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 > > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list