From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 14 09:42:24 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id JAA27485 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 14 Aug 1995 09:42:24 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id JAA27475 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 1995 09:42:22 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id CAA22249; Tue, 15 Aug 1995 02:43:42 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199508141713.CAA22249@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: FreeBSD??? To: blair@itsnet.com (Blair Schmittel) Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 02:43:42 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199508141604.KAA25908@scratchy.itsnet.com> from "Blair Schmittel" at Aug 14, 95 10:04:09 am Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1364 Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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 [[