On Wed, 2005-14-09 at 13:42 -0700, Don Raikes wrote: > -- > Thanks, > Don Raikes > -- > AIM: dnraikes > Hello, > > I just re-installed FC3 on my server. I had tried FC4, but got errors > and needed to be back up and running. > > Once I finished the install, I copied my zone records from backup and > started named, httpd, sendmail and a few other services. > > I then went into mutt and tried to send an email to my work account > just to test the configuration. > > I checked the /var/log/maillog file, and it said that the message was > accepted for delivery. > > I never received the message on my other account. > > I tried copying the sendmail configuratio I had been using from > backup, but when i tried sending a message, I got: > > host name lookup failure. > > I have tried adding in the smarthost information into my sendmail.mc > file and recompiling everything and restartingthe service, but no > change. > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > p.s. I am sticking with sendmail rather than postfix because I use > squirrelmail most of the time from work so I need to use either > sendmail or smtp. It looks like the sendmail security updates again to me. >From the muttrc man page : --- sendmail Type: path Default: /usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi Specifies the program and arguments used to deliver mail sent by Mutt. Mutt expects that the specified program interprets additional arguments as recipient addresses. --- Change the entry to : /usr/sbin/sendmail -Ac -oem -oi The -Ac option causes sendmail to run using "submit.cf" and will allow your messages to go.
