Sendmail refuses all connections except localhost

[blue_wolf]

Hi all,

I've just installed sendmail and it works fine if i telnet to it like so:

telnet localhost 25

I can communicate with the daemon and get my email queue'd for delivery. The private network IP running the server is 192.168.0.4 and when i do this

telnet 192.168.0.4 25

whether its on the actual server computer or a computer on the private network the connection is always refused. Any ideas?

Thanks

[Roxoff]

This could be a firewalling problem - check that the firewall settings on your system allow connections over the lan on port 25.

[scm]

Sendmail is configured that way by default. Comment out the "DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl" line in sendmail.mc, rebuild your sendmail.cf and restart the sendmail daemon.