Re: sendmail CLIENT_OPTIONS
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 2:26 AM, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Don Wilde wrote:
> > I am setting up the sendmail on my 7.2-STABLE system, and I cannot get
> > it to listen to my live server address besides the localhost.
> >
> > I've added
> > CLIENT_OPTIONS(`Family=inet,
> > Addr=64.156.192.103, Name=MTA')dnl
> >
> > directly above the DAEMON_OPTIONS lines (after the FEATUREs),
> > recompiled with make -C, and copied the domain-specific cf to
> > sendmail.cf.
>
> You do not have to add anything to your .mc/.cf file.
> Just be sure to have this line in /etc/rc.conf:
>
> sendmail_enable="YES"
>
> then restart sendmail, and it will listen on all interfaces.
>
> > Sendmail starts correctly, so the m4 compilation was successful, but
> > it is still only listening on 127.0.0.1:25 according to netstat -atn.
>
> It's better to use "sockstat -l | grep sendmail".
> It lists user, command and PID along with the IP address
> ("*" if all addresses) and port number, so you can easily
> match it with output from ps or top, using the PID number.
>
> If sendmail is listening only on localhost, it usually
> means that you don't have sendmail_enable="YES" in rc.conf.
> In that case, the default is to run sendmail only on the
> localhost interface, so that local mail delivery does work
> (e.g. output mailed from cron jobs).
>
> A common error is to put an entry at the top of rc.conf,
> not noticing that another entry further down the file
> overrides it. The last entry takes effect. For example,
> if you have sendmail_enable="YES" at the top, but there's
> sendmail_enable="NO" somewhere near the end of the file,
> then the latter will take effect.
>
> "grep sendmail /etc/rc.conf" will tell you the truth.
>
> After any changes, don't forget to restart sendmail:
> "/etc/rc.d/sendmail restart"
>
> If you're extra paranoid, first do only "stop" instead of
> "restart", then verify that no sendmail processes are
> running, then perform the "start".
>
> Best regards
> Oliver
>
Oliver, Gorgios, Bernt -
You all hit the nail right on the head. I had added the
sendmail_enable line before, but in my pushing and shoving in emacs I
seem to have deleted it again. Many thanks to all of you for your
patience and support! :D
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Re: sendmail CLIENT_OPTIONS
Don Wilde wrote:
> I am setting up the sendmail on my 7.2-STABLE system, and I cannot get
> it to listen to my live server address besides the localhost.
>
> I've added
>CLIENT_OPTIONS(`Family=inet,
> Addr=64.156.192.103, Name=MTA')dnl
>
> directly above the DAEMON_OPTIONS lines (after the FEATUREs),
> recompiled with make -C, and copied the domain-specific cf to
> sendmail.cf.
You do not have to add anything to your .mc/.cf file.
Just be sure to have this line in /etc/rc.conf:
sendmail_enable="YES"
then restart sendmail, and it will listen on all interfaces.
> Sendmail starts correctly, so the m4 compilation was successful, but
> it is still only listening on 127.0.0.1:25 according to netstat -atn.
It's better to use "sockstat -l | grep sendmail".
It lists user, command and PID along with the IP address
("*" if all addresses) and port number, so you can easily
match it with output from ps or top, using the PID number.
If sendmail is listening only on localhost, it usually
means that you don't have sendmail_enable="YES" in rc.conf.
In that case, the default is to run sendmail only on the
localhost interface, so that local mail delivery does work
(e.g. output mailed from cron jobs).
A common error is to put an entry at the top of rc.conf,
not noticing that another entry further down the file
overrides it. The last entry takes effect. For example,
if you have sendmail_enable="YES" at the top, but there's
sendmail_enable="NO" somewhere near the end of the file,
then the latter will take effect.
"grep sendmail /etc/rc.conf" will tell you the truth.
After any changes, don't forget to restart sendmail:
"/etc/rc.d/sendmail restart"
If you're extra paranoid, first do only "stop" instead of
"restart", then verify that no sendmail processes are
running, then perform the "start".
Best regards
Oliver
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Re: sendmail CLIENT_OPTIONS
On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 19:48:09 -0500, Don Wilde wrote: > Hello, folks - > > I am setting up the sendmail on my 7.2-STABLE system, and I cannot get > it to listen to my live server address besides the localhost. > > I've added >CLIENT_OPTIONS(`Family=inet, > Addr=64.156.192.103, Name=MTA')dnl > > directly above the DAEMON_OPTIONS lines (after the FEATUREs), > recompiled with make -C, and copied the domain-specific cf to > sendmail.cf. CLIENT_OPTIONS() does not set options for clients connecting *to* Sendmail, but for Sendmail itself when it acts as a client to an other MTA. > Sendmail starts correctly, so the m4 compilation was successful, but > it is still only listening on 127.0.0.1:25 according to netstat -atn. This is often a configuration error that launches only a local Sendmail listener. Show us your `/etc/rc.conf' settings: # grep -i sendmail /etc/rc.conf ___ 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: sendmail CLIENT_OPTIONS
On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Bernt Hansson wrote: > Don Wilde said the following on 2009-10-06 02:48: >> >> Hello, folks - >> >> I am setting up the sendmail on my 7.2-STABLE system, and I cannot get >> it to listen to my live server address besides the localhost. >> >> I've added >> CLIENT_OPTIONS(`Family=inet, >> Addr=64.156.192.103, Name=MTA')dnl >> >> directly above the DAEMON_OPTIONS lines (after the FEATUREs), >> recompiled with make -C, and copied the domain-specific cf to >> sendmail.cf. >> >> I've reviewed the old docs on /usr/share/sendmail/cf and the newer >> ones on /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf that were referenced in the >> manual. >> >> Sendmail starts correctly, so the m4 compilation was successful, but >> it is still only listening on 127.0.0.1:25 according to netstat -atn. > > Do you have sendmail_enable="YES" in your /etc/rc.conf file? >[snip] Yes, Bernt. -- -- Don Wilde " Engineering the Future " http://www.EngineeringJobFuture.com ___ 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: sendmail CLIENT_OPTIONS
Don Wilde said the following on 2009-10-06 02:48: Hello, folks - I am setting up the sendmail on my 7.2-STABLE system, and I cannot get it to listen to my live server address besides the localhost. I've added CLIENT_OPTIONS(`Family=inet, Addr=64.156.192.103, Name=MTA')dnl directly above the DAEMON_OPTIONS lines (after the FEATUREs), recompiled with make -C, and copied the domain-specific cf to sendmail.cf. I've reviewed the old docs on /usr/share/sendmail/cf and the newer ones on /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf that were referenced in the manual. Sendmail starts correctly, so the m4 compilation was successful, but it is still only listening on 127.0.0.1:25 according to netstat -atn. Do you have sendmail_enable="YES" in your /etc/rc.conf file? This seems to be more of a newbie issue than a STABLE issue, but please correct me if I'm wrong. I just updated to fix the null issue, but I don't see anything in either UPDATING file. If you need more configs, please forgive me for not including them. No other changes have been made to the mc file. Thanks in advance! :D ___ 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"
