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Sendmai can send mails but unable to receive mails

Hi folks,

slamd64-11.0
sendmail

The mail server can send mails but unable to receive mails. I don't have its front-end package such Evolution/Thunderbird installed. I ran command line to perform following test.

1)
# telnet localhost 25
....
etc.

send a mail to yahoo.com. Mail received without problem.

2)
Send a webmail from yahoo.com to this server. Failure.

warning:

Code:

<satimis@satimis.com>:

220.232.213.178 does not like recipient.

Remote host said: 550 5.7.1 <satimis@satimis.com>... Relaying denied

Giving up on 220.232.213.178.



--- Below this line is a copy of the message.



Return-Path: <satimis@yahoo.com>

Received: (qmail 84830 invoked by uid 60001); 15 Feb 2007 11:15:33 

-0000

DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws;

  s=s1024; d=yahoo.com;

  

h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID;

  

b=o2Bp+ydrolZ2ztzWv6a3BgAKUwnjRoONkH7s8QQUKlLYPnVA/tH0O1GNB5d6ToaiC/0YLovdFzESj3HjEd1bgIQb5ehR5V6IbfZo9e5Cf9h1PS40xlUTaq08B9mEUG5SztuSnfzBm5ocYDV7jrZ/A+t+y5j9/D4vQ2M7lioWHbA=;

X-YMail-OSG: 

W7wktw8VM1nuEKFpUVsL2rOsdscNa.EoIKc8eUkqqp5ZIkRPUx28Gw1u5La6L2.uxsLsYVl03O6nEZtiVx5iQixlH77Tc7THCxEA805G0JaOCTuEf.9R42QqSCvTGq8BLajYLYpGt6EED5A-

Received: from [220.232.213.178] by web35207.mail.mud.yahoo.com via 

HTTP; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:15:32 CST

Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:15:32 +0800 (CST)

....

220.232.213.178 = external fixed IP address of the server
192.168.0.10 = internal IP of the server
domain = satimis.com

# echo '$=m' | sendmail -bt -d0.4

Code:

Version 8.13.8

 Compiled with: DNSMAP LOG MAP_REGEX MATCHGECOS MILTER MIME7TO8 MIME8TO7

                NAMED_BIND NETINET NETUNIX NEWDB NIS PIPELINING SASLv2 SCANF

                SOCKETMAP STARTTLS TCPWRAPPERS USERDB XDEBUG

Canonical name: localhost

 UUCP nodename: host

        a.k.a.: host

        a.k.a.: [127.0.0.1]

        a.k.a.: [192.168.0.10]

        a.k.a.: host.satimis.com



============ SYSTEM IDENTITY (after readcf) ============

      (short domain name) $w = localhost

  (canonical domain name) $j = localhost

         (subdomain name) $m = <null>

              (node name) $k = host

========================================================



WARNING: local host name (localhost) is not qualified; see cf/README: WHO AM I?

ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked)

Enter <ruleset> <address>

Please advise where I have to edit on /etc/mail/sendmail.cf

TIA

B.R.
satimis

Hi,

Go to etc/mail/sendmail.cf and look for

# SMTP daemon options

O DaemonPortOptions=Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA

change the loopback address to 192.168.0.10

then go to etc/mail/access and add your domain name with the entry RELAY

i.e.

satimis.com RELAY

I hope this helps you

Hi Johan Strange,

Tks for your advice.

Quote:

Go to etc/mail/sendmail.cf and look for

# SMTP daemon options

O DaemonPortOptions=Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA

change the loopback address to 192.168.0.10

/etc/mail/sendmail.cf

Code:

...

# SMTP daemon options

O DaemonPortOptions=port=smtp, Addr=192.168.0.10, Name=MTA

#O DaemonPortOptions=Name=MTA

O DaemonPortOptions=Port=587, Name=MSA, M=E

There is no such line "
O DaemonPortOptions=Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA"

Added "O DaemonPortOptions=port=smtp, Addr=192.168.0.10, Name=MTA"
Comment out "O DaemonPortOptions=Name=MTA"

Quote:

then go to etc/mail/access and add your domain name with the entry RELAY

i.e.

satimis.com RELAY

# ls /etc/mail | grep access

Code:

access

access.db

# cat /etc/mail/access
No printout. An empty file

# find / -name access

Code:

/etc/mail/access

Where can I download a sample access file?

# which getmail

Code:

/usr/bin/getmail

getmail is also running on slamd64-11.0. What is it used for? Tks.

B.R.
satimis

Quote:

Originally Posted by satimis

/etc/mail/sendmail.cf

Code:

...

# SMTP daemon options

O DaemonPortOptions=port=smtp, Addr=192.168.0.10, Name=MTA

#O DaemonPortOptions=Name=MTA

O DaemonPortOptions=Port=587, Name=MSA, M=E

Are you sure you want to run Sendmail on port 587 instead of 25?

What's the output of

Code:

ls -la /etc/mail

Hi falko,

Quote:

Are you sure you want to run Sendmail on port 587 instead of 25?

I haven't touched sendmail.cf. It is the default config file after installation. I want to run Sendmail on port 25. port 25 is working for sending mail but not for receiving mails.

I also found getmail running on this box. What is it for, receiving mails? Let Sendmail sending mails?

