Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 15:05:39 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@magnesium.net> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: outgoing mail STOPPED. Message-ID: <20080103230539.GE46061@magnesium.net> In-Reply-To: <20080103174806.3d6c1237.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <20080103213534.GA43665@magnesium.net> <20080103170649.be4d1493.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20080103224103.GD46061@magnesium.net> <20080103174806.3d6c1237.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 05:48:06PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Gary Kline <kline@magnesium.net>: > > > On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 05:06:49PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > > > In response to Gary Kline <kline@magnesium.net>: > > > > > > > > > > > I stumpped. I get incomiing ail, but nothing gets out from my > > > > private networked servers. Anybody know where to start figuring out why?? > > > > > > Have you checked /var/log/maillog? > > This is what I was looking for. See inline comments: > > > MORE:: > > > > [ ... ] > > Jan 3 14:27:54 sage sendmail[17370]: m03MRshQ017367: --- 050 <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>... Connecting to mx1.freebsd.org. via esmtp... > > Jan 3 14:27:54 sage sendmail[17370]: m03MRshQ017367: makeconnection (mx1.freebsd.org. [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) failed: No route to host > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Here it's trying to connect the the IPv6 address for mx1.freebsd.org but > is unable to. I'm going to go out with a limb and guess that you're not > using IPv6 yet. Apparently you can add the following to your cf file: > DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Family=inet, Name=MTA') > CLIENT_OPTIONS(`Family=inet, Name=MTA') > > But I'm not a sendmail expert, so I can't verify that this information > is correct. > I'm FAR from savvy sendmail wise, but know enouhto assk if I have to run the above options thru the preprocesssor. Do you know?? Also, why-oh-why, can I only get out thru "sage|ns1"? I can reach from sage to here at toxic.magnesium.net. But from nowhere else>>> ..... anybody? no wonder people have ben writing to see if i died or whatever.. my lifeline is dead. > > Jan 3 14:27:54 sage sendmail[17370]: m03MRshQ017367: SMTP outgoing connect on ns1 > > Jan 3 14:27:55 sage sendmail[17370]: m03MRshQ017367: --- 050 <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>... Deferred: 450 4.7.1 <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>: Recipient address rejected: Service is unavailable > > Why is this machine falling back to send mail via ns1? If that's > intended, then ns1 needs to be configured to accept mail from this > system and act as a relay. > > > Jan 3 14:27:55 sage sendmail[17370]: m03MRshQ017367: to=<freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, ctladdr=<kline@sage.thought.org> (1001/1001), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=esmtp, pri=30843, relay=mx1.freebsd.org. [69.147.83.52], dsn=4.7.1, stat=Deferred: 450 4.7.1 <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>: Recipient address rejected: Service is unavailable > > Jan 3 14:27:55 sage sendmail[17370]: NOQUEUE: --- 050 Closing connection to mx1.freebsd.org. > > > > I don't understand why freebsd.org seems "unreachable"a Do I have to configure IPv6? > > No, but apparently you need to tell sendmail that you haven't configured > IPv6. Unless you're _trying_ to use IPv6, in which case there would > appear to be something wrong with you IPv6 config. Hm.... ok, well, i've used to dooted-demical, but going for 64 or 128 bits is ..... well, no wonder i feel like a fossil! thanks muchly, gary > > -- > Bill Moran > http://www.potentialtech.com -- Gary Kline Seattle BSD Users' Group (seabug) | kline@magnesium.net Thought Unlimited Org's Alternate Email Site http://www.magnesium.net/~kline To live is not a necessity; but to live honorably...is a necessity. -Kant
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