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penguinol · #1 21st January 2006, 03:42

Hello, is anyone aware of an option that forces sendmail to send using a specific ip address on a machine?

Thanks.

falko · #2 21st January 2006, 07:01

Have a look here: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25

Instead of using Webmin, you can edit the file /etc/mail/sendmail.cf (or wherever your sendmail.cf is) and restart Sendmail.

themachine · #3 21st January 2006, 07:54

minor adjustment to what falko said... you do not want to make changes to the "sendmail.cf".... the file you want to make changes to is the "sendmail.mc". Always think of the ".mc" and "Make Changes" and you'll never forget. When you make changes to the sendmail.mc... you then need to "make" the changes active. This depends on you distro and everything... but usually 'cd'ing into '/etc/mail' and running "make" will work... or something like "make -m4 /etc/mail" or something stupid like that.

note... i hate sendmail and recommend postfix!!!!

penguinol · #4 21st January 2006, 21:00

Yes, before I posted here I had tried editing the port options, and changing the listening smtp ip address was successful, however, mail was still sent via a different ip. Is this a routing issue?

falko · #5 22nd January 2006, 08:23

Is your system behind a router or directly connected to the internet?

penguinol · #6 22nd January 2006, 21:47

It's a dedicated server at a datacenter.

falko · #7 22nd January 2006, 23:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by penguinol

however, mail was still sent via a different ip. Is this a routing issue?

How do you know the mail was sent via a different IP address?

What's in the header of such a mail?

penguinol · #8 22nd January 2006, 23:50

Received: from unknown (HELO host.domain) ([x.x.x.x])

where host.domain is the localhost name, and x.x.x.x is the incorrect IP. For example, when i set y.y.y.y as the listening IP in the smtp portions and netstat, it shows that it is listening on y.y.y.y. However, when the mail is sent, the header shows that it was received from x.x.x.x as in above.