I think I may have discovered the/a problem. My ISP blocks me from sending mail on outgoing port 25 UNLESS I use their mailservers.
I'll have to work around that.
Tooo may chars...ehres the access file
# Check the /usr/share/doc/sendmail/README.cf file for a description
# of the format of this file. (search for access_db in that file)
# The /usr/share/doc/sendmail/README.cf is part of the sendmail-doc
# package.
#
# by default we allow relaying from...
oops
Here is my sendmail.cf
I dont; use the relay-domains file. According to documentation, I can use the access file instead for relays. I'm pasting it's contents as well.
sendmail.cf:
#
# Copyright (c) 1998-2002 Sendmail, Inc. and its suppliers.
# All rights reserved.
# Copyright (c) 1983...
Ok..I'm back after a few days of pulling my hair out.
I have got this far.
I can send email to users@MY_DOMAIN but I cannot send email to users@ANY_OTHER_DOMAIN.
Here is the maillog
Mar 9 19:39:07 areamike sendmail[2244]: j2A0c7wj002242: to=<mike@OTHER_DOMAIN>, ctladdr=<webmaster@MY_DOMAIN>...
Still no go..OK let's recap.
At this moment. I can send email to the user@other_domain and it is NOT getting blocked anymore.
However, NOW I cannot send email to webmaster@MY_DOMAIN anymore. And I Still cannot send to user@ANY_OTHER_DOMAINS..only the user@other_domain can I send to.
this is...
I got an email from my Mail srever on that other domain saying a Bulk mail fodler was created. I went to my online webmail and sure enough, there was the email in the bulk mail folder. It identified it as spam.
Well, looks like nothing seems to be working now. Can't send or receive any email ...
Ok it looks like I have discovered something.
It appears the domains I am trying to send email are identifying the email as Spam. Now to figure out why...
I am using a Dynamic DNS service for my DNS...hmmm
1. Yes, but I cannot telnet to that server. I get the same results when I try to email to ANY outside email address.
2. Yes, I actually have firewall disabled.
3. Yes I can browse internet. I am on the machine right now typing this message.
I can also setup the email account on my Windows...
I have setup sendmail on Fedora Core2.
Pretty much the same as RH9, which I run on another drive.
I can sedn email to USERS@MY_DOMAIN, but I cannot send email to USERS@ANY_OTHER_DOMAIN.
I can also send email to USERS@MY_DOMAIN from USERS@ANY_OTHER_DOMAIN, but again the problem is I cannnot send...
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