Smarthost in sendmail.cf deals with the daemon doing the mail delivery setting the smarthost in submit.cf will have the desired effect :-) still not optimal but will do what he was after.. cheers for that Geoff -- Steve. On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Geoff Rainey (DSLAK) wrote: > I do not know if this issue has been answered yet, but is this not > a sendmail.cf configuration parameter to send mail directly to a > relay and not the localhost? > > The parameter I am reffering to is > > Smart relay host, here is an example from the sendmail.cf file - > > ---------------------------------- > # "Smart" relay host (may be null) > DSakmscet55.nzpost.co.nz > ---------------------------------- > > Where akmscet55.nzpost.co.nz is the mail server. > > regards, > Geoff. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steve > > Sent: Tuesday, 3 February 2004 8:59 a.m. > > To: 'redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx' > > Subject: RE: Mail not sending > > > > > > The way redhat 8 onwards were setup - sendmail was set to listen on > > localhost only by default (to minimise security problems) and > > the "mail" > > (/bin/mail) client was set to relay mail via localhost and let the > > delivery daemon deal with it. This has advantages (more seemless > > intergration with different MTA's etc) but will produce the > > error you are > > seeing is the sendmail daemon is not running for any reason. > > > > You can change the sendmail.cf and associated files such that this > > behaviour no longer happens tho I havent bothered to look > > into how to do > > this and it may be more effort than it's worth. > > > > The hint here was the message "connection refused" which > > tends to indicate > > that you have turned off the sendmail daemon and hence no > > connection to > > localhost on port 25 can be established (this can also be the > > result of > > firewall rules) > > > > I'd suggest you turn your sendmail daemon back on.. > > > > -- > > Steve. > > > > On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Christian Campbell wrote: > > > > > > > I'm trying to send mail from my RH8.0 box.The server I am > > > > sending to is on > > > > > my LAN. I've run tcpdump on the box that is sending the > > > > mail, and I can't > > > > > see that's it's making any attempt to send any mail. I can > > > > telnet to the > > > > > mail server on port 25 with no problem (and can see that > > > > through tcpdump). > > > > > > > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > > > > > Look in your maillog? > > > > > > > > > > Here's what I'm getting in my maillog: > > > > > > Feb 2 13:30:46 www2 sendmail[6659]: i12IUku6006659: > > from=root, size=48, > > > class=0, nrcpts=1, > > msgid=<200402021830.i12IUku6006659@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, > > > relay=root@localhost > > > Feb 2 13:30:46 www2 sendmail[6659]: i12IUku6006659: > > > to=ccampbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, > > > xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30043, relay=[127.0.0.1] > > [127.0.0.1], > > > dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1] > > > > > > It seems like it's trying to send mail to itself? It > > should be trying to > > > send mail to the mail exchanger for brueggers.com which is > > > mail.brueggers.com. > > > > > > Why is it trying to send to 127.0.0.1? > > > > > > Christian > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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
