Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:15:48 -0800 From: "Ahmad Arafat Abdullah" <trunasuci@mail.com> To: admin@hdk5.com, "FreeBSD Users Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sendmail on FBSD server wont connect to remote user. Message-ID: <20060918021548.59DB41BF287@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com>
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> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "admin@hdk5.com" <admin@hdk5.com> > To: "FreeBSD Users Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Subject: Sendmail on FBSD server wont connect to remote user. > Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 10:57:27 -1000 >=20 >=20 > Aloha Questions list, >=20 > I have been trying to setup Sendmail on a server box. > FreeBSD 6.1 HP Pentium II 300 CPU 686 >=20 > After many attempts I am down to this one error. >=20 > Error: > Sending of password did not succeed. Mail server=20 > mahalo.internetohana.org responded: > Password supplied for admin@internetohana.org is incorrect. >=20 >=20 > I have 2 user accounts for test on this swever. I can ping and=20 > telnet into ports 25 and 110 and I get the proper responses from=20 > these users. >=20 > The 2 user accounts are rejected as per the error when I try to=20 > connect from a mail agent (Mozilla or Thunderbird) from another box=20 > on a different inet. (Also FreeBSD 4.11 running for several years.) >=20 >=20 > The server is setup with send mail SMTP and qpopper for Pop3. There=20 > is nothing else on this box. >=20 > Do I have to create a password file other than the FreeBSD=20=20 > /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd > to get this to work. >=20 > My previous attempts with Postfix and Dovecot did not get this far. >=20 > Thanks for any help. >=20 > Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii >=20 > - Admin -- http://hawaiidakine.com -- http://hdk5.com -- --=20 > http://internetohana.org -- http://freeBSDinfo.org -- > + Supporting open source computing - FreeBSD 6.* + I'm leaving sendmail long ago since I'm migrated to Postfix.. but however as i still remember, default sendmail installation is just listening to localhost. so u need to alter the *.cf file ( in /etc/mail/ ).. # SMTP client options O ClientPortOptions=3DFamily=3Dinet, Address=3D0.0.0.0 by default this line will be commented out ( with # or dnl ) or just listen= to localhost previously I faced this prob with old RedHat 7.x.. anyone who know this, maybe can correct me if I'm wrong TQ --=20 ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com
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