[WBEL-users] Need Help Configuring Sendmail

[Josh Welch]

Quoting "Francisco A. Lozano" <fralolo@factoryw.com>:

> The mistake is trying to use sendmail, man. Sendmail is an *excellent* piece
> of software - IF YOU NEED IT. And seems that you don't. Trust me, try
> postfix.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Shapiro, Mark" <mshapiro@Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU>
> To: "Francisco A. Lozano" <fralolo@factoryw.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 10:50 PM
> Subject: RE: [WBEL-users] Need Help Configuring Sendmail
> 
> 
> Well all I can say is that I once asked a machinist who worked for us
> how he got to be so good at making delicate and intricate scientific
> instruments.
> 
> He pointed to his scrap box and said, he got to be good at it by making
> a lot of mistakes and learning from them.
> 
> I'm not a sendmail expert, but I am learning from my mistakes.
> 
> Dr. Mark H. Shapiro
> Professor of Physics, Emeritus
> California State University, Fullerton
> Phone: 714 278-3884
> FAX: 714 278-5810
> email: mshapiro@fullerton.edu
> web: http://chaos.fullerton.edu/Shapiro.html
> travel and family pictures:
> http://community.webshots.com/user/mhshapiro
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Francisco A. Lozano [mailto:fralolo@factoryw.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 1:44 PM
> To: Shapiro, Mark; whitebox-users@beau.org
> Subject: Re: [WBEL-users] Need Help Configuring Sendmail
> 
> Anyone who *NEEDS* sendmail knows how to configure it... otherwise, you
> don't *NEED* it - then you'd better use postfix ;)
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Shapiro, Mark
> To: whitebox-users@beau.org
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 10:08 PM
> Subject: [WBEL-users] Need Help Configuring Sendmail
> 
> 
> I am running WBEL-3.0, and I am having difficulty configuring sendmail.
> 
> I installed the sendmail-cf program from disk #3.
> 
> Then I commented out the line
> 
> DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl
> 
> Then I tried  make -C /etc/mail
> 
> But nothing was changed.
> 
> I also tried  m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/sendmail.cf
> 
> That produced a new sendmail.cf file.
> 
> I rebooted and tried to send mail from the machine using the mail
> program as
> follows
> 
> mail mshapiro@fullerton.edu < testfile
> 
> This fails with the following error message:
> 
> The original message was received at Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:34:54 -0800
> from ion4 [127.0.0.1]
> 
>    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <mshapiro@fullerton.edu>
>     (reason: 501 5.1.8 Domain of sender address
> mshapiro@localhost.localdomain does not exist
> t)
> 
>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> ... while talking to mail2.fullerton.edu.:
> >>> MAIL From:<mshapiro@localhost.localdomain> SIZE=364
> <<< 501 5.1.8 Domain of sender address mshapiro@localhost.localdomain
> does
> not exist
> 501 5.6.0 Data format error
> 
> --i0JJYsoU002704.1074540894/localhost.localdomain
> Content-Type: message/delivery-status
> 
> Reporting-MTA: dns; localhost.localdomain
> Received-From-MTA: DNS; ion4
> Arrival-Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:34:54 -0800
> 
> Final-Recipient: RFC822; mshapiro@fullerton.edu
> Action: failed
> Status: 5.1.8
> Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 501 5.1.8 Domain of sender address
> mshapiro@localhost.localdomain doe
> s not exist
> Last-Attempt-Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:34:54 -0800
> 
> --i0JJYsoU002704.1074540894/localhost.localdomain
> Content-Type: message/rfc822
> 
> Return-Path: <mshapiro@localhost.localdomain>
> Received: from localhost.localdomain (ion4 [127.0.0.1])
>         by localhost.localdomain (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id
> i0JJYsoU002702
>         for <mshapiro@fullerton.edu>; Mon, 19 Jan 2004
> 
> 
> If I use the Evolution mail program to send a mail message, then the
> mail
> gets sent properly.
> 
> I also cannot send mail to the machine:  The error messages look like
> the
> following:
> 
> Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.
> 
>       Subject:             Test message
>       Sent:                 1/19/2004 11:23 AM
> 
> The following recipient(s) could not be reached:
> 
>       mshapiro@ion4.fullerton.edu on 1/19/2004 11:23 AM
>             You do not have permission to send to this recipient.  For
> assistance, contact your system administrator.
>             < mail3.fullerton.edu #5.7.1 SMTP; 550 5.7.1
> <mshapiro@ion4.fullerton.edu>... Relaying denied>
> 
> 
> I've probably failed to configure something in the system properly.  Any
> suggestions for correcting the sending problem (needed to send mail from
> some scripts I use), and for correcting the receiving problem would be
> greatly appreciated.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Dr. Mark H. Shapiro
> Professor of Physics, Emeritus
> California State University, Fullerton
> Phone: 714 278-3884
> FAX: 714 278-5810
> email: mshapiro@fullerton.edu
> web: http://chaos.fullerton.edu/Shapiro.html
> travel and family pictures:
> http://community.webshots.com/user/mhshapiro
> 
> 
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