On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 17:52 -0500, Damian Gerow wrote: > Pedro I. Sanchez wrote: > : Note that Rogers requires you to login before accepting any e-mail. Is > : your SMTP service configured to handle this? > > I know this is true if you're on the Internet at large and relaying through > them, but if the machine is connected to a Rogers cable line, doesn't it > relay automagically? > Rogers enforces SMTP authentication even when you connect using your cable line at home. That wasn't the case 10 years ago when I first registered as a subscriber. But I think this changed about five years ago or so. Also, even if you successfully authenticate, I believe Rogers will reject e-mail not sourced with a xxx [ at ] rogers [ dot ] com e-mail address. This was true for a while a few years ago but I don't know if this restriction is still in place (I don't use Rogers SMTP servers any more). > Regardless, taking a look at the log lines, sendmail is trying to send to > localhost and failing. This is because sendmail doesn't seem to be > listening on localhost, as per the netstat output provided. That needs to > be fixed long before Rogers becomes a problem. > > I would suggest, unfortunately, that the OP move away from Sendmail. Though > I haven't seen any significant security vulnerabilities from it lately, its > configuration file is archaic and difficult to understand. There are many > other drop-in replacements that exist (exim, postfix), a number of > replacements that require a bit of extra work (qmail), and other SMTP > clients-that-run-as-daemons (ssmtp), all as viable alternatives that will be > easier to maintain. > > - Damian > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux