Hi

I am not directly connected to the internet. I am using my corporate office mail server for accesing mails.


I am using sendmail as MTA.
In its sendmail.mc file I have made the entry

define(`SMART_HOST',`corp.xx.co.in')

where corp.xx.co.in is the mail server from which I receive my mails at the site I am placed.


I am able to send the mail to anywhere from my linux server using the above entry .

But I am unable to receive the mail from any where.

Does I have to make a DNS server at my site.

If yes, How should I proceed.

What shuld be the entries in named.conf and the forward zone file then.


Rajiv

Don't neccesarily have to have your own DNS server. You can probably ask your registrar to point the MX record for your domain to the ip of your mail server.

Dear David_ross

I am not having any DNS on my sendmail server and the corporate email server has an MX entry for my mail server..

Then why I am not getting mails on it.

I am able to send it to anywhere.

suppose the mail was send to xx@yahoo.com from root as user on linux server.

The reply from xx@yahoo.com doen not reach to the root server.

sometimes it gives the return mail on yahooo as undelivered mail from MTA i.e my corporate mail server which is suppose xy.xx.co.in where xx.co.in is my corporate domain.




What shall I do to receive the mail.

Provide me step by step instructions.

any body can help me.


Thanks in anticipation.


Rajiv Salwan

do some dns lookups with dig

e.g.

dig mx your.domain.name

and check whether MX is active and pointing to your system's ip

I have opened smtp port for incoming mails. Actually it was closed earlier.
Now I am getting my incoming mails.


Thanks to evrybody for replies.