sendmail configuration

Tue Sep 15 12:58:59 UTC 2009

Gef,
Even the sendmail.cf reflects the same value.

-kalyan

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Geofrey Rainey
<Geofrey.Rainey at tvnz.co.nz>wrote:

> Okay, and what is the value in your sendmail.cf?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Kalyan Sundar
>  Sent: Wednesday, 16 September 2009 12:53 a.m.
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: sendmail configuration
>
> below is the entry i got in submit.cf . I have just blanked out domain
> name.
>
> # "Smart" relay host (may be null)
> DSmx.<domainname>.com
>
> Thanks,
> Kalyan
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Geofrey Rainey
> <Geofrey.Rainey at tvnz.co.nz>wrote:
>
> > Please paste here exactly what the "DS" directive line says in
> > submit.cf.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Kalyan Sundar
> > Sent: Wednesday, 16 September 2009 12:12 a.m.
> > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> > Subject: Re: sendmail configuration
> >
> > Hi Gef,
> > Thanks once again.
> >
> > yes... after the configuration mailer=esmtp got changed to
> mailer=relay
> > but
> > the relay is still pointing to root at localhost
> >
> > relay=root at localhost . How do I point relay to my smtp server. kindly
> > advice.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > kalyan
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Geofrey Rainey
> > <Geofrey.Rainey at tvnz.co.nz>wrote:
> >
> > > After you've made those changes, search inside the newly created
> file
> > > for:
> > >
> > > # "Smart" relay host (may be null)
> > > DSrelay-name.domain.com <http://dsrelay-name.domain.com/> <
> http://dsrelay-name.domain.com/> <
> > http://dsrelay-name.domain.com/>
> >  >
> > > What do you find?
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Kalyan Sundar
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 15 September 2009 11:29 p.m.
> > > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> > >  Subject: Re: sendmail configuration
> > >
> > > Hi Gef,
> > > Thanks a lot for your inputs.
> > >
> > > I made below mentioned changes to the submit.mc and configured
> > > submit.cf.
> > >
> > > But still the sendmail uses the relay=root at localhost and the
> > stat=queued
> > > ,
> > > mailer=esmtp.
> > >
> > > yes, I just need to send mails .please let me know if i am missing
> any
> > > other
> > > configurations
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > kalyan
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Geofrey Rainey
> > > <Geofrey.Rainey at tvnz.co.nz>wrote:
> > >
> > > > Are you using mail to both receive and send, or only send?
> > > >
> > > > If you're using it to only send mail, then do the following:
> > > >
> > > > Go to /etc/mail, here you should find a file called submit.mc
> > > >
> > > > Edit this file and update the parameter and add something like
> this
> > > > anywhere to the file:
> > > >
> > > > define('SMART_HOST','relay.domain.com')dnl
> > > >
> > > > And if there's an entry containing something like 'SMTP',
> > '127.0.0.1'
> > > > etc, comment it out by preceding it with dnl (or removing it or
> > > > whatever).
> > > >
> > > > Then type the following:
> > > >
> > > > # m4 submit.mc > submit.cf
> > > >
> > > > (You'll need to ensure two packages are installed for this,
> > > sendmail-cf
> > > > and m4)
> > > >
> > > > If you're using sendmail to receive mail, submit sendmail.mc/cf
> for
> > > each
> > > > submit.mc/cf above, then restart sendmail.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > > > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Kalyan Sundar
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, 15 September 2009 10:58 p.m.
> > > > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> > > > Subject: sendmail configuration
> > > >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > > I am trying to configure sendmail on Linux server.
> > > >
> > > > After the configuration the maillog show below message:
> > > >
> > > > Sep 15 12:19:30 ebizrep sendmail[31924]: n8F8GoWo031924:
> from=root,
> > > > size=70,
> > > > class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<
> > > >
> > >
> >
> 200909150817.n8F8H5Us031927@<servername>.domain.com<200909150817.n8F8H5U
> > > > s031927@%3Cservername%3E.domain.com <http://3e.domain.com/> <
> http://3e.domain.com/> <
> > http://3e.domain.com/> <
> > > http://3e.domain.com/>>>,
> > > > relay=root at localhost
> > > > Sep 15 12:19:30 ebizrep sendmail[31924]: n8F8GoWo031924:
> > > > to=<mail_id>@<domain>.com <to=%3Cmail_id%3E@%3Cdomain%3E.com>,
> > > > delay=00:02:40, mailer=esmtp, pri=30070, dsn=4.4.3, stat=queued
> > > > Sep 15 12:19:45 ebizrep sendmail[31927]: n8F8H5Us031927:
> from=root,
> > > > size=83,
> > > > class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<
> > > >
> > >
> >
> 200909150817.n8F8H5Us031927@<servername>.domain.com<200909150817.n8F8H5U
> > > > s031927@%3Cservername%3E.domain.com <http://3e.domain.com/> <
> http://3e.domain.com/> <
> > http://3e.domain.com/> <
> > > http://3e.domain.com/>>>,
> > >  > relay=root at localhost
> > > > Sep 15 12:19:45 ebizrep sendmail[31927]: n8F8H5Us031927:
> > > > to=<mail_id>@<domain>.com <to=%3Cmail_id%3E@%3Cdomain%3E.com>,
> > > > delay=00:02:40, mailer=esmtp, pri=30083, dsn=4.4.3, stat=queued
> > > > The mail status is showing as queued which makes me think that
> the
> > > > sendmail
> > > > configuarion is not properly done.
> > > >
> > > > how to I make the existing mail=esmtp to mailer=relay and
> > > > relay=root at localhost to relay=<smtpserver.domain.com>
> > > >
> > > > I am new to this topic. Kindly give your inputs which ll be very
> > > helpful
> > > > to
> > > > proceed further.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Kalyan
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