sendmail not sending
Robert Holtzman
holtzm at cox.net
Thu Jul 17 22:21:06 UTC 2008
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, John Cornelius wrote:
> Robert Holtzman wrote:
>> Sendmail/alpine not sending mail on newly installed FC9. Incoming messages
>> arrive O.K. The correct SMTP server is in the ~/.pinerc file. The maillog
>> entries are *way* too cryptic for me to decipher.
>>
>> Any pointers short of trying to wade thru the *choke* sendmail
>> configuration file?
>
> You might try setting sendmail up with webmin, it's much more tractable and
> makes sure that things are consistent. You can install webmin with 'yum
> install webmin' I think.
>
> Webmin uses your browser to communicate on port 10000 so after installation
> you can surf to <yourhostname>.<yourdomainname>.<your TLD>:10000 and log in
> as root.
>
> I don't recommend editing sendmail.cf or any other sendmail files manually.
> It's a can of worms and it's easy to break sendmail that way.
I know that the sendmail.cf is a can of worms. That's why I said
"....short of trying to wade thru the *choke* sendmail configuration
file?"
In any event, the problem corrected itself with no action on my part. Do I
understand that? No!
--
Bob Holtzman
A fair fight is the result of poor planning.
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