From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 11 04:38:39 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D397816A400 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:38:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bornboulder77@yahoo.com) Received: from n8a.bullet.mail.re3.yahoo.com (n8a.bullet.mail.re3.yahoo.com [68.142.236.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6C1DF13C45E for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:38:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bornboulder77@yahoo.com) Received: from [68.142.237.87] by n8.bullet.re3.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Jun 2007 04:26:00 -0000 Received: from [66.196.101.131] by t3.bullet.re3.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Jun 2007 04:26:00 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by rrr2.mail.re1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Jun 2007 04:26:00 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-5 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 39087.10323.bm@rrr2.mail.re1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 78201 invoked by uid 60001); 11 Jun 2007 04:25:54 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=NGC4MvaBcZ1JjYj1S579uQvGgOfp2vxKsfbQrlafdk4xTlN4NZTZRVqKIswmOluVrH/DIcqHfg++WbPXo/ADEANOajC6DlLznwFwZeoAz6cUv08OLMhpjYfHnEifsJvfpBXXDNs3XZrRf38Wv9C7XC5++5raRqr9Xl8VqD4PCng=; X-YMail-OSG: DM8XcacVM1mN6ThjFlQxIKTu5hBLaXJndtjvbZ3yHMXjaLYY1bCa7VIoBc1MOnDB1TjHZnn8H2FmVFAVhN28eKZc.ztKkDdBpqBZxDcqw9paMX26d5GUBg-- Received: from [76.211.254.121] by web57505.mail.re1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:25:54 PDT Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:25:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Bjorn Boulder To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <144363.77113.qm@web57505.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Cc: bornboulder77@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [FreeBSD][Newb] How I use sendmail to send mail? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:38:39 -0000 Doug, Mats Your advice is on the money; thanks. I see this: Jun 10 05:43:40 jake sendmail[15068]: l5AAhekD015068: to=bornboulder77@yahoo.com, ctladdr=oracle (1004/1005), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30062, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1] Your tip along with that given by Mats suggests that I need to learn about /etc/mail/sendmail.cf It appears that the box cannot send mail to itself: Jun 10 03:05:44 jake sendmail[14546]: l5A84ObZ014546: to=postmaster, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=154501, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1] Jun 10 03:05:44 jake sendmail[14546]: l5485I55093939: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=6+00:00:26, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=691450, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1] Jun 10 03:05:44 jake sendmail[14546]: l5485I55093939: l5A84Oba014546: sender notify: Cannot send message for 5 days Jun 10 03:05:44 jake sendmail[14546]: l5A84Oba014546: to=root, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=152806, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1] Currently, my main assumption is that /etc/mail/sendmail.cf is the primary administrative interface for e-mail. I'll nose around via google. -b ____________________________________________________________________________________ No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail