Using Sendmail with Evolution

cov · 11-02-2009, 02:30 AM

Messages send from Telnet ok:

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; Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:23:35 +0200; (No UCE/UBE) logging access from: localhost(OK)-localhost [127.0.0.1]
HELO localhost
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@yahoo.com
250 2.1.5 cov@yahoo.com... Recipient ok
DATA
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
SUBJECT: 'nother test
doing it again.
.
250 2.0.0 nA28NZVd005874 Message accepted for delivery
quit
221 2.0.0 Gimli.example.co.za closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.
dave@Gimli:~ $ cat /var/log/mail.log 

Nov  2 10:25:16 Gimli sm-mta[5874]: nA28NZVd005874: from=davec@example.co.za, size=38, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200911020824.nA28NZVd005874@Gimli.example.co.za>, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA-v4, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1]
Nov  2 10:25:25 Gimli sm-mta[5903]: nA28NZVd005874: to=cov@yahoo.com, delay=00:00:50, xdelay=00:00:09, mailer=esmtp, pri=120038, relay=a.mx.mail.yahoo.com. [67.195.168.31], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (ok dirdel)

bathory · 11-02-2009, 03:03 AM

Hi,

Quote:

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]

It looks like Evolution tries to deliver the mail to localhost and somehow it times out. Try to use the IP address of your mail server, instead of localhost and see if it helps.
BTW, as sendmail works from telnet, remove the changes in /etc/mail/access and/or sendmail.cf as they had nothing to do with sendmail itself

cov · 11-02-2009, 04:22 AM

Got this sent to the root mailbox:

Code:

cat /var/spool/mail/root |more
From MAILER-DAEMON  Mon Nov  2 10:09:14 2009
Return-Path: <MAILER-DAEMON>
Received: from localhost (localhost)
	by Gimli.example.co.za (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-6) id nA289Djq003777;
	Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:09:13 +0200
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:09:13 +0200
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON>
Message-Id: <200911020809.nA289Djq003777@Gimli.example.co.za>
To: postmaster
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
	boundary="nA289Djq003777.1257149353/Gimli.example.co.za"
Subject: Postmaster notify: see transcript for details
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (postmaster-notification)

This is a MIME-encapsulated message

--nA289Djq003777.1257149353/Gimli.example.co.za

The original message was received at Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:09:11 +0200
from localhost [127.0.0.1]

   ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<davec@example>
    (reason: 550 Host unknown)

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
550 5.1.2 <davec@example>... Host unknown (Name server: example: host not foun
d)

--nA289Djq003777.1257149353/Gimli.example.co.za
Content-Type: message/delivery-status

Reporting-MTA: dns; Gimli.example.co.za
Received-From-MTA: DNS; localhost
Arrival-Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:09:11 +0200

Final-Recipient: RFC822; davec@example
Action: failed
Status: 5.1.2
Remote-MTA: DNS; example
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 Host unknown
Last-Attempt-Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:09:13 +0200

--nA289Djq003777.1257149353/Gimli.example.co.za
Content-Type: text/rfc822-headers
Return-Path: <>
Received: from Gimli.example.co.za (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by Gimli.example.co.za (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-6) with ESMTP id nA289Ajq0
03691
	for <davec@example>; Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:09:11 +0200
Received: from localhost (localhost)
	by Gimli.example.co.za (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nA27e1dS010940;
	Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:58:58 +0200
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:58:58 +0200
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@Gimli.example.co.za>
Message-Id: <200911020758.nA27e1dS010940@Gimli.example.co.za>
To: davec@example
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
	boundary="nA27e1dS010940.1257148738/Gimli.example.co.za"
Subject: Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (warning-timeout)

--nA289Djq003777.1257149353/Gimli.example.co.za--

From MAILER-DAEMON  Mon Nov  2 10:09:15 2009
Return-Path: <MAILER-DAEMON>
Received: from localhost (localhost)
	by Gimli.example.co.za (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-6) id nA289Ejq003779;
	Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:09:14 +0200
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:09:14 +0200
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON>
Message-Id: <200911020809.nA289Ejq003779@Gimli.example.co.za>
To: postmaster
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
	boundary="nA289Ejq003779.1257149354/Gimli.example.co.za"
Subject: Postmaster notify: see transcript for details
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (postmaster-notification)

This is a MIME-encapsulated message

--nA289Ejq003779.1257149354/Gimli.example.co.za

The original message was received at Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:09:12 +0200
from localhost [127.0.0.1]

   ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<davec@example>
    (reason: 550 Host unknown)

There's more....

bathory · 11-02-2009, 04:39 AM

I don't see why it fails to deliver to yahoo. But it tries to nofiy you for the failure to davec@example and it fails again (as you don't have a valid domain name after the @), so it notifies postmaster about the 2nd failure.
You should read more on how to configure Evolution, or try a different mail client, like Thunderbird.

cov · 11-02-2009, 04:57 AM

Well, it's clearly something to do with Evolution because it sends from the telnet localhost.

In point of fact, the message is sitting in the outbox whereas previously it was being removed to the 'sent' folder.

I must admit, I was never a big fan of Evolution when I first tried it 6 or 7 years ago; it was always a bit flakey in spite of it's professional look. The problem is that some guys I am doing work for want a specific look to any email I send out on their behalf and also they want integration with their Outlook Calendars, etc. something Evolution manges quite well.

bathory · 11-02-2009, 05:23 AM

Check the configuration to see where have you used davec@example and change it accordingly (just to receive direclty the failure notices). Maybe you can uncheck the "Server Rquires Authentication" as you can send from sendmail without authentication.
I'm afraid cannot help you more on this as I have never used Evolution as mail client.

Regards

cov · 11-02-2009, 05:56 AM

Thanks.

It's working now.

The dave@example (without the co.za tld) was set as the account email address. Not sure how that happened as I was sending email (although not receving them) earlier.

Anyway, it's working now.

Thanks again,

Dave Coventry