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Rajen Parekh wrote:
>I started Sendmail as it was not started at the system startup. After
>that I tried 'telnet localhost 25' but the message I get is,
>"Trying 127.0.0.1........
>Unable to reach remote host.: Network is unreachable."
You need to enable the loopback interface. Go to a prompt and type "setup".
Now in the system services, enable "networking" and then everything will be
alright.
>BTW, when I tried to send a test mail from "root" to "rajen" the
>mail got delivered even when I had stopped Sendmail. I thought mail
>would be delivered only if Sendmail is running.
Nope, the mail was delivered by the local mail system, managed by /bin/mail.
Sameer.
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