Re: tlug: sendmail on TurboLinux

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, Shigeo Honda wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'd setup TL2.0J (Pro package) server for our client. Httpd works fine
> and shows good performance.
> 
> http://www.jolf.co.jp
> 
> However I'm still fighting with sendmail setting on the same linux box.
> In my experience with RH5.1, sendmail starts send and receive mails just
> add sendmail.cw.
> 
> So, I put domain name 'jolf.co.jp' into /var/mail/sendmail.cw. I can
> send mail from the server. But the server can't receive email coming
> from other sites.

you need to use /etc/sendmail.cw, not /var/mail/sendmail.cw, on a TL
system (and I thought on RH, too?)

er, actually it's ./etc/mail/sendmail.cw on 8.9.0, it was /etc/sendmail.cw
on previous versions.

> 
> For example, I sent message from outside to 'honda@example.com', I got 
> error message like this......
> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> The original message was received at Thu, 30 Jul 1998 12:12:11 +0900
> from IDENT:root@example.com [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] (may be forged)
> 
>    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <honda@example.com>
> 
>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> 553 mail.jolf.co.jp. config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?)
> 554 <honda@example.com>... Local configuration error
> Reporting-MTA: dns; guster.jolf.co.jp
> Received-From-MTA: DNS; media.pastel.co.jp
> Arrival-Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 12:12:11 +0900
> 
> Final-Recipient: RFC822; honda@example.com
> Action: failed
> Status: 5.5.0
> Remote-MTA: DNS; mail.jolf.co.jp
> Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 12:12:12 +0900
> Return-Path: <shigeo@example.com>
> Received: from lulu.media.pastel.co.jp (IDENT:root@example.com [
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] (may be forged))
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> 
> Is this a sendmail setting problem or DNS zone file setting problem?
> There is a DNS (Bind) working only server that is out our touch.

hm, that COULD be a dns problem... I'm not completely sure, though, so my
advice is to just move sendmail.cw to the right place and restart
sendmail.

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
http://www.pht.com		http://armadillo.pht.co.jp
http://www.pht.co.jp	        http://www.turbolinux.com


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