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Sendmail set up with Yahoo

I'm trying to get Sendmail to relay through Yahoo. I got it working with gmail after following some tutorials, but I'm hanging up on yahoo. I made certificates for the gmail one and left all the configurations I had for the gmail one but just inserted the Yahoo smtp stuff - but no go. My authinfo file looks like this:

AuthInfo:smtp.mail.yahoo.com "U:myUsername@yahoo.com" "I:myUsername@yahoo.com" "P:Password" "M:PLAIN"
AuthInfo:smtp.mail.yahoo.com:465 "U:myUsername@yahoo.com" "I:myUsername@yahoo.com" "P:Password" "M:PLAIN"

and the part of my sendmail.mc thats been changed is:

FEATURE(`authinfo',`hash /etc/mail/authinfo.db')
define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp.mail.yahoo.com')dnl
define(`RELAY_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 465')
define(`ESMTP_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 465')
define(`confCACERT_PATH',`/usr/share/ssl/certs')
define(`confCACERT',`/usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt')
define(`confSERVER_CERT',`/usr/share/ssl/certs/sendmail.pem')
define(`confSERVER_KEY',`/usr/share/ssl/certs/sendmail.pem')
define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `EXTERNAL GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN')
TRUST_AUTH_MECH(`EXTERNAL DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN')
define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dnl

I left it how it was with gmail and redid the makemap hash on the authinfo and ran the m4 sendmail.mc>sendmail.cf and restarted sendmail and I get nothing. I can switch it back to gmail's info and it sends, but not Yahoo. My mail log has this in it after my last email attempt after redoing the authinfo and sendmail:

Aug 23 15:59:54 localhost sendmail[2857]: starting daemon (8.14.4): SMTP+queueing@01:00:00
Aug 23 15:59:54 localhost sendmail[2857]: STARTTLS=server: file /usr/share/ssl/certs/sendmail.pem unsafe: Group readable file
Aug 23 15:59:54 localhost sm-msp-queue[2867]: starting daemon (8.14.4): queueing@01:00:00
Aug 23 16:00:00 localhost sendmail[2873]: q7NN00qx002873: from=userName, size=216, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201208232300.q7NN00qx002873@localhost.localdomain>, relay=root@localhost
Aug 23 16:00:01 localhost sendmail[2874]: q7NN004O002874: from=<userName@localhost.localdomain>, size=487, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201208232300.q7NN00qx002873@localhost.localdomain>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]
Aug 23 16:00:01 localhost sendmail[2873]: q7NN00qx002873: to=example@aol.com, ctladdr=userName (500/500), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=relay, pri=30216, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (q7NN004O002874 Message accepted for delivery)
Aug 23 16:00:21 localhost sendmail[2876]: q7NN004O002874: to=<example@aol.com>, ctladdr=<userName@localhost.localdomain> (500/500), delay=00:00:20, xdelay=00:00:20, mailer=relay, pri=120487, relay=smtp.mail.yahoo.com [98.138.84.55], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection reset by smtp.mail.yahoo.com

I'm on CentOS 2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64 if that helps.

Anyone had any success using Sendmail and Yahoo to relay emails? Everything look ok in the authinfo and sendmail.mc? Not sure if any of those lines in the .mc need to be removed from the gmail setup I had or are they ok the way they are?

Thanks for any help on this, I've been stuck on this for a few days...

Since you have mention 465 as default port for sendmail you need to enable those port in sendmail.mc file to be able to send mail

One way is to comment those lines so that you can send mail on port 25.

Code:

define(`RELAY_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 465')

define(`ESMTP_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 465')

Secondly inside sendmail.mc

Change as following

Code:

 dnl # DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl

 DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp, Name=MTA')dnl



 # uncomment for sendmail to listen on port 587

 DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=submission, Name=MSA, M=Ea')dnl



 # uncomment for sendmail to listen on port 587

 DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtps, Name=TLSMTA, M=s')dnl

check your firewall

Code:

#netstat -ntlp | grep sendmail

I got 465 from a website that said Yahoo smtp uses 465, should that be something different?

Quote:

Since you have mention 465 as default port for sendmail you need to enable those port in sendmail.mc file to be able to send mail

Comment as in comment them out, or change "465" to "25"

Quote:

One way is to comment those lines so that you can send mail on port 25.

Code:

define(`RELAY_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 465')

define(`ESMTP_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 465')

I made these changes and ran m4 again and still no emails made it through.

Quote:

Secondly inside sendmail.mc

Change as following

Code:

 dnl # DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl

 DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp, Name=MTA')dnl



 # uncomment for sendmail to listen on port 587

 DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=submission, Name=MSA, M=Ea')dnl



 # uncomment for sendmail to listen on port 587

 DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtps, Name=TLSMTA, M=s')dnl

I turned it off just to make sure when I tested.

