On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 02:02, Steve deCarteret wrote: > The SMTP service was already listening on the external interface, so that > wasn't a problem. I modified the /etc/mail/access file to include my local > domain, local subnet and specific host, all to no avail. However, when I > added the domain of my ISP, where the smart host was located, relaying > started working fine. This means that your server will now relay mail for the domain of your ISP (e.g. as if your server was a backup MX for the ISP). It's not an open relay (your server can't be abused to send mail *anywhere*) but it's not the "right" solution. All you should have needed was an entry for your local network in the /etc/mail/access file: 192.168.0 RELAY This would configure your server to relay mail for your LAN clients 192.168.0.*. Did you run "make" in the /etc/mail directory after editing the access file? This rebuilds the access.db file, which is the one actually used by sendmail. If you forgot to do that, your changes wouldn't have appeared to have had any effect. Cheers, Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
