On Thu, 2011-08-18 at 20:47 -0700, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > [root@yoyo ~]# netstat -anp | grep ":25" > tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* > LISTEN 1510/sendmail: acce > [root@yoyo ~]# netstat -anp | grep ":23" > [root@yoyo ~]# > +++ > > I'm staring at man netstat and the description of local address, > foreign address, and state ... but not certain what it really means in > context of your question regarding listening ... I think I am supposed > to assume that this output means 127.0.0.1:25 is listening to anything > sent from 0.0.0.0:* ? ---- I believe that means that you can only connect to port 25 from localhost and not any other computer. It's been many years since I used sendmail (I heavily recommend postfix) but I think if you edit /etc/mail/sendmail.mc and find the section... dnl # The following causes sendmail to only listen on the IPv4 loopback address dnl # 127.0.0.1 and not on any other network devices. Remove the loopback dnl # address restriction to accept email from the internet or intranet. dnl # DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl and chnage the last line to dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl and restart sendmail to enable it to listen on all your network interfaces. Note that you then have to edit /etc/mail/access to control who can 'relay' email (and restart sendmail again). also note that generally running your own smtp server requires you to have a dns server so you have an mx record so it becomes obvious which server receives e-mail for your domain. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
