[expert] Sendmail and relaying

2002-07-17 Thread Ryan
I have sendmail working on my machine. What I'd like to do is be able to send email from work on my home account. Comcast won't let me, because it won't relay from my work machine. My thought was that I could have sendmail relay the email, so from Comcast's POV it looks like the email is co

Re: [expert] Sendmail and relaying

2002-07-17 Thread Seth Zirin
The POP3 service comes disabled as a default. Did you delete or comment out the "disable = yes" line in /etc/xinetd.d/ipop3 to enable the pop3 service? You need to restart the xinetd service with "/etc/init.d/xinetd restart" or send the send the xinetd process a SIGUSR2 signal for the change to t

Re: [expert] Sendmail and relaying

2002-07-17 Thread Bill Kenworthy
Use something like zebedee to tunnel your mail ports (in my case 25 for sending and 143 for imap) and feed that through httptunnel if you get firewall problems - that way if you use the tunnel, the mail IS to all intents coming from your home machine. Great for laptops that travel, but cannot u

Re: [expert] Sendmail and relaying

2002-07-17 Thread Ryan
On 17 Jul 2002, Seth Zirin wrote: > The POP3 service comes disabled as a default. Did you delete or comment > out the "disable = yes" line in /etc/xinetd.d/ipop3 to enable the pop3 > service? > > You need to restart the xinetd service with "/etc/init.d/xinetd restart" > or send the send the xine

Re: [expert] Sendmail and relaying

2002-07-17 Thread Michael Viron
Pop3 and sendmail (smtp) are two different protocols on two different ports. Here are the basic steps to get a working pop3 server 1. install imap-*.rpm 2. Make sure that the file /etc/xinetd.d/ipop3 does not have "disable = yes". If it does, either remove it or change it to "disable = no" a

Re: [expert] Sendmail and relaying

2002-07-18 Thread Todd Lyons
Ryan wrote on Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 10:24:19AM -0400 : > > telnet 127.0.0.1 110 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused > Anymore suggestions? I've been trying this off and on for months now. Does netstat -ltn show anything listening on port 110? Pro

Re: [expert] Sendmail and relaying

2002-07-18 Thread Todd Lyons
Ryan wrote on Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 02:29:15PM -0400 : > xinetd based services: > pop3: on Good. > Clues? service xinetd restart If still not listed in netstat -ltn as listening on 0.0.0.0:110, then I suggest that you take a look in /var/log/messages to see what xinetd is logging as i

Re: [expert] Sendmail and relaying

2002-07-18 Thread Ryan
Todd Lyons wrote: >Ryan wrote on Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 02:29:15PM -0400 : > > >>xinetd based services: >>pop3: on >> >> > >Good. > > > >>Clues? >> >> > >service xinetd restart > >If still not listed in netstat -ltn as listening on 0.0.0.0:110, then I >suggest that you take a