Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 10:28:12 -0500 From: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: "Kathy Quinlan" <katinka@magestower.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Send Mail problems. Message-ID: <006101c20ca5$9d74a640$94ec910c@daleco> References: <EGEAIMMIBHIBOPAMFLLBEEDODFAA.katinka@magestower.com>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Quinlan" <katinka@magestower.com>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 4:40 AM
Subject: Send Mail problems.
> Hi all,
>
> I am getting 3 errors with sendmail :
> Jun 5 17:10:33 students sendmail[95]: g53J1RP00778: SYSERR(root):
> kps.dnsalias.org. config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?)
> Jun 5 17:10:33 students sendmail[95]: g559AXE00095: Losing
> ./qfg559AXE00095: savemail panic
> Jun 5 17:10:33 students sendmail[95]: g559AXE00095: SYSERR(root):
savemail:
> cannot save rejected email anywhere
>
> I can resolve my host and IP address fine using NSLOOKUP :
>
> students# nslookup students.kps.dnsalias.org
> Server: students.kps.dnsalias.org
> Address: 192.168.20.10
>
> Any ideas ??
>
> Regards,
>
> Kat.
Hi!
The first one ("mail loops back to me") is a common Sendmail
error. Go to www.sendmail.org, read the FAQ, adjust.....should
fix it O.K. I'm not sure whether fixing that issue will solve the others
also. You might check permissions and answer "who is Sendmail
running as?"---the daemon should be run as root or at least suid,
I believe.
Also, the DNS issue may be a tough one for you. 192.168
is the private netblock, so unless you're only going to be using
Sendmail for mail on your LAN, you're going to have to configure
it to use an externally available IP or else have the LAN administrator
cooperate in setting up mail. What I see from outside is this....
kadmin@archangel-->host dnsalias.org
dnsalias.org has address 66.37.215.53
dnsalias.org mail is handled (pri=50) by mail2.dyndns.org
dnsalias.org mail is handled (pri=20) by mail.dyndns.org
kadmin@archangel-->host kps.dnsalias.org
kps.dnsalias.org has address 61.9.173.124
kadmin@archangel-->host students.kps.dnsalias.org
students.kps.dnsalias.org is a nickname for kps.dnsalias.org
kps.dnsalias.org has address 61.9.173.124
kadmin@archangel-->host 61.9.173.124
124.173.9.61.IN-ADDR.ARPA domain name pointer
CPE-61-9-173-124.vic.bigpond.net.au
kadmin@archangel-->host -t 'mx' kps.dnsalias.org
kadmin@archangel-->
Note the last....so, at least on the surface it appears that:
1. You're using the wrong ip, or need to be using NAT, which you don't
mention....
2. You don't have an 'mx' entry for your host....
3. Your reverse DNS is handled by your ISP and will be unresolvable to the
rest of us....
However, there are ways around this. Keep reading and adjusting...
I have operable hosts on internal nets that are doing fine for most
purposes with Sendmail...proper configuration took a little while
the first time I did it, but it's gotten a bit easier now.
G'luck, Kevin Kinsey
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