To get sendmail to listen to your network interfaces and not just the loopback look in /etc/mail/sendmail.mc for a line that looks like the following:
DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA') Comment out that line by putting a 'dnl' in front of it so that it looks like this: dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA') You will need to regenerate the config file with the following command: m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/sendmail.cf and restart sendmail. That should get it listening on your network interfaces. Cheers, Trevor Shawn Grover said: > I agree - the POP3 server is not running or is inaccessible. However, I > need to make Sendmail use the NIC interface instead of the loopback > interface - at least as far as SMTP goes. I think that would also be > related to the POP3 issues. I'll run the netstat command once I get > home. I'm not as tired right now, so maybe I'll find something simple I > missed last night. > > Thanks for the support again. > > Shawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron J. Seigo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 5:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) More email server frustrations > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tuesday 11 March 2003 09:26, Shawn Grover wrote: >> The normal looking message is the standard: >> Escape Character [ >> Connection closed by the server > > you don't have a pop server running on that port, obviously. therefore > the problems. > > what does `netstat -tlp` show on the machine? and a remote nmap of the > machine? > >> (POP doesn't keep a connection open, whereas SMTP does). > > i'm pretty sure POP keeps a connection open until the client (or server) > ends > it. > >> I should also note, I was getting this sequence when I did a telnet to > port >> 110 from the server in question. Doing the same from my workstation >> just returned a connection refused (meaning the port wasn't found). > > well, meaning you don't have a pop server running.. did you remember to > add an > entry in your inetd or xinetd settings for it? > > - -- > Aaron J. Seigo > GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 > > KDE: The 'K' is for 'kick ass' > http://www.kde.org http://promo.kde.org/3.1/feature_guide.php > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+boW21rcusafx20MRAoThAJ49msZooPOL6m6mU/9fuaOKsMBm5QCbBCNP > QLPN3KtlVhZMZQ2UOXliSQY= > =stQv > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
