Configuring sendmail to listen on all interfaces

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

Situation

How to make sendmail listen on all interfaces on the server

Resolution

Corrective Steps:

1. Lunch a terminal and edit mail file located in /etc/sysconfig directory with the following command

vi /etc/sysconfig/mail

2. Look for line that start with SMTP_LISTEN_REMOTE="no"

set this to "yes"

3. Restart the sendmail service by typing the following command on the terminal

/etc/init.d/sendmail restart or rcsendmail restart

Additional Information

Notes:

By default, sendmail only listens on localhost and only mail from localhost are accepted. Sendmail needs to be configured to listen on all interfaces in order receive mails from internet.

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