Almost certainly the problem is in RH 7.1 sendmail. By default this implementation will only accept email from the localhost. RH have clamped down on security in 7.1.
Look in /usr/share/sendmail*/cf/redhat.mc for details and how to overcome the restriction. On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Raena Lea-Shannon wrote: > I am running Red Hat 7.1 and installed > Star Office 5.2. I can receive email and > newsgroups and post to newsgroups but > cannot send mail. I get a 501 Error > Message Invalid Domain Name. I have > checked a re-checked the Domain Name and > it is not incorrect. I have a horrible > feeling it is something to to do with > the sendmail Red Hat 7.1 default set up. > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > RLS > > -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com "We are either doing something, or we are not. 'Talking about' is a subset of 'not'." -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
