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Redhat Fedora 5 sendmail configuration

I need a simple step-by-step procedute to modify and re-compile the sendmail.cf file to use an outside server to relay email sent by the server using the mail command. It appears that the services provider (or the router) is blocking outgoing messages from a localhost address.

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arvind

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thomaswright

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The instructions are very nice, but don't work for me. (I tried them). It appears that comcast is blocking something on their end. I have a legimated mail server at rackspace but need to send mail from various linux boxes at client sites which autocomatically lets me know when the backup job scripts complete. I think comcast is trying to block home linux users from spamming. Any other suggestions using sendmail?

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thomaswright

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Thank you. That PAQ is helpful. It does give insight to the issue. I'm still working on a tested resolve though.

thomaswright

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If you can close the question and refund points I guess that would be the best course of action. Although there are several 'tips' out there I could not find an easy solution to the problem.

For future refrence for those viewing this article from a search, after making changes to the /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file you would recompile sendmail using the following sequence of commands:

m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/sendmail.cf
makemap hash /etc/mail/access.db < /etc/mail/access
/etc/init.d/sendmail restart

PsiCop

Seems to me that some help was rendered and that awarding some points is warranted. But I'm not going to get into an argument over the issue.

thomaswright

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Sorry, I did award points, thanks for the effort guys!