Sendmail not sending

the1sephiroth · 06-20-2008, 02:59 PM

I have a drupal site set up on a debian box here. I followed instructions as closely as I could on how to set up a sendmail server. All I need it for is for drupal to be able to send emails, I do not need it to receive at all.
This is an error email that is in the /var/spool/mqueue/

qfm5KJuMOU028740

Code:

V8
T1213991782
K1213991782
N1
P33191
I8/1/556735
MOperating system error
Fbs
$_www-data@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]
$rESMTP
$sintranet.thrashereng.com
${daemon_flags}EE
${if_addr}127.0.0.1
S<>
MOperating system error
rRFC822; www-data@intranet.thrashereng.com
RPFD:<www-data@intranet.thrashereng.com>
H?P?Return-Path: <<81>g>
H??Received: from intranet.thrashereng.com (www-data@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])
        by intranet.thrashereng.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m5KJuMOU028740
        for <www-data@intranet.thrashereng.com>; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:56:22 -0400
H??Received: from localhost (localhost)
        by intranet.thrashereng.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m5KJuMTQ028739;
        Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:56:22 -0400
H??Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:56:22 -0400
H??From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@intranet.thrashereng.com>
H??Message-Id: <200806201956.m5KJuMTQ028739@intranet.thrashereng.com>
H??To: www-data@intranet.thrashereng.com
H??MIME-Version: 1.0
H??Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
        boundary="m5KJuMTQ028739.1213991782/intranet.thrashereng.com"
H??Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details
H??Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure)

the1sephiroth · 06-23-2008, 10:53 AM

I'm guessing it's a problem with the sendmail.mc file, but I'm not sure what else to try. I can post the file in order to try and help debug this problem

the1sephiroth · 06-23-2008, 11:22 AM

I'm no longer getting operating system error

Quote:

MailID Sent From To Size Status

Quote:

qfm5KJCp8Q027920 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:12:51 -0400 info@thrashereng.com tjones@pentree.com 1.21 kB Deferred: Connection timed out with mail.thrashereng.com.

unSpawn · 06-23-2008, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the1sephiroth

I followed instructions as closely as I could on how to set up a sendmail server.

Which instructions posted where?
Can you send e-mail on that system from one local user to another without problems?
Can you send e-mail from one user on that system to a user on another machine on your LAN without problems?

Quote:

Originally Posted by the1sephiroth

H??Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details

Sendmail queue items are really two parts. Where's the other part of the report and what does it say?

the1sephiroth · 06-24-2008, 08:50 AM

http://aboutdebian.com has the instructions I followed

I was receiving emails from mysql so i'm assuming local users can send to each other.
Everyone that i want to send to is on the lan, but I have to send it to their domain (user@thrashereng.com) which resolves to an external address. Is there a way to fix this to email to the lan users ?

unSpawn · 06-24-2008, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the1sephiroth

I was receiving emails from mysql so i'm assuming local users can send to each other.

You partially answered two out of four questions. Plus you should test things instead of assuming "it just works": you know what they say about assuming things. Looking back at the e-mail in your OP from "intranet.thrashereng.com", the reason why it's queued "MOperating system error" is not a resolver issue (like MDeferred:.*: No route to host) or route issue (like MDeferred: Connection refused) but the sender is empty: "S<>" and the return path looks weird as well: "H?P?Return-Path: <<81>g>". The error plus the "<81>" macro-like thingie makes it look like a configuration or permission error. If there's still messages in your /var/spool/mqueue (or wherever it is at), execute 'sendmail -O QueueDirectory=/var/spool/mqueue -q -v 2>&1' and post output. Maybe that'll yield something. If it doesn't you could post the steps and changes you performed to set up your mailserver.