sendmail doesn't send emails outside

dev_mohamed · 08-28-2005, 02:59 AM

Dear all,
i have a debian box with sendmail i try webmin to access users mail box the mail server send emails to the local accounts only, i try to send emails outside for Example to yahoo or hotmail nothing was send i also try to write an php script that send email using the local sendmail to send email to my hotmail account and i run it but nothing .
please help.

Thank you.

Pete M · 08-28-2005, 03:35 AM

dev_mohamed

In sendmail.mc you have a line like this

Code:

DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl

Change it to this

Code:

dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl

Make sendmail.cf, restart sendmail

Pete

eddiebaby1023 · 08-28-2005, 03:42 PM

That DAEMON_OPTIONS only affects incoming mail connections, so leave it enabled if you want local mail delivered locally. You need to change the SMART_HOST line to specify your ISP's SMTP server, recompile sendmail.cf as Pete M suggests and restart sendmail.