sendmail issue.

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mi, den 21.07.2004 schrieb Alexander Dalloz um 23:09:

> > 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,

> 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.

Sorry, I misread the advise. My comment 2) is wrong as long as a second
DaemonPortOptions line for MTA exists and the one for localhost is not
missing. Though I still not recommend to edit the sendmail.cf directly.

Alexander


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