[SOLVED] Sendmail woes.

modem7 · 11-11-2012, 02:52 PM

Hey guys,

Got a bit of a problem with sendmail.

It was working a couple of weeks ago, but as it always is with linux newbies, I must have screwed with something I shouldn't have done.

What is happening:

Quote:

Nov 11 09:29:02 AlexServer sendmail[13067]: qAB7T9XX002559: to=<modem7@gmail.com>, delay=01:59:53, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=300399, relay=hda.home.com., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by hda.home.com.

What should be happening:

Quote:

Oct 28 01:03:44 AlexServer sendmail[30039]: q9S03iSp030039: to=modem7@gmail.com, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30136, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Ok: queued as 5FB71A07BE)

If I try: mail -s Test modem7@gmail.com < /dev/null I get:

Quote:

Nov 11 20:53:24 AlexServer sendmail[10942]: qABKrKtI010942: from=alex, size=220, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201211112053.qABKrKtI010942@AlexServer>, relay=root@localhost
Nov 11 20:53:28 AlexServer sendmail[10945]: qABKrRUo010945: from=<alex@AlexServer>, size=448, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201211112053.qABKrKtI010942@AlexServer>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1]
Nov 11 20:53:28 AlexServer sendmail[10947]: qABKrRUo010945: to=<modem7@gmail.com>, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=120448, relay=hda.home.com. [192.168.1.254], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by hda.home.com.
Nov 11 20:53:28 AlexServer sendmail[10942]: qABKrKtI010942: to=modem7@gmail.com, ctladdr=alex (501/100), delay=00:00:08, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=relay, pri=30220, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (qABKrRUo010945 Message accepted for delivery)

I've googled as much as I can, but I'm honestly at a loss.

Currently using Fedora.

Any help for a poor ol' noob?

smallpond · 11-11-2012, 03:55 PM

Sendmail has lots of configuration options that can cause problems if set incorrectly. For example, are your own IP addresses allowed in the access database?

Code:

localhost.localdomain   RELAY
localhost               RELAY
Connect:127.0.0.1       RELAY
Connect:192.168.0       RELAY

also have you set up secure auth and is your email client using it? What spam databases are you filtering on?

modem7 · 11-11-2012, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smallpond

Sendmail has lots of configuration options that can cause problems if set incorrectly. For example, are your own IP addresses allowed in the access database?

Code:

localhost.localdomain   RELAY
localhost               RELAY
Connect:127.0.0.1       RELAY
Connect:192.168.0       RELAY

also have you set up secure auth and is your email client using it? What spam databases are you filtering on?

Seems that my problem was with the smart hosts.

Replaced DSsmtp.aquiss.net with DS

Thanks though!

linosaurusroot · 11-12-2012, 02:16 PM

Is this now solved? Your main clue is "relay=hda.home.com. [192.168.1.254]" which is either the wrong smarthost or you are getting there and being denied relaying.

modem7 · 11-12-2012, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linosaurusroot

Is this now solved? Your main clue is "relay=hda.home.com. [192.168.1.254]" which is either the wrong smarthost or you are getting there and being denied relaying.

Yup, now resolved. Not sure why it was trying to resolve via hda.home.com, as the smart host was smtp.aquiss.net. Either way, it seems to work now!

linosaurusroot · 11-12-2012, 02:56 PM

You should be able to mark the thread as solved to stop new readers coming here (unless they have the same question).