Thanks Jesse, Your last question helped me figure it out. The sendmail service was running. The problem was my hosts.allow file. It didn't have 127.0.0.1 in it. I added the line and now the connection is allowed. Thanks, John On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 16:21, Jesse Keating wrote: > On 21 Oct 2002 15:26:27 -0400 > John Hosage <jhosage@virtc.com> wrote: > > # So, I still don't understand why my mail command doesn't work. It > # should be connecting over 127.0.0.1 for which sendmail is configured > # in sendmail.mc. > > Is the sendmail service running? # service sendmail status > > -- > Jesse Keating > j2Solutions.net > Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) > > Was I helpful? Let others know: > http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list