edit the sendmail.cf file, search for Smart Relay Host... Line should look like: DS If a relay has not been specified, change that to DS<ip or hostname of sendmail box> that is running sendmail. You should then be able to relay through it and get your mail out... mailx on RH does not have a -v for verbose that will let you watch the dialog between it and the relay, but you can send the mail in one window, and tail -f the /var/adm/syslog/mail.log, to watch it go... GOod Luck -RYAN -----Original Message----- From: David Brett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 2:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: can't send to external address Hi Mikkel You are right if I take the exchange server name out, I get blocked by the firewall. I wish I knew sendmail, because there is a server running sendmail, I could use as a relay if, I can get it configured to do so. david On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, David Brett wrote: > > > Fortunately I don't have a firewall to worry about. I do have pine > > pointing directly to the mailserver (exchange). I suspect sendmail is > > actually doing the sending. The reason I say that is sendmail is running. > > If this is the case what do I need to change in the configuration to make > > the exchange server happy > > > > > > david > > > David, > If you have "smtp-server" set to the exchange server, then it > does not use Sendmail. It sends directly to the server. I don't know > much about exchange servers, so maybe someone that know more about them > can talk about their setup. It sounds like it is set up to only accept > outgoing mail from specific machine, or from specific types of mail > programs. It may also be checking the return address, and not liking > what it is seeing... You may have to set up user-domain in pine so it > says you are from the correct network... > > Mikkel > -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
