Look in your /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file. It will have a line you have to comment out to have it accept mail. It says something like, if you want to accept email then comment this line out. > --Luke > --Computer Science Sysadmin, MSU Bozeman > --admin(AT)cs.montana.edu 994-3931 > -----Original Message----- > From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com] > On Behalf Of John Little > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 9:51 AM > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > Subject: 8.0 won't send mail > > I can't send mail using either sendmail or mozilla. Sendmail gets > a `connection refused' message from localhost. I > pinged 127.0.0.1 and it's OK, but telnetting 127.0.0.1 gets > `connection refused'. Outgoing mail gets relayed by 127.0.0.1 > by default, so if that interface is refusing connections how > is mail supposed to work? I can't even send mail as root to > a user account.I don't think this is a sendmail problem > as mozilla can't send mail either. I've been using sendmail > for a couple of years and am reasonably well-informed about > setting it up (including the new double queue in 8.12). > > I believe this problem is caused by a change in the Linux > networking setup (the same thing happens in Debian 3.0 with > 2.4.18 kernel). I've never seen telnet 127.0.0.1 get `connection > refused' in any previous versions (eg. RH7.1 or Debian2.2r3). > > I've posted a longer account of this on redhat-install-list > under `Re: client email going out to localhost.com'. > > Anyone got any ideas? For that matter has anyone been > able to send mail using 8.0? > > John > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > -- > 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
