Using Sendmail with Evolution

cov · 10-30-2009, 12:53 AM

I have a problem on which my ISP's SMTP server will not relay my email because I am connecting via satellite and the IP I am using is allocated from the US.

My ISP is here in South Africa and, naturally enough, assumes that anyone using their server from the States is attempting to relay spam.

Is it possible to use Sendmail to get around this?

Evolution has the option to use Sendmail and I was hoping that this might provide a solution.

I have configured Sendmail according to this howto: http://www.fsa-blast.org/Webmin/Send...uring_relaying

but am getting an error: "DATA command failed: Relaying not allowed Sender domain not local."

I have added

Code:

67.209.*.*  RELAY
example.co.za  RELAY

to /etc/mail/access

Code:

root#sendmail -bv **cov@gmail.com
**cov@gmail.com... deliverable: mailer esmtp, host gmail.com., user **cov@gmail.com

So it seems that I can send email, but just not as cov@example.co.za

The debug info from Evolution using 'env CAMEL_VERBOSE_DEBUG=1 evolution' is as follows:

Code:

sending : DATA
POP3_STREAM_LINE(15): '+OK 0 messages:'
Got + response
POP3_STREAM_LINE(END)
POP3_STREAM_LINE(3): '+OK'
Got + response
POP3_STREAM_LINE(END)
POP3_STREAM_WRITE(6):
QUIT

received: 354 Enter message, ending with "." on a line by itself
sending : \r\n.\r\n
POP3_STREAM_LINE(16): '+OK Logging out.'
Got + response

Database succesfully closed 

Database succesfully closed 
received: 530 Relaying not allowed - sender domain not local
CamelException.setv(0x7f08c9a51f20, 2, 'DATA command failed: Relaying not allowed - sender domain not local')
sending : QUIT
received: (null)
CamelException.setv(0x7f08c9a51e00, 2, 'QUIT command failed: Operation now in progress')

Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong?

bathory · 10-30-2009, 04:07 AM

Hi,

I'm not using Webmin, so I cannot tell how it configures sendmail, but reading the howto you've posted I think that you need to add your local IP address in the relay page.
Also you can add

Code:

from:cov@example.co.za RELAY

in /etc/mail/access and see if it helps. Of course you have to rebuild the access database

Code:

makemap hash /etc/mail/access <  /etc/mail/access

If that doesn't work, the sendmail logs (usually /var/log/maillog) could be of help here.

Regards

cov · 10-30-2009, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

Hi,

I'm not using Webmin, so I cannot tell how it configures sendmail, but reading the howto you've posted I think that you need to add your local IP address in the relay page.

Worth a try, but it made no difference.

Quote:

Also you can add

Code:

from:cov@example.co.za RELAY

in /etc/mail/access and see if it helps. Of course you have to rebuild the access database

Code:

makemap hash /etc/mail/access <  /etc/mail/access

Same here.

Quote:

If that doesn't work, the sendmail logs (usually /var/log/maillog) could be of help here.
Regards

/var/log/mail.log reports the following error:

Code:

root@Gimli:/home/dave# cat /var/log/mail.log
Oct 30 15:35:33 Gimli sm-mta[2958]: My unqualified host name (Gimli) unknown; sleeping for retry
Oct 30 15:35:35 Gimli sm-msp-queue[2963]: My unqualified host name (Gimli) unknown; sleeping for retry
Oct 30 15:36:34 Gimli sm-mta[2958]: unable to qualify my own domain name (Gimli) -- using short name
Oct 30 15:36:35 Gimli sm-mta[2965]: starting daemon (8.14.3): SMTP+queueing@00:10:00
Oct 30 15:36:36 Gimli sm-msp-queue[2963]: unable to qualify my own domain name (Gimli) -- using short name
Oct 30 15:40:03 Gimli sm-msp-queue[3550]: My unqualified host name (Gimli) unknown; sleeping for retry
Oct 30 15:41:03 Gimli sm-msp-queue[3550]: unable to qualify my own domain name (Gimli) -- using short name

And this from /var/log/mail.err

Code:

root@Gimli:/home/dave# cat /var/log/mail.err
Oct 30 15:35:33 Gimli sm-mta[2958]: My unqualified host name (Gimli) unknown; sleeping for retry
Oct 30 15:35:35 Gimli sm-msp-queue[2963]: My unqualified host name (Gimli) unknown; sleeping for retry
Oct 30 15:36:34 Gimli sm-mta[2958]: unable to qualify my own domain name (Gimli) -- using short name
Oct 30 15:36:36 Gimli sm-msp-queue[2963]: unable to qualify my own domain name (Gimli) -- using short name
Oct 30 15:40:03 Gimli sm-msp-queue[3550]: My unqualified host name (Gimli) unknown; sleeping for retry
Oct 30 15:41:03 Gimli sm-msp-queue[3550]: unable to qualify my own domain name (Gimli) -- using short name

bathory · 10-30-2009, 10:19 AM

Edit /etc/hosts and add your domain, something like:
x.x.x.x Gimli.example.co.za Gimli
If that doesn't work, you can try to use the Dj option in sendmail.cf to define a domain name

Code:

Dj$w.example.co.za

cov · 10-30-2009, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

Edit /etc/hosts and add your domain, something like:
x.x.x.x Gimli.example.co.za Gimli

No change I'm afraid. Still the same error message

Quote:

If that doesn't work, you can try to use the Dj option in sendmail.cf to define a domain name

Code:

Dj$w.example.co.za

Still the same error message.

