sendmail problem

[haeman]

I have newly setup a server , and started the sendmail service , I have config the sendmail.cf as below and then restart it

"Smart" relay host (may be null)
DSmail-server


But now still can't sendmail mail out , I have other server that have the same setting can do , so I wonder is there other config file that I need to change to make it work ? please advise thx

[Ivan Krastev]

Check if you relay host is accessible:

telnet relay_host 25


regards,
ivan

[Ivan Ferreira]

Post the output of /var/log/maillog. Ensure that mail-server can be resolved.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

In sendmail.cf you should set a relay server

DShostnameofrelayserver

The relay server must be explicitly set up to relay your systems mail.

Most Corporate LAN environments won't let you send mail directly, the spam risk is too high.

SEP

[Court Campbell]

I would suggest installing the sendmail-cf rpm. Then edit the mc file and restart sendmail. This will run m4 for you, etc. This may not resolve your issue, but it is the red hat recommended way of modifying sendmail.

[skt_skt]

see if this helps

sendmail.cf file coming with some RH only listens on loopback interface. u can see that in netstat -an

it looks like this

tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN

I Commented following option and restarted the sendmail daemon.

O DaemonPortOptions=Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA


Then after restarting the daemon using netstat -an.
the output changed to

tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN

My mail now works