Re: Sendmail - smart_host not working?

[Inaki Sanchez <isanchez unav es>]

By default sendmail daemon only listen on loopback interface, so the service isn't visible from the network.

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Christopher Thorjussen wrote:
> Ok.
>
> I think I'll rephrase my question.
>
> How can I send email without having the sendmail daemon running. I
> already got a smtp server I want to send the mail through. (I've
> reverted back to default config files to be sure, and the sendmail
> daemon is stopped)
>
>
> /Christopher Thorjussen 
>
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> yes 
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Christopher Thorjussen
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>
> No, I left all dnl markings intact.
>
> So 'dnl' is some kind of comment mark in .mc files?
>
> /Christopher
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:taroon-list-bounces redhat com] On Behalf Of greyhair
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 1:38 PM
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> Subject: Re: Sendmail - smart_host not working?
>
> Christopher.
>    silly question but you did remove the first dnl right?
>    'dnl' comments out the entry that follows.
>
>      not:
>      dnl define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp.relay.host')dnl
>
>           but:
>
>      define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp.relay.host')dnl
>
> greyhair
>
> Christopher Thorjussen wrote:
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is probably a simple question to answer, but I'm stuck. I've 
> > search, but no luck.
> >
> > I have a RHEL 3 ES server. I need to set this server up so when a 
> > program on the server wants to send email, it is forwarded to our mail 
> > gateway (the only computer allowed to send out email). I thought it was
>
>
> > as easy as defining the
> >
> > dnl define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp.relay.host')dnl
> >
> > Line, and I entered the IP address of the mail gateway, then I ran
> >
> > make -C /etc/mail
> >
> > and restartet sendmail.
> >
> > I still did not recieve the testmail(s) I tried to send from CLI.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > /Christopher Thorjussen
> >
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