[PLUG] Snedmail on RH 8
Chesley A. Windon
windon at windon.net
Thu Nov 28 21:22:57 UTC 2002
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
windon at windon.net
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