here is a line in sendmail.mc which you have to comment out by adding dnl to the start of the line. it starts DAEMON_OPTIONS('Port=smtp.....
then run the m4 command as it specifies at the top of the .mc file and restart sendmail.
Good luck,
Jeff
On 22 Sep 2004 17:43:06 -0400, Damien Estrada wrote:
> OMG Thank you... i knew that my dns setting where correct.... what
> i think the problem is dat sendmail is not listening to my address
> 67.34.177.240 which is static.
>
> How do i go about fixing this ??
>
>
> On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 17:30, Jeff wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:06:37 -0400, Jason Dixon wrote:
>>
>>> On Sep 22, 2004, at 4:02 PM, Damien Estrada wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> But when i was running under Windows 2000 Advanced Server
>>>> with the same setting i have now ( except new SMTP and POP
>>>> Servers ) it was working great. I have the hopto.org settings
>>>> to MX gc- site.hopto.org as my external mail server. Would me
>>>> creating a DNS record on my server do the trick ??
>>>>
>>>
>>> If you've changed SMTP/POP servers, this obviously has an
>>> effect on your mail service. That's like saying "everything
>>> used to work before I changed all the relevant settings".
>>>
>>> Now you're using a mail server which doesn't have the necessary
>>> DNS records configured. No amount of local configuration is
>>> going to save you until you get your DNS issues sorted out. I
>>> don't really have the time to walk you through the intricacies
>>> of DNS administration; besides, it's something best left to the
>>> experts. I suggest you contact your DNS provider (ravy.com?) to
>>> resolve this appropriately.
>>>
>>
>> Just had a quick look at the domain and you seem to be using a
>> dyndns like provider (you real IP belongs to ADSL on
>> bellsouth.net). Not sure how many IPs you have or if they're
>> static, but both mail.gc-site.hopto.org and gc-site.hopto.org
>> both point to the same IP so you probably have 1 external IP.
>>
>>
>> Things to check...
>>
>>
>> -Is sendmail listening on your LAN/external IP (i.e. not just
>> 127.0.0.1). It doesnt by default AFAIK - check with "netstat -an
>> | grep LISTEN"
>>
>>
>> -Are all firewalls/routers setup to allow inbound access to you
>> mail server on tcp/25 (including any port forwarding). I did a
>> quick check and couldnt access it - check your firewall logs.
>>
>>
>> -If you DONT have static IPs then make sure you have a program to
>> update no-ip.com's DNS (I use ddclient).
>>
>>
>> Ive also checked DNS and MX records for your domain and they seem
>> OK to me (Sorry Jason =P)....
>>
>>
>> <<>> DiG 9.2.2-P3 <<>> mx gc-site.hopto.org
>> ; global options: printcmd
>> ; Got answer:
>> ; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2521 ;;
>> flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2
>>
>> ; QUESTION SECTION:
>> gc-site.hopto.org. IN MX
>>
>>
>> ; ANSWER SECTION:
>> gc-site.hopto.org. 60 IN MX 5 mail.gc-
>> site.hopto.org. gc-site.hopto.org. 60 IN MX
>> 10 gc-site.hopto.org.
>>
>> ; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
>> gc-site.hopto.org. 60 IN A 67.34.177.240
>> mail.gc-site.hopto.org. 60 IN A 67.34.177.240
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps - the first time you do this it is a bit
>> confusing. Jeff
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