Um, wrong answers for 2002. Proper sendmail (8.11 and 8.12) use /etc/mail/access. Sendmail.org documents is a lot. Sendmail.com even sells a product that manages sendmail and its config files.
The LocalIP files are out of date and icky. Best to ask relay questions of a Sendmail list or comp.mail.sendmail Quoting Kenneth Porter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > This was mistakenly sent to me, not the list. > > I believe the default RH7 sendmail configuration (/etc/mail/sendmail.mc) > does not listen on external interfaces. > > -----Forwarded Message----- > > From: Sebastian Lagemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Kenneth Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Qpopper-Outlook-Sendmail > Date: 23 May 2002 13:27:15 +0200 > > Am Donnerstag, 23. Mai 2002 12:36 schrieben Sie: > > On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 02:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Qpopper works fine since yeasterday, I configured Outlook Express to > > > fetch mail from my redhat7.2, that works fine, but when I tried to send > > > mail from outlook trough Redhat it stops, sendmail (8.11) wouldn't relay > > > mail from my 192.168.0.10 machine. > > > > See the Red Hat release notes and the /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file. > > There are two ways, to resolve this problem. > The first one: > Edit /etc/mail/allow and add there your e-Mail adress. Then you have to > run the program /usr/sbin/makemap (makemap hash /etc/mail/allow.db > </etc/mail/allow). This will allow you to send e-Mails only from your e-mail > adress. > > Second one: > Edit /etc/mail/LocalIP (if doesn't exist, create it) and add there your first > class C network ip (192.168.0). This will allow you to send e-Mails from > every pc with ip adress 192.168.0.x > > You have to restartet the sendmail daemon, to apply the changes. > > Regards, > > Sebastian Lagemann > > -- > > *** ST-oneline InterNet Service Provider GmbH, Hovesaatstr. 6 *** > * D-48432 Rheine, Tel. +49 5971 808255, Fax: +49 5971 8082579 * > *** eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: http://www.st-oneline.net *** > >