fc3, sendmail, dovecot: cannot receive from outside

[rado]

> 
> > I don't think the msgs are getting thru to that system because this
> > sendmail is setup on an FC2 machine and it's getting the replies of msgs
> > that should have gone to that other server. So it looks like that fc3
> > sys is refusing but I can't see in the logs where it's doing so. I have
> > remaked  the "mc" file a couple times in /etc/mail. host and resolve
> > look ok...just dunno
> 
> > John Rose
> 
> Is rivers-bend.com your domain? Then it has a valid MX enty in DNS,
> pointing to mail.rivers-bend.com, which is IP mail.rivers-bend.com. Is
> that the public IP address of your FC3 host? I doubt as the Sendmail on
> that machines says to be 8.12.11 and FC3 ships with Sendmail 8.13.1.
> 
> Alexander

yes rivers-bend.com is my domain. yes, in my zone files it's called out
as IN mail.rivers-bend.com. and mail.rivers-bend.com  209.205.179.141(my
static ip). I can't "dig" it from the outside but you should be able to
do: $ dig mail at rivers-bend.com. well I could do it from a dial-up I
guess but it's illegal to go both ways thru the router like that.
Yes, 209.205.179.141 is the public ip for the FC3 host when it's
running. the sendmail on that machine,(fc3) is sendmail-8.13.1-2. 
sendmail on this machine,(fc2) fully updated is: sendmail-8.12.11-4.6

thx Alexander
John Rose

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