Quote:

check your firewall

Code:

#netstat -ntlp | grep sendmail

Any other ideas? Should I post my whole sendmail.mc?
And thanks for the help by the way!

Yes please post your sendmail.mc and maillog

I have not worked with yahoo mail server as I use smtp.gmail.com

For reference you can use this page
Sendmail error messages
Configuring Sendmail

I cut out everything that was commented out of the sendmail.mc to reduce the size. So here is what I got.

SENDMAIL.MC:

Code:

divert(-1)dnl

include(`/usr/share/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4')dnl

VERSIONID(`setup for linux')dnl

OSTYPE(`linux')dnl

define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp.mail.yahoo.com')dnl

define(`confDEF_USER_ID', ``8:12'')dnl

dnl define(`confAUTO_REBUILD')dnl

define(`confTO_CONNECT', `1m')dnl

define(`confTRY_NULL_MX_LIST', `True')dnl

define(`confDONT_PROBE_INTERFACES', `True')dnl

define(`PROCMAIL_MAILER_PATH', `/usr/bin/procmail')dnl

define(`ALIAS_FILE', `/etc/aliases')dnl

define(`STATUS_FILE', `/var/log/mail/statistics')dnl

define(`UUCP_MAILER_MAX', `2000000')dnl

define(`confUSERDB_SPEC', `/etc/mail/userdb.db')dnl

define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `authwarnings,novrfy,noexpn,restrictqrun')dnl

define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dnl

define(`confTO_IDENT', `0')dnl

FEATURE(`no_default_msa', `dnl')dnl

FEATURE(`smrsh', `/usr/sbin/smrsh')dnl

FEATURE(`mailertable', `hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable.db')dnl

FEATURE(`virtusertable', `hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable.db')dnl

FEATURE(redirect)dnl

FEATURE(always_add_domain)dnl

FEATURE(use_cw_file)dnl

FEATURE(use_ct_file)dnl

FEATURE(local_procmail, `', `procmail -t -Y -a $h -d $u')dnl

FEATURE(`access_db', `hash -T<TMPF> -o /etc/mail/access.db')dnl

FEATURE(`blacklist_recipients')dnl

EXPOSED_USER(`root')dnl

DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl

DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=submission, Name=MSA, M=Ea')dnl

DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtps, Name=TLSMTA, M=s')dnl

DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtps, Name=MTA')dnl

dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`port=smtp,Addr=::1, Name=MTA-v6, Family=inet6')dnl

dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Name=MTA-v4, Family=inet, Name=MTA-v6, Family=inet6')

FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')dnl

LOCAL_DOMAIN(`localhost.localdomain')dnl

FEATURE(`authinfo',`hash /etc/mail/authinfo.db')

dnl define(`RELAY_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 465')

dnl define(`ESMTP_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 465')

define(`confCACERT_PATH',`/usr/share/ssl/certs')

define(`confCACERT',`/usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt')

define(`confSERVER_CERT',`/usr/share/ssl/certs/sendmail.pem')

define(`confSERVER_KEY',`/usr/share/ssl/certs/sendmail.pem')

define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `EXTERNAL GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN')

TRUST_AUTH_MECH(`EXTERNAL DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN')

define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dnl

MAILER(smtp)dnl

MAILER(procmail)dnl

dnl MAILER(cyrusv2)dnl

My authinfo file is still the same.

Mail log looks like this:

Code:

Aug 24 05:25:18 localhost sendmail[3147]: q7OCPI8r003147: from=userName, size=216, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201208241225.q7OCPI8r003147@localhost.localdomain>, relay=root@localhost

Aug 24 05:25:19 localhost sendmail[3058]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA: cannot bind: Address already in use

Aug 24 05:25:19 localhost sendmail[3058]: daemon MTA: problem creating SMTP socket

Aug 24 05:25:24 localhost sendmail[3058]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA: cannot bind: Address already in use

Aug 24 05:25:24 localhost sendmail[3058]: daemon MTA: problem creating SMTP socket

Aug 24 05:25:24 localhost sendmail[3058]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): opendaemonsocket: daemon MTA: server SMTP socket wedged: exiting

Aug 24 05:25:24 localhost sm-msp-queue[3069]: q7OCMu9b002954: to=example@aol.com, ctladdr=userName (500/500), delay=00:02:28, xdelay=00:00:50, mailer=relay, pri=120216, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection reset by [127.0.0.1]

