Re: re-directing root's email ?

["Ben Yau" <byau cardcommerce com>]

I'm jumping in the thread a bit late so I may have missed some earlier
pertinent information.
Anyway, read comments interspersed below:


Guy Rouillier wrote:

>
>I _amost_ have this working.  Should be such a simple thing but it is
>causing me a lot of grief.  I am using the .forward file in root's home
>dir to do the forward.  Right now it is working on only one of three
>machines.  I _think_ I have them all configured identically.  In fact I
>have copied the /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file from the working machine to
>the others and stop-make-start of sendmail but it still does not work.
>Below is the mail log from the working machine and one non-working
>machine.  This is from a reboot and send an email to root sequence.  I
>use ximian to send the mail. Is there a better test, possibly a
>command-line way?  I see a difference in the last line, that additional
>ctladdr parm in the failing case.  Could that be causing the problem?
>If so, how do I make it go away?

Opinion first:  Personally, i would rather use the aliases file then the
.forward file.  Just becuase that way you only have one place to look to
find where email is going.  Just a good habit in my opinion.

Okay, now onto a few things:
you have to copy the .cf file or else compile the .mc file to create a .cf
file.  Sendmail reads sendmail.cf, not sendmail.mc.

 One thing you can do to find out what's going on is run this command on
each machine.

# /usr/lib/sendmail -bv root

That will tell you where it's sending it too so you don't have to muddle
through the log files.  That will also tell you if it's being relayed or
not. And it's a lot easier than going through log files when doing your
initial diagnostic work.

Here are examples from where I work

<root magic>:~$ /usr/lib/sendmail -bv byaub
byaub... deliverable: mailer local, user byaub
<root magic>:~$ /usr/lib/sendmail -bv byaub cardcommerce com
byaub cardcommerce com    deliverable: mailer esmtp, host cardcommerce.com.,
user byaub cardcommerce com
<root magic>:~$ /usr/lib/sendmail -bv root
rootuser cardcommerce com       ... deliverable: mailer esmtp, host
cardcommerce.com., user rootuser cardcommerce com
<root magic>:~$ /usr/lib/sendmail -bv root cardcommerce com
rootuser cardcommerce com    deliverable: mailer esmtp, host
cardcommerce.com., user rootuser cardcommerce com
<root magic>:~$ /usr/lib/sendmail -bv root localhost
rootuser cardcommerce com       ... deliverable: mailer esmtp, host
cardcommerce.com., user rootuser cardcommerce com

That should be able to help you diagnose your problem a bit more.

What are the purposes of the two machines "swift" and "james"?  Are both
desktpos ? is one your mail server or mail relay?  etc?   And just because
I'm a slowpoke and jumped in late, I just want to make sure that when a user
sends email to root swift and root james you want the email forwarded to
swift root ohckings net ?

Thanks!

Good luck!
Ben



Working machine (swift)---------------
Dec 19 18:39:13 swift sendmail[3165]: alias database /etc/aliases
rebuilt by root
Dec 19 18:39:13 swift sendmail[3165]: /etc/aliases: 64 aliases, longest
23 bytes, 652 bytes total
Dec 19 18:39:13 swift sendmail[3172]: starting daemon (8.12.10):
SMTP+queueing 01:00:00
Dec 19 18:39:13 swift sm-msp-queue[3181]: starting daemon (8.12.10):
queueing 01:00:00
Dec 19 18:39:13 swift sendmail[3183]: hBJNdDe3003183:
from=<root swift hockings net>, size=428, class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<200312192337 hBJNbPxu009075 swift hockings net>, proto=ESMTP,
daemon=MTA, relay=swift.hockings.net [127.0.0.1]
Dec 19 18:39:13 swift sm-msp-queue[3182]: hBJNbPxu009075: to=root,
ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:01:48, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay,
pri=120132, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
(hBJNdDe3003183 Message accepted for delivery)
Dec 19 18:39:14 swift sendmail[3193]: hBJNdDe3003183:
to=swift root hockings net, ctladdr=<root swift hockings net> (0/0),
delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30655,
relay=mail.powergate.ca [216.183.11.6], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Ok: queued
as 40D5F8753A)
Dec 19 18:39:20 swift spamd[3195]: server started on port 783/tcp
(running version 2.60)
Dec 20 00:02:57 swift sendmail[4274]: hBK52vNY004274:
from=mike hockings net, size=274, class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<1071896576 4264 0 camel swift hockings net>, relay=root localhost
Dec 20 00:02:57 swift sendmail[4276]: hBK52ve3004276:
from=<mike hockings net>, size=434, class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<1071896576 4264 0 camel swift hockings net>, proto=ESMTP,
daemon=MTA, relay=swift.hockings.net [127.0.0.1]
Dec 20 00:02:57 swift sendmail[4274]: hBK52vNY004274: to=root,
ctladdr=mike hockings net (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00,
mailer=relay, pri=30274, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0,
stat=Sent (hBK52ve3004276 Message accepted for delivery)
Dec 20 00:02:58 swift sendmail[4277]: hBK52ve3004276:
to=swift root hockings net, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01,
mailer=relay, pri=30641, relay=mail.powergate.ca [216.183.11.6],
dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Ok: queued as DDFE087483)
Dec 20 00:06:03 swift sendmail[4361]: hBK563MH004361:
from=mike hockings net, size=276, class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<1071896763 4355 0 camel swift hockings net>, relay=root localhost
Dec 20 00:06:03 swift sendmail[4363]: hBK563e3004363:
from=<mike hockings net>, size=436, class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<1071896763 4355 0 camel swift hockings net>, proto=ESMTP,
daemon=MTA, relay=swift.hockings.net [127.0.0.1]
Dec 20 00:06:03 swift sendmail[4361]: hBK563MH004361: to=root,
ctladdr=mike hockings net (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00,
mailer=relay, pri=30276, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0,
stat=Sent (hBK563e3004363 Message accepted for delivery)
Dec 20 00:06:04 swift sendmail[4364]: hBK563e3004363:
to=swift root hockings net, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01,
mailer=relay, pri=30643, relay=mail.powergate.ca [216.183.11.6],
dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Ok: queued as 0C42287577)

Failing machine (james) ----------------------

Dec 19 16:53:47 james sendmail[2275]: alias database /etc/aliases
rebuilt by root
Dec 19 16:53:47 james sendmail[2275]: /etc/aliases: 63 aliases, longest
10 bytes, 625 bytes total
Dec 19 16:53:48 james sendmail[2282]: starting daemon (8.12.10):
SMTP+queueing 01:00:00
Dec 19 16:53:48 james sm-msp-queue[2291]: starting daemon (8.12.10):
queueing 01:00:00
Dec 20 00:29:52 james sendmail[2740]: hBK5Tpwi002740:
from=root james hockings net, size=350, class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<200312200529 hBK5Tpwi002740 james hockings net>, relay=root localhost
Dec 20 00:29:52 james sendmail[2742]: hBK5Tqhd002742:
from=<root james hockings net>, size=601, class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<200312200529 hBK5Tpwi002740 james hockings net>, proto=ESMTP,
daemon=MTA, relay=james.hockings.net [127.0.0.1]
Dec 20 00:29:52 james sendmail[2740]: hBK5Tpwi002740: to=root,
ctladdr=root james hockings net (0/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00,
mailer=relay, pri=30350, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0,
stat=Sent (hBK5Tqhd002742 Message accepted for delivery)
Dec 20 00:29:53 james sendmail[2743]: hBK5Tqhd002742:
to=james root hockings net, ctladdr=<root james hockings net> (0/0),
delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30823,
relay=mail.powergate.ca [216.183.11.6], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Ok: queued
as 2F41F87579)
Dec 20 04:02:15 james sendmail[3114]: hBK92FcI003114: from=root,
size=12001, class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<200312200902 hBK92FcI003114 james hockings net>, relay=root localhost
Dec 20 04:02:15 james sendmail[3117]: hBK92Fhd003117:
from=<root james hockings net>, size=12297, class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<200312200902 hBK92FcI003114 james hockings net>, proto=ESMTP,
daemon=MTA, relay=james.hockings.net [127.0.0.1]
Dec 20 04:02:15 james sendmail[3114]: hBK92FcI003114: to=root,
ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay,
pri=42001, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
(hBK92Fhd003117 Message accepted for delivery)
Dec 20 04:02:16 james sendmail[3118]: hBK92Fhd003117:
to=james root hockings net, ctladdr=<root james hockings net> (0/0),
delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=relay, pri=42524,
relay=mail.powergate.ca [216.183.11.6], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Ok: queued
as DF25D8783F)