Make sure that you have 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost host1.example.net in the /etc/hosts. I have seen this same behavior after removing the localhost info, or moving it after the FQDN. HTH, Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Reff" <eric@reff.net> To: <psyche-list@redhat.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:11 PM Subject: sendmail > Hello, > I have one RedHat server that is having trouble mailing it's logs out. Up > until a week ago when I removed(rpm -e) sendmail everything is going > perfectly. The logs were sent out with a simple pipe to /bin/mail. I've > since reinstalled the sendmail RPM and the logs are still unable to get out. > The relevent line from the maillog: > > > Nov 5 21:39:47 host1 sendmail[6431]: gA62dlrw006431: to=eric@reff.net, > ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, > pri=30035, relay=host1.example.net. [63.65.109.42], dsn=4.0.0, > stat=Deferred: Connection refused by host1.example.net. > > host1.example.net is the local hostname. I receive the same error whether > sendmail is running or not. I haven't changed anything in the sendmail > configuration. > > Any ideas? Thanks a lot! > Eric Reff > > > > -- > 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