Hi,

Currently i have some problem on sending email out. I can send mails out to address within the same domain <name>@domain.com. somehow i just cant send mail out like hotmail.com or yahoo.com.

i'm new to linux so i really dunno how to start troublshooting.
any help will be appreciated. thanks...

A few issues can cause this:
-a firewall is blocking access to port 25 on the remote (ie outside your domain, like yahoo.com's or hotmail.com's) mail server. This firewall will have to be on your system or on your network (yahoo/hotmail servers of course allow incoming traffic on port 25)
-sendmail is configured for not sending mails outside of your domain (transport limitation) or it has been
incorrectly configured.

So, a few questions will need to be answered first:
Are you part of a larger domain with it's own, central mail server? Does your network allow you to send out mails directly, instead of using for instance a central machine to relay the mails?
Did you apply any specific changes to the sendmail configuration? Or are you using the default settings?

You could try:
or similar for mx1, mx2 or mx4.
If this connection can't be established, it's most likely a firewall issue. If it can, then you should be able to send out mail (in that case, it's probably a sendmail config issue).

ajax, timmeke, I might have the same problem. I have been checking my logwatch. I got my first logwatch. Recently, I upgraded my logwatch using RPM package. Now, I am not getting my logwatch emails from the server into my yahoo inbox. Do I need to forward port 25 from my router? or this problem is something else?

thanks

thanks guys... the problem has been solve.. i just change the default port which is 25 to other port no.

thanks for the advice...

aiax, your solution suggests that access to port 25 on the remote machine was simply blocked, probably by your firewall. Unblocking it would be a better solution, as port 25 is the standard for e-mail (SMTP) traffic.

asif2k, use the telnet command in my earlier post to see if you can connect to port 25 on a yahoo.com mail server. If you can't, then your firewall may very well also be blocking the traffic.
The problem isn't port 25 on your system. The problem is reaching out to port 25 on a remote machine.
So I wouldn't suggest any port forwarding.

I fixed this problem. I did not realize that newer version of logwatch.conf is stored in ( /usr/share/logwatch ) directory. All I did is edit my logwatch.conf file.
solution:
thanks