Tracking Insert: Sent reply on Nov. 21, 2002 at 9:25am CST This list has been taking hours to deliver. :-(
See my response below. > -----Original Message----- > From: Will Phipps > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 11:25 PM > Subject: RE: sendmail troubles > > Steve, > > Thanks for the help. That solved my problem with outgoing > mail by adding "192.168.1 RELAY" in the /etc/mail/access file. > However, I still cannot receive incoming mail. I do not have > an /etc/mail/relay-domains file on my server. Should I create > this file? Sorry, I have not used the stock redhat supplied sendmail.mc or sendmail.cf file in years. I maintain my own versions. I simply move the redhat /etc/mail to /etc/mail.orig and move on to installing my copies. But if your sendmail.cf file makes reference to relay-domains, then you can create this file and place the domain name that you want sendmail to accept within it. Simply grep sendmail.cf for "relay-domains". Ex: [root@voyager mail.orig]# grep relay-domains sendmail.cf FR-o /etc/mail/relay-domains If you get the above output, then you can create the relay-domains file. If not, then try entering your domain name in /etc/mail/local-host-names. Using this file should have the same effect. i.e. deliver locally. Just make sure you do not get into an MX loop. > RH 8.0 did not install this file for me. Is this > the config file that sendmail uses to accept incoming mail? > Do I need to put the dns of my DSL provider in this config file? Your question is confusing. You need to add the domain name that you want sendmail to accept as local (in your case). If this is the same as your ISP's domain name, then the answer to your question is yes. > > Wayne, I am accessing my mail server from Outlook on a seperate > windows machine on my LAN. However, I don't think that my problem > has anything to do with the client. I think Steve is about to > solve our problem. Hopefully. I appreciate the vote of confidence. Sendmail can be a beast to configure if you do not understand its role in mail delivery. Sendmail is an MTA. Based on my understanding of your post, sendmail needs to be configured to both accept e-mail for your domain name (inbound) and also accept outbound mail for delivery from your cleints on your LAN. When a client pulls their e-mail from your server, sendmail is not used. Either the pop3 or imap protocols are used. Sendmail has already done its job by storing your e-mail locally in a mailbox. It's the mailbox that pop3 or imap is accessing. Steve Cowles -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
