I'm trying to send mail from both of these and can't. I'm using the mail command followed by root in order to send it back to source, but keep getting the message "Real domain name required for sender address" I have also tried using root@localhost.com and root@localhost.zone. I can receive mail from Evolution in both TTY and the Terminal, just can't send it. Is this a configuration error in the send feature?

Thanks for any help.

Hi, and welcome to LQ!

And now, instead of a hard to understand description just post
how you invoked mail (best do a copy & paste from the terminal). :}


Cheers,
Tink

Hi,

Ok. What I did was try to send an e-mail from the root terminal. Then I did the mail command to retrieve the message, since I knew it wouldn't send. Here's what it looks like...

Thanks.

[root@localhost ~]# mail
No mail for root
[root@localhost ~]# mail root
Subject: MSG
TEST MSG
Cc:
[root@localhost ~]# mail
Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? for help.
"/var/spool/mail/root": 1 message 1 new
>N 1 MAILER-DAEMON@localh Tue Dec 6 16:09 65/2122 "Returned mail: see tr"
& 1
Message 1:
From MAILER-DAEMON@localhost Tue Dec 6 16:09:04 2005
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:09:04 -0600
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@localhost>
To: root@localhost
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
boundary="jB6M94pQ007367.1133906944/localhost"
Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure)

This is a MIME-encapsulated message

--jB6M94pQ007367.1133906944/localhost

The original message was received at Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:09:04 -0600
from root@localhost

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
root
(reason: 553 5.5.4 <root@localhost>... Real domain name required for sender
address)
(expanded from: root)

----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to [127.0.0.1]:
>>> MAIL From:<root@localhost> SIZE=32 AUTH=root@localhost
<<< 553 5.5.4 <root@localhost>... Real domain name required for sender address
501 5.6.0 Data format error

--jB6M94pQ007367.1133906944/localhost
Content-Type: message/delivery-status

Reporting-MTA: dns; localhost
Arrival-Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:09:04 -0600

Final-Recipient: RFC822; root@localhost
Action: failed
Status: 5.5.4
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 553 5.5.4 <root@localhost>... Real domain name required for sender address
Last-Attempt-Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:09:04 -0600

--jB6M94pQ007367.1133906944/localhost
Content-Type: message/rfc822

Return-Path: <root>
Received: (from root@localhost)
by localhost (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id jB6M94pP007367
for root; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:09:04 -0600
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:09:04 -0600
From: root <root>
Message-Id: <200512062209.jB6M94pP007367@localhost>
To: root
Subject: MSG

TEST MSG

--jB6M94pQ007367.1133906944/localhost--