Sendmail problem
Irving, Dave
Dave.Irving at logicacmg.com
Tue Apr 19 09:43:16 UTC 2005
>> I suppose the odd thing here is the "irvingd at localhost.localdomain".
>> I can send successfully from another linux box, the logs are pretty
>> much identical (and the message is delivered). The only difference
is
>> that the from address has the full box address
>> (from=<irvingd at somebox.co.uk>).
>> Could this be the reason why mail isn't going through?
> Yes. There have been a few threads on this exact issue this week. Most
mail
> servers will not accept mail from unresolvable domains like
localhost.localdomain.
>> Can anyone help me with any config changes I need to change to get
>> outgoing mail working?
> Make sure you have the sendmail-cf package installed and then look up
> "masquerading" in /usr/share/sendmail-cf/README
> Paul.
Thanks Paul - Im going to have a good look in to this at the weekend and
get things set up a bit nicer. For now - I just ditched using DHCP for
this box and got myself a fixed IP / name.
Everything started working by <ignorance>magic</ignorance> :o)
Dave
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