Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 02:43:42 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: blair@itsnet.com (Blair Schmittel) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD??? Message-ID: <199508141713.CAA22249@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199508141604.KAA25908@scratchy.itsnet.com> from "Blair Schmittel" at Aug 14, 95 10:04:09 am
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Blair Schmittel stands accused of saying: > >> With sendmail which is running in the background, it will send mail out of > >> the system through a shell account, but will no let any remote site connect > >> to the server. The server refuses the connection. > > > >Hmm. Sendmail can't send mail via a 'shell account', so I've got no idea > >what you're on about there. Whant to be a bit more specific about > >"the server refuses the connection" ?? What do you get if you say > > I meant using "mail ???@remotehost.com" Ok, so mail outwards is working OK. > >% telnet localhost smtp > > > It connects, then says ESMTP spoken here, then it freezes. Alright, that's different from a refused connection, it's waiting for _you_ to say something. Try typing EHLO and hitting enter. You should get a message along the lines of 250-myhost.my-domain Hello myhost [10.0.0.1], please to meet you If this happens, there's nothing wrong at your end. > blair schmittel CyberNaut -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[
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