Aug 24 05:25:24 localhost sendmail[3072]: q7OCOcv8003072: to=example@aol.com, ctladdr=userName (500/500), delay=00:00:46, xdelay=00:00:46, mailer=relay, pri=30216, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection reset by [127.0.0.1]

Aug 24 05:25:24 localhost sendmail[3147]: q7OCPI8r003147: to=example@aol.com, ctladdr=userName (500/500), delay=00:00:06, xdelay=00:00:06, mailer=relay, pri=30216, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection reset by [127.0.0.1]

Aug 24 05:25:24 localhost sm-msp-queue[3069]: q7OCLZ64002851: to=example@aol.com, ctladdr=userName (500/500), delay=00:03:49, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=210216, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection reset by [127.0.0.1]

Is this correct in my .mc file? Commented out ok? Should 465 be another number?

Code:

dnl define(`RELAY_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 465')

dnl define(`ESMTP_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 465')

And is the 465 in my authinfo the correct number after smtp:mail.yahoo.com in the second entry?

Sorry for all the questions guys >.< Trying to get my head around this.

check your firewall if it is listening for port 465 and other smtp ports

Code:

#netstat -ntlp | grep sendmail

Code:

#telnet smtp:mail.yahoo.com 465

#telnet smtp:mail.yahoo.com 567

#telnet smtp:mail.yahoo.com 25

I ran this netstat command and it didn't return anything. Not sure if that is desired or it was supposed to say something

Quote:

check your firewall if it is listening for port 465 and other smtp ports

Code:

#netstat -ntlp | grep sendmail

Quote:

Code:

#telnet smtp:mail.yahoo.com 465

returned this

Code:

[root@localhost Desktop]# telnet smtp.mail.yahoo.com 465

Trying 98.138.84.55...

Connected to smtp.mail.yahoo.com.

Quote:

Code:

#telnet smtp:mail.yahoo.com 567

returned this and never connected

Code:

[root@localhost Desktop]# telnet smtp.mail.yahoo.com 567

Trying 98.139.212.139...

Quote:

Code:

#telnet smtp:mail.yahoo.com 25

returned this

Code:

[root@localhost Desktop]# telnet smtp.mail.yahoo.com 25

Trying 98.138.84.55...

Connected to smtp.mail.yahoo.com.

Escape character is '^]'.

220 smtp213.mail.ne1.yahoo.com ESMTP

Not sure how to process that information but I'm hoping some more seasoned eyes know what to do with that.

My ISP is Comcast also. I've read that sometimes ISP's have an issue with port 25. Based on those telnet results, is 465 the way to go?

Spent another day on this and still nowhere >.<

I'm at your mercy brilliant Linux people... I've almost reached the end of the rope on this, I've tried everything I can think of in my limited knowledge. I'm open to any suggestions whatsoever *begs*.

try this command

Code:

#netstat -ntl | grep sendmail

The command and the switch may vary as per your distro as I use Redhat in my case.

You can remove these lines from your config file

Code:

define(`RELAY_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 465')

define(`ESMTP_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 465')

open your sendmail.cf and search for this line

Code:

Mrelay,        P=[IPC], F=mDFMuXa8, S=EnvFromSMTP/HdrFromSMTP, R=MasqSMTP, E=\r\n, L=2040,

                T=DNS/RFC822/SMTP,

                A=TCP $h 567

and restart your sendmail and make sure once you make changes in sendmail.cf don't use m4 command as it will again over write the file with new configuration in sendmail.mc

If 465 doesnot work out try with 567 as well and let me know the results along with the maillog

I found this line, it matches all except the 567 isn't there. The line is just "A=TCP $h". No port. Should I add a port directly to the .cf?

Quote:

open your sendmail.cf and search for this line

Code:

Mrelay,        P=[IPC], F=mDFMuXa8, S=EnvFromSMTP/HdrFromSMTP, R=MasqSMTP, E=\r\n, L=2040,

                T=DNS/RFC822/SMTP,

                A=TCP $h 567

yes add the port no. as I had showed you
try with 465 and 567 both

make sure your firewall and selinux is not blocking sendmail.

I tried that and I still can't get it to work....

Well I've got about 40+ hours of troubleshooting in this and still can't seem to get a result. I'm also considering switching to Postfix if someone has a working configuration with Yahoo, I would be forever indebted to you if you could post it. And thank you guys so much for taking the time to throw ideas out there! Just cant seem to get anything to work.

Hey milksnake12,
I am working on this problem also. One of the things I've come across repeatedly is that yahoo doesn't allow this usage on non-premium accounts. I think their other servers are smtp.bizmail.yahoo.com and smtp.prem.yahoo.com. Alas, I am, however, still getting the error message on bizmail. So that's not the only problem...