Hi
I am faceing 2 problems in red hat 7.2.
1) I cannot access the port 25 from other systems. From local its ok. No firewall is set. Can access other ports like 110, 143 .....
2) Smart host also do not work.
3) any good site from where i can get help. (Some simple ones).
Thanks.
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On Saturday 22 December 2001 11:18, you wrote:
- I cannot access the port 25 from other systems. From local its ok.
No firewall is set. Can access other ports like 110, 143 .....
- Smart host also do not work.
use "lokkit" to reconfigure firewall. Its easy to use. - -- Pankaj Jangid National Centre for Software Technology
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On Dec 21, 2001 at 21:48, acharya@dacafe.com wrote:
- I cannot access the port 25 from other systems. From local its ok.
No firewall is set. Can access other ports like 110, 143 .....
Define "cannot access". How did you try to access it? What happened when you accessed it?
- any good site from where i can get help. (Some simple ones).
If http://www.sendmail.org/ isn't simple enough, switch to postfix or qmail. sendmail does not sound right for you anyway.
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On Dec 21, 2001 at 21:48, acharya@dacafe.com wrote:
- I cannot access the port 25 from other systems. From local its ok.
No firewall is set. Can access other ports like 110, 143 .....
Define "cannot access". How did you try to access it? What happened when you accessed it?
- any good site from where i can get help. (Some simple ones).
If http://www.sendmail.org/ isn't simple enough, switch to postfix or qmail. sendmail does not sound right for you anyway.
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--- acharya@dacafe.com wrote:
Hi
I am faceing 2 problems in red hat 7.2.
- I cannot access the port 25 from other systems.
From local its ok. No firewall is set. Can access other ports like 110, 143 .....
[snip] bash#/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail status nd bash# ipchains -L
tell us wat does it look like...
Smart host also do not work.
any good site from where i can get help. (Some
simple ones).
[snip] www.google.com ( ans to the world's probs...)
Trevor Warren
Thanks.
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Hi Acharya,
Open your sendmail.cf and look for a line Addr or something. Basically, Red Hat in its infinite wisdom runs sendmail only on localhost/127.0.0.1 to enhance security. (Postfix/qmail way better). Comment out that line and restart sendmail. You should be able to access the SMTP server now.
- Mayank
12/22/2001 11:18:25 AM, acharya@dacafe.com wrote:
Hi
I am faceing 2 problems in red hat 7.2.
- I cannot access the port 25 from other systems. From local its ok.
No firewall is set. Can access other ports like 110, 143 .....
Smart host also do not work.
any good site from where i can get help. (Some simple ones).
Thanks.
Sometime Today, Mayank Sarup assembled some asciibets to say:
Open your sendmail.cf and look for a line Addr or something.
No, don't do that. Don't edit sendmail.cf at any cost. Only edit /etc/mail/sendmail.mc, and use that to regenerate sendmail.cf.
Basically, you'll find a line that tells sendmail to act as an MTA only for localhost (127.0.0.1) (same as what mayank said), you should comment it out there, and then use:
m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/sendmail.cf
to regenerate sendmail.cf. If you want to be safe, write the output to a different file, and then copy it over sendmail.cf
I'll give more complete instructions on Monday when I have access to a later version of sendmail.cf. At home I have 8.9.3
Basically, Red Hat in its infinite wisdom runs sendmail only on localhost/127.0.0.1 to enhance security. (Postfix/qmail way better).
Why is everyone so much against redhat? This just loses the point of open source - that it gives you so much choice. If you don't like redhat, use something else.
There is a very good reason for redhat binding sendmail only as a local mta.
The average user would not be running a mail server, and therefore would not know how to protect himself against mail relay. He only needs sendmail to queue mails while he's offline. Sendmail is not required to receive mails from your ISP.
If someone did require to set up a mail server, then it should be required that that person know how to set up a mailserver. In that case, he should know how to enable relay, OR, how to uninstall sendmail, and install the MTA of his choice.
RedHat's policy simply ensures that casual users don't hurt themselves, and that people who claim to be mailadmins actually know their job.
Philip
On Fri, 21 Dec 2001 acharya@dacafe.com wrote:
- I cannot access the port 25 from other systems. From local its ok.
No firewall is set. Can access other ports like 110, 143 .....
In /etc/mail/sendmail.mc, find this line:
DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')
and add dnl before it:
dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')
Alternately, you could just delete the Addr=127.0.0.1,
- Smart host also do not work.
What do you mean by this?
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