FreeBSD 7, how to recieve internet mail
On FreeBSD 7, out of the box, one can send mail to internet destinations and can send mail locally from one user to another user on the same FreeeBSD machine But it can't receive mail from internet as it appears .. A sendmail is running freebsd7box# ps -jaxw | grep sendmail smmsp 26649 1 26649 266490 Is??0:00.00 sendmail: Queue run...@00:30:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue (sendmail) root 26651 1 26651 266510 Ss??0:00.04 sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail) The machine is listening on port 25 freebsd7box# netstat -na | grep 25 tcp4 0 0 127.0.0.1.25 *.*LISTEN But telnettting the freebsd box with its own ip address at port 25 from the root account of the box freebsd7box# telnet 143.129.75.1 25 Trying 143.129.75.1... telnet: connect to address 143.129.75.1: Connection refused The only thing that works is freebsd7box# telnet localhost 25 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. ... How do I make the FreeBSD7 box accept connections to port 25 from all of the internet ?? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7, how to recieve internet mail
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:56:30 +0100 (CET) Pieter Donche pieter.don...@ua.ac.be wrote: On FreeBSD 7, out of the box, one can send mail to internet destinations and can send mail locally from one user to another user on the same FreeeBSD machine But it can't receive mail from internet as it appears .. A sendmail is running freebsd7box# ps -jaxw | grep sendmail smmsp 26649 1 26649 266490 Is??0:00.00 sendmail: Queue run...@00:30:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue (sendmail) root 26651 1 26651 266510 Ss??0:00.04 sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail) The machine is listening on port 25 freebsd7box# netstat -na | grep 25 tcp4 0 0 127.0.0.1.25 *.*LISTEN sendmail is only listening on localhost. But telnettting the freebsd box with its own ip address at port 25 from the root account of the box freebsd7box# telnet 143.129.75.1 25 Trying 143.129.75.1... telnet: connect to address 143.129.75.1: Connection refused sendmail is not listening on that address. eg here, when quiet: % netstat -an | grep 25 tcp4 0 0 *.25 *.*LISTEN % sockstat -4 | grep :25 root sendmail 781 3 tcp4 *:25 *:* The only thing that works is freebsd7box# telnet localhost 25 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. ... That'd be right; it needs to be also listening on an external interface address to receive mail from outside this box .. How do I make the FreeBSD7 box accept connections to port 25 from all of the internet ?? % grep sendmail /etc/rc.conf sendmail_enable=YES cheers, Ian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7, how to recieve internet mail
Pieter Donche wrote: On FreeBSD 7, out of the box, one can send mail to internet destinations and can send mail locally from one user to another user on the same FreeeBSD machine But it can't receive mail from internet as it appears .. A sendmail is running freebsd7box# ps -jaxw | grep sendmail smmsp 26649 1 26649 266490 Is??0:00.00 sendmail: Queue run...@00:30:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue (sendmail) root 26651 1 26651 266510 Ss??0:00.04 sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail) The machine is listening on port 25 freebsd7box# netstat -na | grep 25 tcp4 0 0 127.0.0.1.25 *.*LISTEN But telnettting the freebsd box with its own ip address at port 25 from the root account of the box freebsd7box# telnet 143.129.75.1 25 Trying 143.129.75.1... telnet: connect to address 143.129.75.1: Connection refused The only thing that works is freebsd7box# telnet localhost 25 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. ... How do I make the FreeBSD7 box accept connections to port 25 from all of the internet ?? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org Your problem is not with sendmail but with your understanding of how email works. You need your own registered domain name pointing to the ip address assigned by your isp that is used by your freebsd system running your public sendmail program. Or if you use your isp domain name for your email then you need to add the fetchmail program to your freebsd system to get your eamil from your isp and hand it off to sendmail for queing on your system. The 'Freebsd install guide' at www.a1poweruser.com has section explaining this subject in detail. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
