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

"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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