Apparently the server doesn't need to receive mail, thus sendmail doesn't need to be running and hence shouldn't be listening on a port. -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of sanjay dass Sent: Wednesday, 16 September 2009 12:54 a.m. To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: sendmail configuration Hi Kalyan, Your Sendmail server listing on localhost Comment out Daemon Option line in Sendmail.mc and rebuild the Sendmail.cf and check the your server should listen your IP address to check use the below command # netstat -an | grep smtp Regards, Nilesh On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Kalyan Sundar <kalyan.sundu@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hi All, > I am trying to configure sendmail on Linux server. > > After the configuration the maillog show below message: > > Sep 15 12:19:30 ebizrep sendmail[31924]: n8F8GoWo031924: from=root, > size=70, > class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=< > 200909150817.n8F8H5Us031927@<servername>.domain.com > <200909150817.n8F8H5Us031927@%3Cservername%3E.domain.com>>, > relay=root@localhost > Sep 15 12:19:30 ebizrep sendmail[31924]: n8F8GoWo031924: > to=<mail_id>@<domain>.com <to=%3Cmail_id%3E@%3Cdomain%3E.com>, > delay=00:02:40, mailer=esmtp, pri=30070, dsn=4.4.3, stat=queued > Sep 15 12:19:45 ebizrep sendmail[31927]: n8F8H5Us031927: from=root, > size=83, > class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=< > 200909150817.n8F8H5Us031927@<servername>.domain.com > <200909150817.n8F8H5Us031927@%3Cservername%3E.domain.com>>, > relay=root@localhost > Sep 15 12:19:45 ebizrep sendmail[31927]: n8F8H5Us031927: > to=<mail_id>@<domain>.com <to=%3Cmail_id%3E@%3Cdomain%3E.com>, > delay=00:02:40, mailer=esmtp, pri=30083, dsn=4.4.3, stat=queued > The mail status is showing as queued which makes me think that the > sendmail > configuarion is not properly done. > > how to I make the existing mail=esmtp to mailer=relay and > relay=root@localhost to relay=<smtpserver.domain.com> > > I am new to this topic. Kindly give your inputs which ll be very helpful to > proceed further. > > Thanks, > Kalyan > -- > 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 ========================================================== For more information on the Television New Zealand Group, visit us online at tvnz.co.nz ========================================================== CAUTION: This e-mail and any attachment(s) contain information that is intended to be read only by the named recipient(s). This information is not to be used or stored by any other person and/or organisation. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list