Re: Server installation

[MikeV <me privacy net>]

On Thu, 31 May 2001 22:05:48 +0200 (CEST), Michael Schwendt
<mschwendt yahoo com> wrote:

[snip]

Not addressed to me, but I do have a question about the response.

:>Did you configure /etc/hosts.allow appropriately? - I bet you didn't.
:>Did you run "service sendmail restart"? - I bet you didn't.
:>
:>>Senmail does not establish a connection to a calling machine.
:>
:># /etc/hosts.allow
:>sendmail: allow
:>
:>or (optionally)
:>
:># /etc/hosts.allow
:>sendmail: ALL ALL: allow

I am puzzled. I did not make any changes to my hosts.allow file. I simply
commented out the DaemonPortOptions in sendmail.cf and added my local host
names to /etc/mail/local-host-names (www.domain, domain, mail.domain types
of names). Then sendmail started receiving mail from outside the domain. 

Am I missing something?  Have I done it wrong?  Will the sky soon fall in on
me?