[PLUG] Snedmail on RH 8

[Chesley A. Windon]

On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Paul wrote:
> When I send mail to the box, I get a connection refused message.
>
> Should I start troubleshooting the firewall or Sendmail?
> 
> Regards,
> Paul

Start by troubleshooting sendmail.

In your sendmail.cf file (Yes, I still edit the cf file and not the mc 
file.  No flames please. ;) look for:

O DaemonPortOptions=Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA

This line tells sendmail to _only_ accept SMTP connections from localhost.  
I change mine to read:

O DaemonPortOptions=Port=smtp,Addr=0.0.0.0, Name=MTA

This allows connections from any IP.  Before anyone starts asking about 
opening myself up to be used as an open relay, I control that throug the 
access file.

Make the appropriate change in the cf (or the mc) file, HUP sendmail and 
try connecting again.  This _should_ resolve the issue.

Regards,

Chesley

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Chesley A. Windon
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