[CentOS] Sendmail

Alexander Dalloz ad+lists at uni-x.org
Sat Nov 5 23:16:22 UTC 2005


Am So, den 06.11.2005 schrieb Sam Drinkard um 0:06:

> dnl # DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl
> dnl #
> dnl # The following causes sendmail to additionally listen to port 587
> for
> dnl # mail from MUAs that authenticate. Roaming users who can't reach
> their
> dnl # preferred sendmail daemon due to port 25 being blocked or
> redirected find
> dnl # this useful.
> dnl #
> DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=submission, Name=MSA, M=Ea')dnl

As you did set this

> dnl #
> dnl # The following causes sendmail to additionally listen to port
> 465, but
> dnl # starting immediately in TLS mode upon connecting. Port 25 or 587
> followed
> dnl # by STARTTLS is preferred, but roaming clients using Outlook
> Express can't
> dnl # do STARTTLS on ports other than 25. Mozilla Mail can ONLY use
> STARTTLS
> dnl # and doesn't support the deprecated smtps; Evolution <1.1.1 uses
> smtps
> dnl # when SSL is enabled-- STARTTLS support is available in version
> 1.1.1.
> dnl #
> dnl # For this to work your OpenSSL certificates must be configured.
> dnl #
> DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtps, Name=TLSMTA, M=s')dnl

... and that

> dnl #
> dnl # The following causes sendmail to additionally listen on the IPv6
> loopback
> dnl # device. Remove the loopback address restriction listen to the
> network.
> dnl #
> dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`port=smtp,Addr=::1, Name=MTA-v6, Family=inet6')dnl
> dnl #
> dnl # enable both ipv6 and ipv4 in sendmail:
> dnl #
> dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Name=MTA-v4, Family=inet, Name=MTA-v6,
> Family=inet6')

you must instruct the MTA part too by DAEMON_OPTIONS. Either

DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Name=MTA')dnl

or

DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl
DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=<public IP>, Name=MTA')dnl

Alexander


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