Iain

Anyone configured a home Linux box as a mail server, behind a router.

I'm trying to set up my home Linux server for e-mail /web, i've port forwarded WEB ( port 80) and mail (port 25) to the linux box.
Web is working fine.

The problem I have is configuring sendmail ?
To make it even more complex I have my own domain name pointing to my home ip address ( router) for the web and mail MX'd to the home ip address (router)

I'm kinda stuck ???

class_A

Are you sure your upstream provider hasn't blocked port 25 to prevent spamming from open relays?

Iain

Mail is getting through, it just isn't being delivered, just sits in the mailq...

ajm

When you say it sits in the queue, which queue are you talking about? On the linux box?

Iain

Yep,

If i "mailq -As" on the linux box I can see the entries.

ajm

not really my field of expertise I'm afraid, but have you checked to see that whatever account the mail daemon runs as has permission to write to the users mail box?

Also, have you tried manually flushing the queue using

sendmail -v -q


oh and is sendmail running as a daemon?

[Edited by ajm - 1/14/2004 7:46:16 PM]

Iain

Yep sendmail is running as a daemon and It has go tprics to write to other mailboxes.

??
Still stuck

dsmith

I'm sure the spammers will find a way.....

stevencotton

First place to look is the sendmail logfiles.