[olug] Sendmail is making a fool of me.... help

[Jeff Hinrichs]

Brian,
Here are the results:
> Is sendmail listening on port 25 at all? `netstat -an | grep LISTEN |
> grep 25` should show output similar to:
Yes, here is the output:
 tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:25            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN

> If it is, can you telnet to the smtp port localy? E.g.....
 telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 www.xxxxxxx.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.2/8.11.2; Thu, 16 Aug 2001
23:46:57 -0500
ehlo foobar
250-www.xxxxxxxxx.com Hello test [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE
250-DSN
250-ONEX
250-ETRN
250-XUSR
250 HELP
quit
221 2.0.0 www.xxxxxxxxxx.com closing connection


> There is a lot more to the troubleshooting, however, with the outcome of
> this info, there will be a fork in the road, so email the list back with
> the info!

Thanks for helping out!

-Jeff



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