Sendmail not sending mail

[sanmi]

I just configured my Solaris 8 to send mail out to some users.
I commented out the second line in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file.
# "Smart" relay host (may be null)
# DSmailhost.$m

I then did to stop & start the deamon
/etc/init.d/sendmail stop
/etc/init.d/sendmail start

I also tried #./etc.rc2.d/S88senmail stop
#./etc.rc2.d/S88senmail stop


When I did mailx myusrid@xxxxx.org to test my mail, nothing was received.
Anyone has any clue what I might be missing.

Thanks,
Sanmi

 

[coffeysm]

You need a smart relay host to send your e-mail to. You can also run mailx -v userid@xxx.org to see if it connects anywhere. Also look into the mailq command.

 

[sanmi]

I have a group wise mail server that's running. How do I configure my server to use the smart relay host....

Thanks,
Sanmi

 

[coffeysm]

This should get you up and running:

/etc/init.d/sendmail stop
cd /etc/mail
cp subsidiary.cf sendmail.cf
echo "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx <mail server> <mail server.domain.name> >> /etc/inet/hosts

 

[coffeysm]

I made a typo:

Should be 
echo "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx <mail server> <[b]mailhost[/b].domain.name> >> /etc/inet/hosts

 

[daFranze]

any syslog output from sendmail?

Best Regards, Franz
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UNIX System Manager from Munich, Germany