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Date:      Sun, 04 Aug 2002 19:26:36 -0400
From:      "Philip M. Gollucci" <philip@p6m7g8.com>
To:        Chris Kulish <ckulish@tekengine.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Mail Problems with 4.6-stable
Message-ID:  <3D4DB82C.2010807@p6m7g8.com>
References:  <NNEALJMCCHJOMLCBAELAKEANCAAA.ckulish@tekengine.net>

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sendmail_enable = "NONE"
in rc.conf
Thats new as of 4.5 I think if not 4.6


Chris Kulish wrote:
> Environment:
> 
> 3 BSD servers.
> 1 Acting as email server.
> 2 others doing various things.
> 
> 2 of the servers (including my email server) started out 4.3-stable and have
> been upgraded since.  All are now 4.6-stable.
> 
> 1 (the one I am having issues with) is a fresh install of 4.6-stable
> 
> I set sendmail_enable and sendmail_submit_enable to NO in rc.conf on all my
> servers for security reasons.  All but the one in question are still able to
> send email fine, using a command such as:
> 
> Mail blah@blah.com from the scripts.
> 
> I have some scripts that will email me when certain events occur.  When the
> server with the fresh install of BSD tries to send email out, I get the
> following:
> 
> EOT
> noc@kulish.com... Connecting to localhost.kulish.com. via relay...
> noc@kulish.com... Deferred: Connection refused by localhost.kulish.com.



> 
> If sendmail is enabled in the rc.conf, it sends email fine (obviously).  If
> I telnet from this server and drive the MTA manually, everything works fine.
> 
> What I cannot figure out is where to change whatever setting it is so that
> this new box can do the same.  I checked /usr/src/updating and didn't come
> up with much (which isn't surprising, I not that familiar with sendmail, I
> use exim on my main email server).  Am I missing something obvious here?
> 
> Most of my post-installation setup is done via script, and I hate to have
> this odd-ball server sitting there.
> 
> Thanks for any help and if you need more info, LMK
> 
> Chris K.
> 
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