On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> the reason for getting rid of sendmail, which has served me well for a few
> years, is because it's not working anymore. ie. i can't connect to the
> email server running sendmail on rh6.2 from either mandrake 6.2 or
> NT.
Is this to _send_ a mail or to _retreive_ a mail. If you are having
problems picking up mail I suspect it is probably nothing to do with
sendmail if it works on the local machine.
> sendmail.cf file, tried linuxconf, still not working. i can read the mail
> *at* the email server, just can't connect to it from any other client
> machine.
What program do you use when you do it locally? Its probably going
straight to the mbox files. Are you using POP or IMAP on your client? Have
you setup any ipchains or tcpwrappers on the box that are stopping remote
connections. What happens when you telnet to port 110 or 143 of the
server?
Anything in your log files (/var/log/messages, /var/log/secure, etc) that
indicate any errors?
> just want to open email up from the desktop using netscape mail, thats
> all. just getting a bit frustrated i suppose.
Replacing sendmail probably won't fix that, I would say its something
else.
Rodos
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