rado wrote: > > this is a bare fc3 install w/no upgrades yet. its it's own dns server > > and seems to work fine. > > > > the sendmail.mc config file...the loopback daemon option is commented > > out. Rick Stevens wrote: > I hope you mean you changed the line in /etc/mail/sendmail.mc to read > > DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp, Name=MTA')dnl ok...I shut this box(fc2 [rbmain1 10.0.0.10]) down. brought up the problem child, (fc3 [rbmain2 10.0.0.12]) and did as you asked although I had my reservations because of all my prior readings. I did use: DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp, Name=MTA')dnl and then restarted sendmail. > > I can send and receive a msg to myself using evolution and can send > > mail outside but cannot receive. > > y'all probably need more info but let's just start here. > > I don't think the msgs are getting thru to that system because this > > sendmail is setup on an FC2 machine and it's getting the > > replies of msgs that should have gone to that other server. > > So it looks like that fc3 sys is refusing but I can't see in the > > logs where it's doing so. I have remaked the "mc" file a couple > > times in /etc/mail. host and resolve look ok...just dunno > Do: > # netstat -lpn | grep sendmail > > If you see a line that contains "127.0.0.1:25", then you didn't stop > and restart sendmail after rebuilding /etc/mail/sendmail.cf > from the .mc file. You have to do that. sendmail only reads > that when it starts. > Try "service sendmail restart" and repeat the netstat command. > It should now have a line that contains "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:25" in > it, where the "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" is your machine's public IP address. whoa!!! oh no!... explanation will follow after netstat reports: fc3 [rbmain2 10.0.0.12] the problem child: #netstat -lpn | grep sendmail tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 2412/sendmail: acce the only thing that changed before and after is the the PID# 2412/sendmail and 3757/sendmail....those #s are PID huh? fc2 [rbmain1 10.0.0.10] this machine right now: tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 2335/sendmail: acce ok...for these machine...as the primary dns, I use 127.0.0.1 secondary either my own static: 209.205.179.141 or my friend and ISP's 209.205.176.2. I don't even need to call out a secondary for the different boxes as dns takes care of all that. so consequently, this box's primary dns is stated as 127.0.0.1...other boxes in this lan point to this box 10.0.0.10 as their primary or 10.0.0.12 whichever is up during this transition. thx Jim John Rose -- Trust Everyone. Just make sure you brand your cattle.
