[NBLUG/talk] Sendmail issues and Debian testing

[Augie Schwer]

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srj at adnd.com said:
> I'm running debian testing, and for somereason local users on the box
> can not send mail.   Programs that connect to port 25 work fine (IE:
> Squirrel Mail, Users with OE, or Eudora).. But if you use mutt or any
> other shell based mail client, the e-mail just sits in the mail queue as
> defered, connection refused by 127.0.0.1
> Let me also mention, Yes, I am running sendmail, and verified the
> daemon is running, no, I am not running any firewall rules.  Yes I can
> telnet to 127.0.0.1 port 25 with out any problems.. I can even send mail
> from there using the old fashioned 'by hand' way.

I don't know anything about Sendmail, but if you can connect both
remotely and locally "by hand", then I would lean more towards it
being a Mutt issue and not a sendmail issue. I would look Mutt's
direction in this case.

> Also I noticed in MUTT that the From: field is allways empty, instead of
> containing my username at domain, I have to ESC-f and enter that
> manually.

I found this, maybe it will help:

http://wiki.mutt.org/index.cgi?MuttFaq/Header

augie.


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