Subject: Re: Deferred Mail
From: Tim Johnson (tim@johnsons-web.com)
Date: Mon Dec 29 2003 - 14:36:22 AKST
* Jamie Hushower <hushower@alaska-geeks.com> [031229 12:29]:
>
> I'm not sure if this problem was too basic to elicit a response or if it
> was so difficult that no one had any idea...
>
> The answer (if anyone cares):
> Setting the "Smart" relay host in the sendmail configuration on each
> sending host cleared up the issue. I Changed the line reading "DS" in
> sendmail.cf to read "DSmymail.host.here" where the mailhost should be an
Jamie, I just wanted to mention that on my version of Linux, the
documenation encourages one to make configuration changes in
sendmail.mc and then use the m4 compiler
example:
m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/sendmail.cf
Reason being given is that using sendmail.mc as "source"
reduces the likelihood of errors.
Works for me and I find
"DSmymail.host.here" a bit unintuitive, whereas
define(`SMART_HOST',`mail.domain.net')
The "source" as it appears in sendmail.mc
is more readable, to me anyway.
tim
> SMTP server. I still have no idea why some mail was going through and
> some wasn't.
>
> -Jamie
>
> Jamie Hushower wrote:
>
> > I have had a mail problem come up unexpectedly that I hope a lugger can
> > assist with. "Unexpectedly" because I haven't been fiddling with
> > anything that I would suspect might cause the issue. My mail server is
> > refusing connections to my other internal Linux servers. Some servers
> > are never allowed to connect, others are serviced occasionally but with
> > no logic I can discern.
> >
> > None of my internal servers have any mail settings configured. They have
> > all worked correctly with the default root@localhost.localdomain mail
> > settings. A typical command is "mail -s 'Title Backup'
> > backup@firstamak.com < /var/log/backup.abbr". That results in the
> > message below appearing in the root mailbox of the sending server. Note
> > that these issues are only with my Linux servers. I have had no problems
> > with any other clients. The email address (in the log below) is good and
> > is serviced when mail is sent from my workstation.
> >
> > I am running Postfix 2.0.11-5 with spamassassin and anti-virus software.
> >
> > Any ideas? Thanks.
> >
> > -Jamie
>
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> Jamie Hushower
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