If I recall, the correct line to be used with Sendmail is sendmail: all
to allow all users. On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Wayne Topa wrote: > > Subject: RE: Telnet to mail host replies connection refused > Date: Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 11:39:20PM -0400 > > In reply to:Paul McHale > > Quoting Paul McHale([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > The server IP_NUM isn't running SMTP ? > > > There is a firewall between your host and IP_NUM ? > > > You're not connected to the same network ? > > > > > The host is refusing your connection. It's either IP filtered, denied > > > through /etc/hosts.allow or equivalent for the system, or there is no > > > SMTP server running. > > > > Additional information in response. When I do the telnet, it is from the > > machine running the mailserver so networking and firewalls shouldn't > > interfere. I can ping out from the machine. PS shows sendmail is running > > with the following message: > > > > Sendmail: Rejecting connection on port 25 : min free: 100 > > > > hosts.allow has "sendmail: all". IP filtering I'm not sure about. > > Paul, have you tried changing the hosts.allow to > > # Allow mail to anyone > smtpd: ALL > > > -- > If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake > him up. > _______________________________________________________ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
