> >dnl # > >dnl # The following causes sendmail to only listen on the IPv4 loopback address > >dnl # 127.0.0.1 and not on any other network devices. Remove the loopback > >dnl # address restriction to accept email from the internet or intranet. > >dnl # > >DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl > > > > > > > Change this to: > > DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp, Name=MTA')dnl (note the first character that > appears to be a quote is a grave accent which is the unshifted tilde key) > After saving the file, type in: > make -C /etc/mail > > This will rebuild the sendmail.cf file. > BTW, this is at the top of the sendmail.mc file and was confirmed by my > local *NIX guru. > > >But I'm not sure if I should comment that out. Also I tried to build a > >new sendmail.cf file and got this error: > > > >m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf > >/etc/mail/sendmail.mc:10: m4: Cannot open > >/usr/share/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4: No such file or directory > > > > > > > This is correct. The m4 program cannot rebuild the mail files. > > James McKenzie Actually all you need to do to run m4 is install the sendmail-cf rpm to get m4 installed then you can run the m4 command you have attempted previously. The IP address in the DAEMON_OPTIONS line just allows you to specify which interface you want to listen on port 25. ta, gb
