, the line showing information about SMTP 
> > shows 
> > 
> > tcp        0      0 localhost.localdom:smtp *:*                     LISTEN 
> > 
> > Is this correct or should it show the real machine name and domain?  How can 
> > I get the machine to accept connections to the real name as opposed to using 
> > localhost?  I'm assuming that I have to modify some of the files in the 
> > /etc/mail directory but not sure which files or what to add...
> > 
> > Any help would be appreciated...
> > 
> > Cory
> > 
> 
> This is a common issue; be sure to check in your firewall rules that you are 
>allowing sendmail to go through the network. This should have been selected in the 
>installation of
> Red Hat. For security purposes, all services are disabled from the network point of 
>view, leaving them to be turned on by the Systems Administrator. To check this, you 
>can do
> an ipchains -L and see all the firewall rules that are in place. If there is one for 
>denying sendmail, remove it and then restart ipchains. Other than that, it should work
> fine.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> -- Jonathan
> 
> 



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