On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 14:34, redhat linux wrote: > --- Sudev Barar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By default red-hat sendmail does not allow relaying > > for other machines. > > You need to rebuild sendmail.mc by adding : > > DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, > > Name=MTA')dnl > > where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is machine from where > > relaying is to occur. > > > > Then run m4 macro to build new sendmail.cf by giving > > command: > > #m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf > > > > restart service sendmail.... > > HTH > > -- > > Sudev Barar > > Learning Linux > Thanks sir > as u have said i "added" > DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, > Name=MTA')dnl > > I am still learning how to configure sendmail..so my > query now is that the sendmail.mc file says > > 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 > > so i commented the entry and made a new one which > contains the ip of my machine......means the answer > that you have said. This is been done before the query > i made in the forum. > > so the mails to 127.0.0.1 is not getting relayed, now > question is "Is it necessary to have a smtp port 25 > open for localhost, irrespective of whether we have > different smtp server or not? > > i hope you got what my query is > thanks...
Sudeep, You need to have both lines....127.0.0.1 and xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(your IP) Read Howto at sendmail.org for detailed help. -- Sudev Barar Learning Linux _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
