Make sure the sendmail-cf package is installed. Otherwise editing the sendmail.mc won't work. Erik On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 23:09:46 +0200, Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am Mi, den 21.07.2004 schrieb netmask um 22:29: > > > 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. > > Jonathan, > > please do not follow this advise for 2 serious reasons: > > 1) Don't edit the sendmail.cf file - like Craig already said - because > that will cause you trouble in future and many things are very > complicated to configure if you use the .cf format rather than the > macros in the sendmail.mc file. And if you in any future want to > transfer your setup to a different system the real trouble will start. > > 2) The advise by netmask is simply wrong because it will prevent > Sendmail from proper working. Local mailing is broken then. > Edit the /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file and comment the DAEMON_OPTIONS line > in there as it is documented in the file itself. > > Alexander > > > -- > Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 > Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) kernel 2.6.6-1.435.2.3.ad.umlsmp > Serendipity 23:02:46 up 2 days, 2:54, load average: 0.26, 0.33, 0.36 > > >
