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My fualt the servers version does appear when i do telnet 127.0.0.1 25
nuthin shows up when i do telnet localhost becuase it's doin the
following :


# telnet localhost 25
Trying 10.10.10.10...
 
 
 
telnet: connect to address 10.10.10.10: Connection timed out




On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 04:29, Damien Estrada wrote:
> Thankz for letting me know we get dat fixed ASAP....
> 
> Now i have another question, I finally got sendmail to recongnize
> gc-site.hopto.org ( i think ) I telnet gc-site.hopto.org 25 and the
> servers version comes out but when i do localhost 25 nuthin comes out.
> 
> N-e-wayz i edited the access and threw in there gc-site.hopto.org RELAY
> aswell as 67.34.177.240 RELAY but from what i'm seeing in the logz it's
> only Relaying for localhost. How can i change this ??
> 
> Wat i think is going on is that since 127.0.0.1 is the only authorized
> relay it's blocking everything else.
> 
> I edited sendmail.mc like Jeff said (thnkz) and wat happened waz :
> 
>  I changed it from 127.0.0.1 to 67.34.177.20 and i couldn't get no mail
> wat so ever so i added both ( Not sure if thats correct ) and i'm
> getting local mail.
> 
> Please give me all suggestions and comments thankz :)
> 
> Damien
> 
> On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 21:02, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 05:43, 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.
> > 
> > FWIW, you have some unnecessary information in your DNS.
> > 
> > You have 2 MX entries:
> > 
> > [egreshko@gangster tmp]$ host -t mx gc-site.hopto.org
> > gc-site.hopto.org mail is handled by 5 mail.gc-site.hopto.org.
> > gc-site.hopto.org mail is handled by 10 gc-site.hopto.org.
> > 
> > but....
> > 
> > [egreshko@gangster tmp]$ host mail.gc-site.hopto.org
> > mail.gc-site.hopto.org has address 67.34.177.240
> > 
> > and
> > 
> > [egreshko@gangster tmp]$ host gc-site.hopto.org
> > gc-site.hopto.org has address 67.34.177.240
> > 
> > Are the same.....
> > 
> > So, if my system has mail for you and your system is down or not
> > reachable it will try mail.gc-site.hopto.org (fail) and
> > gc-site.hopto.org (still fail becuase it is the same).....which is
> > unnecessary.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > 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
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > -- 
> > "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never
> > actually known what the question is."
> > 
> > --The computer "Deep Thought" in "Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy"
> > 
> 


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