Outgoing mail from fresh RH8.0 box

Hi,

I'm trying to set up a RH8.0 box to send outgoing mail and NOT receive
incoming mail (preferrably, not run sendmail as a daemon).

I'm not a sendmail expert and I'm having a hard time doing something
that in previous versions of RH I believe was simpler.

I have googled quite a bit and tried several things, but with no luck.
Each time I send email from the command line I end up with a:

Sep 22 17:23:38 xxxxxx sendmail[4094]: h8MKNbTd004094:
to=(E-Mail Removed), ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:01,
xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30047, relay=localhost.localdomain.
[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by
localhost.localdomain.

I have the following rpm installed:

[root@xxxxxx mail]# rpm -qa | grep sendmail
sendmail-8.12.5-7

I believe that there exists a sendmail-cf rpm, which is not installed
in this box. Don't know if I need it...

Hosts table include both name and real address as well as localhost
and loopback interface. They resolve fine.

Could anybody possibly list the steps that I should follow to
configure a fresh RH8.0 installation to allow outgoing email to be
sent ? Or point me to some documentation on the web ?

Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide!!!

BR,

James

kanarip wrote:
> "James Schnack" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm trying to set up a RH8.0 box to send outgoing mail and NOT receive
>>incoming mail (preferrably, not run sendmail as a daemon).
>>
>>I'm not a sendmail expert and I'm having a hard time doing something
>>that in previous versions of RH I believe was simpler.
>>
>>I have googled quite a bit and tried several things, but with no luck.
>>Each time I send email from the command line I end up with a:
>>
>>Sep 22 17:23:38 xxxxxx sendmail[4094]: h8MKNbTd004094:
>>to=(E-Mail Removed), ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:01,
>>xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30047, relay=localhost.localdomain.
>>[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by
>>localhost.localdomain.
>>
>>I have the following rpm installed:
>>
>>[root@xxxxxx mail]# rpm -qa | grep sendmail
>>sendmail-8.12.5-7
>>
>>I believe that there exists a sendmail-cf rpm, which is not installed
>>in this box. Don't know if I need it...
>>
>>Hosts table include both name and real address as well as localhost
>>and loopback interface. They resolve fine.
>>
>>Could anybody possibly list the steps that I should follow to
>>configure a fresh RH8.0 installation to allow outgoing email to be
>>sent ? Or point me to some documentation on the web ?
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide!!!
>>
>>BR,
>>
>>James
>
>
> In the /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file is a parameter which tells sendmail on
> which ip to listen for connections.
>
> In my case, these contain:
>
> DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl
> DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=131.211.232.45, Name=MTA')dnl
>
> --kanarip
>
>


NOTE: The above is all explained in both the RH release notes and in the
RH senmail.mc. You are supposed to read them.

In article <(E-Mail Removed) >,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to set up a RH8.0 box to send outgoing mail and NOT receive
>incoming mail (preferrably, not run sendmail as a daemon).
>
>I'm not a sendmail expert and I'm having a hard time doing something
>that in previous versions of RH I believe was simpler.
>
>I have googled quite a bit and tried several things, but with no luck.
>Each time I send email from the command line I end up with a:
>
>Sep 22 17:23:38 xxxxxx sendmail[4094]: h8MKNbTd004094:
>to=(E-Mail Removed), ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:01,
>xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30047, relay=localhost.localdomain.
>[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by
>localhost.localdomain.
>
>I have the following rpm installed:
>
>[root@xxxxxx mail]# rpm -qa | grep sendmail
>sendmail-8.12.5-7
>
>I believe that there exists a sendmail-cf rpm, which is not installed
>in this box. Don't know if I need it...
>
>Hosts table include both name and real address as well as localhost
>and loopback interface. They resolve fine.

Try adding the following into sendmail.mc

DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl
FEATURE(`no_default_msa')dnl

The first line above restricts access to port 25 to localhost - for all
practical purposes this results in port 25 being inaccessible to
outside world. The second line above disables the "submit" port 587.

Then reconfigure, etc and restart as a deamon (-bd) and you're set

Ron

"James Schnack" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to set up a RH8.0 box to send outgoing mail and NOT receive
> incoming mail (preferrably, not run sendmail as a daemon).
>
> I'm not a sendmail expert and I'm having a hard time doing something
> that in previous versions of RH I believe was simpler.
>
> I have googled quite a bit and tried several things, but with no luck.
> Each time I send email from the command line I end up with a:
>
> Sep 22 17:23:38 xxxxxx sendmail[4094]: h8MKNbTd004094:
> to=(E-Mail Removed), ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:01,
> xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30047, relay=localhost.localdomain.
> [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by
> localhost.localdomain.
>
> I have the following rpm installed:
>
> [root@xxxxxx mail]# rpm -qa | grep sendmail
> sendmail-8.12.5-7
>
> I believe that there exists a sendmail-cf rpm, which is not installed
> in this box. Don't know if I need it...
>
> Hosts table include both name and real address as well as localhost
> and loopback interface. They resolve fine.
>
> Could anybody possibly list the steps that I should follow to
> configure a fresh RH8.0 installation to allow outgoing email to be
> sent ? Or point me to some documentation on the web ?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide!!!
>
> BR,
>
> James

In the /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file is a parameter which tells sendmail on
which ip to listen for connections.

In my case, these contain:

DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl
DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=131.211.232.45, Name=MTA')dnl

--kanarip

On 22 Sep 2003 14:12:22 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (James Schnack)
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to set up a RH8.0 box to send outgoing mail and NOT receive
>incoming mail (preferrably, not run sendmail as a daemon).
>
>I'm not a sendmail expert and I'm having a hard time doing something
>that in previous versions of RH I believe was simpler.
>
>I have googled quite a bit and tried several things, but with no luck.
>Each time I send email from the command line I end up with a:
>
>Sep 22 17:23:38 xxxxxx sendmail[4094]: h8MKNbTd004094:
>to=(E-Mail Removed), ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:01,
>xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30047, relay=localhost.localdomain.
>[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by
>localhost.localdomain.
>
>I have the following rpm installed:
>
>[root@xxxxxx mail]# rpm -qa | grep sendmail
>sendmail-8.12.5-7
>
>I believe that there exists a sendmail-cf rpm, which is not installed
>in this box. Don't know if I need it...
>
>Hosts table include both name and real address as well as localhost
>and loopback interface. They resolve fine.
>
>Could anybody possibly list the steps that I should follow to
>configure a fresh RH8.0 installation to allow outgoing email to be
>sent ? Or point me to some documentation on the web ?
>
>Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide!!!
>
>BR,
>
>James


Take a look at postfix - it comes with redhat also. I'm switching
from sendmail to postfix later today. IIRC, The very first page of
how-tos on the postfix.org site includes the answer to your question.

Mike-


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