On a machine with sendmail version 8.11 (RH 7.3 default), I can do a command like
# sendmail -v [EMAIL PROTECTED] and get an output like [EMAIL PROTECTED] Connecting to mail.somedomain.com. via esmtp... 220 mail.somedomain.com ESMTP >>>>EHLO mail.somedomain.com . . . . [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent (ok 8989898 qp 9898) Closing connection to mail.somedomain.com. >>>>QUIT 221 mail.somedomain.com but, on a box with sendmail 8.12 (RH8.0), if I do the same command, the output is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Connecting to thishost.thisdomain.com. via relay... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Deferred: Connection refused by thishost.thisdomain.com. [thishost.thisdomain.com is the machine where the command was executed] How come sendmail 8.12 connects via relay by default? I don't want an open smtp port in the machine, just that it's capable of sending mail to the respective mail servers, just like the previous sendmail versions. Is there a way to make it behave like the good 'ol sendmail I'm fond of using? Note that all of the above are default installs of sendmail, witht the smtp daemon disabled. And oh, I also tried the same thing using mail (from the mailx package), and it produces the same error. Hmm... Well, thanks! -- Joon Guillen ================================ So computers are tools of the Devil? thought Newt. He had no problem believing it. Computers had to be the tools of _somebody_, and he knew for certain that it definitely wasn't him. from "Good Omens", Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
