Port 25 not open

[Brett]

hello,
try to simply comment out (dnl) the line 
DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1,Name=MTA')
there is no need to replace it.  after this rebuild
the sendmail.cf file, then restart MailScanner

hth,
brett

--- James Pifer <mailscannerlist at TNJINFL.COM> wrote:
> Antony,
> 
> ipchains -L shows me that ports 22 and 25 are open.
> Without giving you
> the exact verbage, let's just say both ports look
> the same in the output
> and I can connect through SSH. Basically, I'm sure
> port 25 is open.
> 
> Processes running? Is this what you mean?
> 2108 root sendmail: accepting connections
> 2113 root /usr/sbin/sendmail -q5m
> 2122 root /usr/bin/perl -I/usr/lib/MailScanner
> /usr/sbin/MailScanner
> /etc/Ma
> 2125 root /usr/bin/perl
> -I/usr/lib/MailScanner/usr/sbin/MailScanner
> /etc/Ma
> 
> Yes, I can connect to port 25 on the local port.
> I've verified that I
> modified the sendmail.mc file and rebuilt the cf
> using M4.
> I've tried commenting it out:
> dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1,
> Name=MTA')
> And I've tried using the real ip address in the line
> DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=192.168.1.25,
> Name=MTA')
> 
> Still can't see the port open.
> 
> Any other suggestions? Thanks,
> James
> 
> On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 10:46, Antony Stone wrote:
> > On Thursday 21 November 2002 3:43 pm, James Pifer
> wrote:
> >
> > > We're installing a new server to use in
> production. I wrote a short list
> > > of steps to install it the exact same way my
> test servers were setup.
> > > Everything went fine, except port 25 is not
> open.
> >
> > > -Make sure port 25 is open with ipchains -L
> >
> > What does this command show ?
> >
> > What processes do you see running ?
> >
> > Can you connect to port 25 from the local machine,
> ie:
> > telnet localhost 25
> >
> > Antony.
> >
> > --
> >
> > All matter in the Universe can be placed into one
> of two categories:
> >
> > 1. things which need to be fixed
> > 2. things which will need to be fixed once you've
> had a few minutes to play
> > with them


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