Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:15:46 +0200 From: Beat Siegenthaler <beat.siegenthaler@beatsnet.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to get sendmail submission port to listen on IPv6 Message-ID: <5172DB52.4060008@beatsnet.com> In-Reply-To: <20130419140011.GA87089@icarus.home.lan> References: <51713C5C.9070009@beatsnet.com> <20130419140011.GA87089@icarus.home.lan>
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On 19.04.13 16:00, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I did not recognize that 587 is only listening onIy on IPv4. Maybe it's >> new, maybe it was alltime so. >> >> sendmail 25090 root 4u IPv4 0xfffffe01e810f3d0 0t0 TCP *:25 (LISTEN) >> sendmail 25090 root 5u IPv6 0xfffffe01a988f000 0t0 TCP *:25 (LISTEN) >> sendmail 25090 root 6u IPv4 0xfffffe011c53d000 0t0 TCP *:587 (LISTEN) >> Still no luck... >> >> Multiple things: >> >> 1. The files that "control" sendmail are `hostname`.mc and >> `hostname`.submit.mc. The freebsd.mc and freebsd.submit.mc are "stock" >> examples. >> >> I assume you're already familiar with the need to run "make" in >> /etc/mail. Of course. Yes. > > 2. `hostname`.mc controls options/features for the daemon -- i.e. the > thing that is listening on TCP ports. `hostname`.submit.mc is for > outbound mail. You're wanting sendmail to listen on TCP port 587, which > is what's used by SMTP clients (ex. Eudora, Thunderbird, etc.) trying to > send mail to sendmail (rather than the classic model/method of using > port 25). Yes, You are right. I was confused, about "`hostname`.submit.mc" and port 587 named "submission" in /etc/services > > 3. What you need to add is here: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-March/040006.html I tried this and many other things, believe me. Result is always the same. (Many Providers block 25 for residential networks nowadays) And I hate it when i have delays caused by ports not listening on IPv6. Did somebody managed to have 587 listening v6? with 9-STABLE Kind regards, Beat
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