Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 20:39:45 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems with sendmail Message-ID: <199904010239.UAA46004@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> of "Tue, 30 Mar 1999 23:25:43 EST." <199903310425.XAA01859@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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"Crist J. Clark" writes:
> David Kelly wrote,
>
> [snip examples of DNS problem]
>
> > /usr/bin/mail and mutt don't have this problem. Guess I ought to change
> > mailers but haven't been willing to bite that bullet yet.
>
> Hmmm? Don't /usr/bin/mail and mutt use sendmail as their MTA? And do
> not have this problem? What does the 'from' entry in the mail log say
> when one of those sends successfully?
I suspect /usr/bin/mail and /usr/local/bin/mutt use mail.local to
deliver while exmh/MH makes a network connection directly to sendmail?
This example was offline with pppd down:
nospam: {1001} mail dkelly@localhost
Subject: testing
this is a test
.
EOT
nospam: {1002} tail /var/log/maillog
[...]
Mar 31 18:38:20 nospam sendmail[45617]: SAA45617: from=dkelly, size=54, class=0, pri=30054, nrcpts=1, msgid=<199904010038.SAA45617@nospam.hiwaay.net>, relay=dkelly@localhost
Mar 31 18:38:21 nospam sendmail[45619]: SAA45617: to=dkelly@localhost, ctladdr=dkelly (928/928), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, relay=local, stat=Sent
nospam: {1003} mail
Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? for help.
"/var/mail/dkelly": 1 message 1 new
>N 1 dkelly Wed Mar 31 18:38 14/414 "testing"
& T
Message 1:
From dkelly Wed Mar 31 18:38:21 1999
Return-Path: <dkelly>
Received: (from dkelly@localhost)
by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) id SAA45617
for dkelly@localhost; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:38:20 -0600 (CST)
(envelope-from dkelly)
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:38:20 -0600 (CST)
From: David Kelly <dkelly>
Message-Id: <199904010038.SAA45617@nospam.hiwaay.net>
To: dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net
Subject: testing
Status: R
this is a test
& q
Held 1 message in /var/mail/dkelly
nospam: {1004}
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