On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 13:29, netmask wrote: > > got to another computer I can not get SMTP to work on my network or > > remotely, but pop3 does work, only on my network, (for this I am using > > dovecot, and have ssl enabled), my question is I guess what do I do to > > enable sendmail remotely, I guess with newer versions they have this > > disabled because of spam by default, I also want to be able to require > > password for outgoing mail as well as incoming to help prevent the spam > > issue.(is this a dovecot thing?) > > I'm guessing you are saying sendmail just isn't binding your external > interface.. If you telnet to it from a remote box on port 25, you are getting > connection refused? > > Look in your sendmail.cf for: > # SMTP daemon options > > You may have a line that looks like: > O DaemonPortOptions=Name=MTA, Addr=127.0.0.1 > > Add another line that looks like: > O DaemonPortOptions=Name=MTA, Addr=192.168.1.1 > > where 192.168.1.1 is YOUR external IP. ---- I think you meant sendmail.mc not sendmail.cf I myself would simply dnl the first line, service sendmail restart and be done with it. Craig
