Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 08:37:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Erlin <tperlin@yahoo.com> To: edwin chan <slack@suntop-cn.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: about sendmail and bind Message-ID: <20010523153754.79752.qmail@web11706.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <001201c0e39b$f3dc21e0$9201a8c0@home.net>
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Not sure I understand your reply entirely, but it seems like you're saying that 'localhost' does not resolve to 127.0.0.1, and that there's no firewall in place. Can you ping 127.0.0.1? Is it configured in rc.conf? --Tim --- edwin chan <slack@suntop-cn.com> wrote: > not, actually, I just put the poor lonely server , > and setup at my ISP 's > computer'room. I think maybe not need firewall to > protect it. > my office localnetwork separate completely. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tim Erlin <tperlin@yahoo.com> > To: edwin chan <slack@suntop-cn.com>; Rasputin > <rara.rasputin@virgin.net> > Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 11:02 PM > Subject: Re: about sendmail and bind > > > > Coupla questions: > > > > 1. Does 'localhost' resolve otherwise > > > > 2. Do you have firewall rules limiting packets > to/from > > 127.0.0.1? > > > > -Tim > > --- edwin chan <slack@suntop-cn.com> wrote: > > > yes, only 127.0.0.1 in it. > > > > > > > > > edwin chan > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net> > > > To: edwin chan <slack@suntop-cn.com> > > > Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 6:58 PM > > > Subject: Re: about sendmail and bind > > > > > > > > > > * edwin chan <slack@suntop-cn.com> [010523 > 11:48]: > > > > > hi, > > > > > I have a qustion, when I just allow my name > > > server(bind) listen on > > > 127.0.0.1, my mail sever(runing sendmail on same > > > box) can't accept mail from > > > user. > > > > > but if I allow name server bind address to a > > > real IP, mail server > > > worked, why? > > > > > > > > does /etc/resolv.conf have localhost in it? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, > > > lying in hospitals dying > > > > of nothing. > > > > -- Redd Foxx > > > > Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of > Nuns :: > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to > majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body > of > > > the message > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great > prices > > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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