"John Jacks" <mibsun@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi ; > I am trying to email from my redhat box .This is what is happening . > [root@root]# ps -aux | sendmail > Recipient names must be specified > [root@root]# telnet localhost 25 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused First .. looks like you are trying to use sendmail directly without supplying a `to' addressee. `man sendmail' will guide you here: sendmail [option ...] [recipient ...] You probably ought to just use the `mail' tool which calls sendmail properly if you supply a recipient: ps waux|mail recipient or if you want a subject: ps waux| mail -s "ps output" recipient Calling sendmail direct will work though if you give a recipient. Far as telnet goes... is sendmail even running? I get the same message as you posted if I turn sendmail off temporarily. Try as root: service sendmail status You should see something like: # service sendmail status sendmail (pid 1142 1134) is running... -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
