On Thu, 17 May 2001, Evgeny Popov wrote:
RedHat 7.1 has a misconfigured sendmail.cf. Locate a line in sendmail.cf
that looks like this:
O DaemonPortOptions=Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA
Comment it out. Restart sendmail.
--Ariel
> Sendmail on freshly installed RH71 (2 machines) does not respond to
> connections:
>
> telnet MYIP 25 - Unable connect to host: connection refused.
>
> telnet 127.0.0.1 25 - getting a prompt.
>
> I don't have either ipchains/iptables active nor start sendmail through
> xinetd.
>
> netstat -nl:
> tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0* LISTEN
>
> nmap does not shows port 25 open
>
> I do have resolving for my hostname through /etc/hosts.
>
> I even put a RELAY entry for my IP in /etc/mail/access file, though it is
> not related.
>
> It seems to me to be some firewalling problem, but i can not find any sign
> of firewalling on my system....
>
> Any assistance would be appriciated,
>
> Evgeny
>
>
>
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