Additionally the /var/log/mail.log says the following:

Code:

Oct 30 20:42:01 Gimli sm-msp-queue[11344]: My unqualified host name (Gimli) unknown; sleeping for retry
Oct 30 20:43:01 Gimli sm-msp-queue[11344]: unable to qualify my own domain name (Gimli) -- using short name

bathory · 10-30-2009, 06:09 PM

Well, I don't see anything in the logs to indicate a problem with the lack of the sending domain.
Have you try to send email using telnet commands?

cov · 10-31-2009, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

Well, I don't see anything in the logs to indicate a problem with the lack of the sending domain.
Have you try to send email using telnet commands?

Yes. That seems to work.

Code:

dave@Gimli:~ $ telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 Gimli.example.co.za ESMTP Sendmail 8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-6; Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:16:13 +0200; (No UCE/UBE) logging access from: localhost(OK)-localhost [127.0.0.1]
HELO example.co.za
250 Gimli.example.co.za Hello localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
MAIL From: davec@example.co.za
250 2.1.0 davec@example.co.za... Sender ok
RCPT To **cov@gmail.com
501 5.5.2 Syntax error in parameters scanning "To"
RCPT To: **cov@gmail.com
250 2.1.5 **cov@gmail.com... Recipient ok
DATA
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
Subject: Test
Testing, 1, 2...
.
250 2.0.0 n9V6GDGg014258 Message accepted for delivery
QUIT

So it would appear tha Evolution is not set up correctly?

bathory · 10-31-2009, 06:19 PM

Yes, I guess you have to configure Evolution to use your mail server as the outgoing mail server.

Regards

cov · 11-01-2009, 01:09 AM

That's funny.

I have configured Sendmail as my SMTP Server

bathory · 11-01-2009, 02:13 AM

I'm not familiar with Evolution, but I guess you need to setup it like this, using as server your sendmail's ip.

Regards

cov · 11-01-2009, 02:23 AM

Yes. I've seen that, but all it says is to configure Sendmail (which I appear to have done) and then select Sendmail from the dropdown list.

Which can be seen by my screenshots above.

I wonder if it's holding on to some legacy configuration?

bathory · 11-01-2009, 03:14 AM

I guess that when you select sendmail instead of SMTP, it uses the command line sendmail to send emails, using options (like smtp auth with sender's id) passed from Evolution's configuration and that's why sendmail is complaining.
The strange thing is that there is nothing written to the logs!!!

cov · 11-01-2009, 05:15 AM

Ah!

Found it!

I had earlier configured Evolution's mailing servers with a 'From' address which had a typo.

I subsequently spotted the typo and corrected it, but I had already sent my test email which failed because Sendmail didn't recognise the address.

However, although I corrected Evolutions server setup, the wrong 'From' address was still prepended onto my test email and, instead of writing a new email, I was just clicking Send/Receive, which of course was always failing.

I wrote a fresh test email and it works!

Thanks very much for the time you have put into this, I appreciate your assistance!

Regards,

Dave Coventry.

PS. That said, it hasn't arrived in my gmail intray yet

bathory · 11-01-2009, 08:46 AM

Check the logs to see if gmail has accepted it, or what happened.
Could have finished in the spam folder of your account.

Regards

cov · 11-02-2009, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory

Check the logs to see if gmail has accepted it, or what happened.
Could have finished in the spam folder of your account.

Regards

Code:

root@Gimli:/home/dave# cat /var/log/mail.log

Nov  2 05:42:00 Gimli sendmail[12397]: nA23fxP0012397: Authentication-Warning: Gimli.example.co.za: dave set sender to davec@example using -f
Nov  2 05:42:02 Gimli sendmail[12397]: nA23fxP0012397: from=davec@example, size=338, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<1257133319.10927.0.camel@Gimli>, relay=dave@localhost
Nov  2 05:42:06 Gimli sendmail[12397]: nA23fxP0012397: to=cov@hotmail.com, ctladdr=davec@example (1000/1000), delay=00:00:07, xdelay=00:00:04, mailer=relay, pri=30338, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with [127.0.0.1]
Nov  2 05:45:18 Gimli sm-msp-queue[9361]: nA1A3RUK007200: to=cov@gmail.com, delay=17:41:51, xdelay=00:06:18, mailer=relay, pri=4080336, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with [127.0.0.1]
Nov  2 05:50:08 Gimli sendmail[13240]: nA23o7CG013240: Authentication-Warning: Gimli.example.co.za: dave set sender to davec@example using -f
Nov  2 05:50:10 Gimli sendmail[13240]: nA23o7CG013240: from=davec@example, size=337, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<1257133807.12548.0.camel@Gimli>, relay=dave@localhost
Nov  2 05:50:14 Gimli sendmail[13240]: nA23o7CG013240: to=cov@yahoo.com, ctladdr=davec@example (1000/1000), delay=00:00:07, xdelay=00:00:04, mailer=relay, pri=30337, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with [127.0.0.1]
Nov  2 05:51:36 Gimli sm-msp-queue[9361]: nA15e2Nt006607: to=root, delay=22:05:16, xdelay=00:06:18, mailer=relay, pri=5251710, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with [127.0.0.1]
Nov  2 05:55:01 Gimli sendmail[13476]: nA23t071013476: Authentication-Warning: Gimli.example.co.za: dave set sender to davec@example using -f
Nov  2 05:55:03 Gimli sendmail[13476]: nA23t071013476: from=davec@example, size=335, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<1257134100.13415.0.camel@Gimli>, relay=dave@localhost
Nov  2 05:55:07 Gimli sendmail[13476]: nA23t071013476: to=cov@yahoo.com, ctladdr=davec@example (1000/1000), delay=00:00:07, xdelay=00:00:04, mailer=relay, pri=30335, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with [127.0.0.1]
root@Gimli:/home/dave#

/var/log/mail.err and /var/log/mail.warn don't show anything.

No Message are being received although they appear to have been sent.