try editing the sendmail.cf in /etc and change the following from # O DaemonPortOptions=Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA to this O DaemonPortOptions=Port=smtp, Name=MTA this worked for me !!! Then just add in the IP add's of your hosts that you want to sendmail from in the /etc/mail/access file and restart sendmail... Later Chris -----Original Message----- From: Josep M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 4:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SMTP Hello. There is a parameter in sendmail.cf that allows or not external connections ,modify this Edit /etc/mail/sendmail.mc and regenerate a sendmail.cf file to accept connections from the outside. Josep Begin of Quote alireza saleh : >Dear friends >I have installed a SeaWolf 7.1 on my computer, I didn't enable the >firewall section. >I can't connect to my linux smpt via outlook express to send emails. I >corrected the access.db file but i also have this problem. >when I run netstat -a it shows that proxy:smtp is in the listening mode. >please guide me. > >regards >Alireza > > > >_______________________________________________ >Seawolf-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list Josep ))) @(o o)@ -------------oOO--(_)--OOo-------------- E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list