Yes, I am sure that NO sendmail daemon is running on the other server. And inetd/xinetd isn't even started, so it can definitely not call the sendmail program.
By the way, when /etc/init.d/sendmail is executed, it starts TWO programs: sendmail and sm-client. What is the second one? Maybe this is the problem? Someone at RedHat.com must know this, I think, so if someone reads it... Now I want to summarize a working and a NOT working environment (just for those who asked me about it): The following config is working: (OurLocalDomain.de is our local (not internet) domain with 192.168.1.x addresses) RedHat 7.1, sendmail-8.11.6, daemon not running, sendmail.mc reads as follows (and is of course compiled that way): <snip> DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA') dnl FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')dnl dnl FEATURE(`relay_based_on_MX')dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl MAILER(procmail)dnl CwOurLocalDomain.de <snip> access reads as follows (standard, I think): localhost.localdomain RELAY localhost RELAY 127.0.0.1 RELAY All other files (virtusertable, domaintable, local-host-names, mailertable) are empty. Again: this config is working properly, I can send email to local and (as there is an alias root -> [EMAIL PROTECTED] in aliases) send email to our real mail exchanging server. Now the following config is NOT working: RedHat 8.0, sendmail-8.12.8, daemon not running, sendmail.mc/cf as follows (I changed it like the one above and recompiled): I have included everything which is not like the above redhat 7.1 config. <snip> define(`confTRUSTED_USER', `smmsp')dnl define(`confTO_IDENT', `0')dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl LOCAL_DOMAIN(`localhost.localdomain')dnl dnl FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')dnl dnl FEATURE(`relay_based_on_MX')dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl MAILER(procmail)dnl CwOurLocalDomain.de <snip> Access is the same as on the 7.1 box, all other files are also empty. Bye Daniel -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Cowles, Steve Gesendet: Donnerstag, 13. M�rz 2003 11:14 An: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Betreff: RE: Can't send email with RH 8.0, sendmail-8.12.8-1.80 (standardconfig) > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Paul > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 3:47 AM > Subject: AW: Can't send email with RH 8.0, sendmail-8.12.8-1.80 > (standardconfig) > > > Is there some change in the sendmail-version delivered with > RedHat 8 (or the delivered sendmail-config) that does NOT allow > to send mail from local server via standard MUA/MTA-sendonly > (not MTA-receive) config anymore??? > > In earlier versions it was possible to send email without starting > the sendmail daemon. I don't want to have a running copy of > the sendmail daemon on each of my linux machines, even if it's > only listening on the loopback interface. > > So, my question is: Did the redhat people change something > which requires starting the server from 7.x to 8.0 (and if yes: > what) or didn't they? I can't speak of behalf of redhat, but personally I don't see how programs like cronjobs, mail, etc... could send an e-mail without an MTA running (at least listening) on the box. Are you sure your previous RH systems were not configured to have sendmail run under xinetd instead of as a daemon??? Steve Cowles -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
