sending mail to a server alias from a local email account doesn't work

[Marti, Robert]

What shows up in /var/log/messages or /var/log/maillog ?

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On Mar 16, 2010, at 17:36, "Dave Martini" <martini1 at llnl.gov> wrote:

> I configured sendmail on RHEL 5.4.
> I can send mail when I'm logged into the RHEL machine to
> root at hostname.llnl.gov
> and I recieve the mail in my Thunderbird inbox since I have
> root defined in /etc/aliases to go to martini1 at llnl.gov.
>
> But when I try to send a message from my Thunderbird inbox
> email system on a different machine to root at hostname.llnl.gov
> I never receive it.
>
> Is there some other configuration I need to do with sendmail
> in order for this to work? I want to be able to send mail
> from any reader on any machone to aliases that are defined on this  
> RHEL
> 5.4 machine.
>
> Thanks.
> Dave Martini
> LLNL
>
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