cannot send mail in command prompt

[Rick Stevens]

Toto Gamez wrote:
> thanks guys its now working :)

Glad to hear it, Toto.

> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Rick Stevens <mailto:rstevens at vitalstream.com>
>     *To:* Getting started with Red Hat Linux
>     <mailto:redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, October 27, 2004 12:15 AM
>     *Subject:* Re: cannot send mail in command prompt
> 
>     Toto Gamez wrote:
>      > lists,
>      > I have redhat 9 installed in our remote office connected to the
>     internet
>      > via dsl with dynamic ip address. My problem is I created a mini
>     script
>      > (ifconfig ppp0|mail -s ipadd egamez at bonheur.com.ph
>     <mailto:egamez at bonheur.com.ph>
>      > <mailto:egamez at bonheur.com.ph>) that will email the ip address
>     every 2
>      > hour to me so that I can access the server but emails are not
>     send to
>      > me. When I checked the logs it says
>      > Naga sendmail[12014]: i9Q1HtJ5012014: to=egamez at bonheur.com.ph
>     <mailto:to=egamez at bonheur.com.ph>
>      > <mailto:to=egamez at bonheur.com.ph>, ctladdr=root (0/0),
>     delay=00:00:01,
>      > xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30041, relay=[127.0.0.1]
>     [127.0.0.1],
>      > dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]
>      > any suggestion
> 
>     You must have sendmail running on your RH9 box for it to work.  Try
>     "service sendmail start" to start it.  Don't worry, the default
>     configuration will not accept mail from the outside--only from itself.
> 
>     Use "chkconfig --level 2345 sendmail on" to set it so it starts
>     automatically on boot.
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