sendmail issue.

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mi, den 21.07.2004 schrieb netmask um 22:29:

> I'm guessing you are saying sendmail just isn't binding your external 
> interface.. If you telnet to it from a remote box on port 25, you are getting 
> connection refused?
> 
> Look in your sendmail.cf for:
> # SMTP daemon options
> 
> You may have a line that looks like:
> O DaemonPortOptions=Name=MTA, Addr=127.0.0.1
> 
> Add another line that looks like:
> O DaemonPortOptions=Name=MTA, Addr=192.168.1.1
> 
> where 192.168.1.1 is YOUR external IP.

Jonathan,

please do not follow this advise for 2 serious reasons:

1) Don't edit the sendmail.cf file - like Craig already said - because
that will cause you trouble in future and many things are very
complicated to configure if you use the .cf format rather than the
macros in the sendmail.mc file. And if you in any future want to
transfer your setup to a different system the real trouble will start.

2) The advise by netmask is simply wrong because it will prevent
Sendmail from proper working. Local mailing is broken then.
Edit the /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file and comment the DAEMON_OPTIONS line
in there as it is documented in the file itself.

Alexander


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