folks, thanx for the help. infact, my administrator got it finally sorted out for me. reason he told me was a wrong ip entered, and we were trying to direct it on a regular ip. still he didnt give much details, i m still keen in trying all this stuff on my own. i m trying to make my own virtual network, and then try the things.
thanx again, guyz Ratnakar --- Gerald Timothy Quimpo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 08 December 2002 11:28 am, Kelsey Hartigan > Go wrote: > > > 2. Mail Server which we have setup is Sendmail. > When I > > > try sending mails using Outlook Express, thru my > SMTP > > > mail server I get an error, but when I divert > the same > > > mail thru my ISPs SMTP server, it just goes > without > > > any error. The settings used are the same, > except the > > > SMTP server Protocols are changed in the Outlook > > > Express. Hence, If you can pls help me sort out > this > > > prob. > > > > hmmm. is the ip address of client (outlook > express) registered in the > > server for relay? > > Ratnakar, by this Kelsey means, in your sendmail > configuration (on > my boxes, the sendmail config files are in > /etc/mail) is the IP number > (or IP subnet, or domain) of the client's computer > in your access > file (on my box, /etc/mail/aliases) and have you > created access.db > from the aliases file (cd /etc/mail/aliases;makemap > hash access < access). > > By default, sendmail won't allow clients to relay > through it if they're > not in the access db (unless you've got a *really* > old sendmail :). > > another possibility, look at the error message. is > the error message > being generated by YOUR server or by your upstream > ISP's > server. some ISPs disallow direct port 25 access > from downstream. > this is an anti-spam feature. if your ISP blocks > direct port 25 upstream > access except through their SMTP server, then you > will need to > configure your SMTP server to relay through their > SMTP server. > This means you'll need to set your ISP's SMTP server > as your > smarthost (in postfix it's called relayhost). > > if you use sendmail.mc, > > define(`SMART_HOST',`smarthost.myisp.com') > > and then generate the sendmail.cf > > if you use sendmail.cf, I think its: > > DS smarthost.myisp.com > > NOTE: i don't use sendmail.mc, i just copied that > example from > somewhere else. i think DS is right for > sendmail.cf, but i'm > not absolutely sure about that anymore. i used that > long ago, > but lately i use postfix since that's what comes > with Mandrake. > > good luck. > > tiger > > -- > Gerald Timothy Quimpo tiger*quimpo*org > gquimpo*sni-inc.com tiger*sni*ph > Public Key: "gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys > 672F4C78" > Veritas liberabit vos. > Doveryai no proveryai. > _ > 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] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com _ 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]
