"george2" <george@twig.tk> writes:

> using sendmail or red hat enterprise 4
> have edited sendmail.mc to specify smarthost then run m4 on it
> checked the sendmail.cf file for an entry after DS specifying the mail relay
> all good
> restart sendmail
> checked by using ls -ul that the sendmail.cf file has been read , it has
> It still doesnt send amil to the realy specified.
> in the mail.log file says its trying to connect to relay on localhost
> 127.0.0.1
> Why ?
> George

Since sendmail-8.12 default installation method sends messages to
127.0.0.1:25 to avoid installation of sendmail as set root uid.

Sendmail.cf you generated drives daemon listening on 127.0.0.1:25.
Behavior you report is driven by submit.cf - second *.cf file added in
sendmail-8.12.0.

http://www.sendmail.org/security/secure-install.php

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