Re: Making -current machines accept mail from sendmail

From: bob prohaska <fbsd_at_www.zefox.net>
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2023 19:35:02 UTC
On Sat, Mar 04, 2023 at 10:57:59AM -0800, David Wolfskill wrote:
> 
> You might start with checking the output of "sockstat -l" on the machine
> that is intended to receive the mail: SMTP is expected to be on 25/tcp.
> 
> If the intended recipient machine does NOT show that 25/tcp is being
> listened to, you will need to (install &) start a process to do so.
> That may well involve installing (& starting) some MTA -- whether
> sendmail, postfix, exim, or even qmail (or something else).
> 
> (I expect that nothing is listening on 25/tcp, as that is what
> "connection refused" implies.)
> 

Indeed, that's the case. It looks as if dma isn't intended 
to replace sendmail, so I'll take the hint in UPDATING and
turn sendmail back on.

Thank you!

bob prohaska