Hi Bohdan, On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Bohdan Sydor <bohdan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/08/2011 06:30 AM, Mun wrote: > > > Does everything above look okay? > > Yes, they all seem to be alright. > > Next, let's try to telnet to the smtp port: > > - from the localhost. Simply telnet localhost 25 and try to submit a > sample msg. > You are now beyond my understanding of sendmail. After telnetting, what is the command I should enter? > - from any other machine that is in the same subnet as the mail server > > > >From any other remote hosts we already know that it fails. But do you > refer to the MTA by address or by name? Check the DNS entries for the MTA: > > host -t mx yourDomainName > This returned a name (not an address). Let say "xyz1.domain" > host -t a theResultNameFromPreviousCmd > Is it the same IP as assigned to the server? > Yes, the IP does match that of "xyz1.domain" But this piqued my interest, and when I look in sendmail.cf I see the following lines: # "Smart" relay host (may be null) DSabc1.domain Should this entry be "xyz1.domain" (to match the the 'host -t mx' command's output)? Or is it okay that the line in sendmail.cf refers to a different server? Best regards, -- Mun > > -- > regards > > Bohdan Sydor > www.sydor.net > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