Quote:

What's the output of

Code:

ls -la /etc/mail

$ ls -la /etc/mail

Code:

total 268

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 2007-02-16 14:13 ./

drwxr-xr-x 47 root root   4096 2007-02-17 10:08 ../

-rw-r--r--  1 root root    486 2003-05-14 03:07 Makefile

-rw-r-----  1 root root      0 2002-06-02 03:57 access

-rw-r-----  1 root root  12288 2006-02-02 04:11 access.db

-rw-r--r--  1 root root    701 2001-01-04 05:18 aliases

-rw-r-----  1 root smmsp 12288 2006-02-02 04:11 aliases.db

-rw-r--r--  1 root root      0 2003-05-05 06:09 domaintable

-rw-r-----  1 root root  12288 2006-02-02 04:11 domaintable.db

-rw-r--r--  1 root root   5594 2006-10-01 19:16 helpfile

-rw-r--r--  1 root root     45 2003-05-05 06:36 local-host-names

-rw-r--r--  1 root root      0 2003-05-05 06:09 mailertable

-rw-r-----  1 root root  12288 2006-02-02 04:11 mailertable.db

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  60224 2007-02-16 14:13 sendmail.cf

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  60224 2007-02-16 14:13 sendmail.cf~

-rw-r--r--  1 root root   1448 2007-02-16 15:43 statistics

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  41114 2006-10-01 19:15 submit.cf

-rw-r--r--  1 root root     63 2003-05-05 06:36 trusted-users

-rw-r--r--  1 root root      0 2003-05-05 06:09 virtusertable

-rw-r-----  1 root root  12288 2006-02-02 04:11 virtusertable.db

B.R.
satimis

getmail is a tool to retrieve external and personal mail from a remote POP/IMAP mailbox to your local mailbox. Fetchmail is another variant doing the same thing. It has nothing to do with delivering or receiving email as in the MTA function. It's a user tool, that needs to be configured and started by/for a specific user. It's not related to your sendmail problem, for which I don't have an answer.

Please add satimis.com to /etc/mail/local-host-names and restart Sendmail.

Quote:

Originally Posted by falko

Please add satimis.com to /etc/mail/local-host-names and restart Sendmail.

Hi falko,

Edited /etc/mail/local-host-names
adding "satimis.com"
(only one line on this file)

# /etc/rc.d/rc.sendmail restart

Code:

Starting sendmail MTA daemon:  /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-mta -bd -q25m

Starting sendmail MSP queue runner:  /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q25m

Sent a mail from yahoo.com to;
satimis@satimis.com

Mail arrived. Tks.

A further question;
on running
# /etc/rc.d/rc.sendmail restart

Code:

Starting sendmail MTA daemon:  /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-mta -bd -q25m

Starting sendmail MSP queue runner:  /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q25m

The 1st line hung there for some time. Then the 2nd line started, also hanging there for some time.

How to check the problem caused. TIA

B.R.
satimis

Quote:

Originally Posted by satimis

How to check the problem caused. TIA

B.R.
satimis

Please check your mail log.

Quote:

Originally Posted by falko

Please check your mail log.

# tail /var/log/maillog

Code:

 

Feb 19 22:05:02 localhost sm-mta[2987]: starting daemon (8.13.8): SMTP+queueing@

00:25:00

Feb 19 22:05:02 localhost sm-msp-queue[2988]: My unqualified host name (localhos

t) unknown; sleeping for retry

Feb 19 22:06:02 localhost sm-msp-queue[2988]: unable to qualify my own domain na

me (localhost) -- using short name

Feb 19 22:06:02 localhost sm-msp-queue[2990]: starting daemon (8.13.8): queueing

@00:25:00

Feb 19 22:10:49 localhost sm-mta[2985]: My unqualified host name (localhost) unk

nown; sleeping for retry

Feb 19 22:11:49 localhost sm-mta[2985]: unable to qualify my own domain name (lo

calhost) -- using short name

Feb 19 22:11:49 localhost sm-mta[2986]: starting daemon (8.13.8): SMTP+queueing@

00:25:00

Feb 19 22:11:49 localhost sm-msp-queue[2987]: My unqualified host name (localhos

t) unknown; sleeping for retry

Feb 19 22:12:49 localhost sm-msp-queue[2987]: unable to qualify my own domain na

me (localhost) -- using short name

Feb 19 22:12:49 localhost sm-msp-queue[2989]: starting daemon (8.13.8): queueing

@00:25:00

root@host:~# ICE default IO error handler doing an exit(), pid = 3373, errno = 0

Tks

Edit:

After comment out the line "#127.0.0.1 localhost host", problem seems gone

$ cat /etc/hosts

Code:

# By the way, Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@nvg.unit.no> says that 127.0.0.1

# should NEVER be named with the name of the machine.  It causes problems

# for some (stupid) programs, irc and reputedly talk. :^)

#



# For loopbacking.

#127.0.0.1 localhost host

192.168.0.10 host.satimis.com host



# End of hosts.

Following warnings has been existing sometimes on text scrolling at booting

Code:

<probing for PCIC:edit /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia>

/etc/rc.d/rc.d.inet1:line1 : eth_up: command not found

/etc/rc.d/rc.d.inet1:line2 : eth_up: command not found

/etc/rc.d/rc.d.inet1: line 255: eth_up: command not found

Where to look for the cause of those warning

B.R.
satimis