From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 10 1:59: 7 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C404D37B401 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 01:59:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07B1243ED8 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 01:59:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0A9wsVg020452 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 09:58:54 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h0A9wnhF020451 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 09:58:49 GMT Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 09:58:49 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mail problems Message-ID: <20030110095849.GA19953@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20030110014538.71102.qmail@web20107.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030110014538.71102.qmail@web20107.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_05_08, USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 05:45:38PM -0800, Bsd Neophyte wrote: > > i've setup my webramp700s to send logs to my freebsd machine daily. > > however, it says that it cannot send the mail. > > i really don't know much about sendmail, but these two processes are > running: > > root 85 0.0 0.3 2884 1592 ?? Ss 22Oct02 9:05.25 sendmail: > accepting connections (sendmail) > smmsp 88 0.0 0.3 2788 1484 ?? Is 22Oct02 0:13.08 sendmail: > Queue runner@00:30:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue (sendmail) That looks fine to me. > i'm assuming this will allow for the receipt of email. is there more that > needs to be done? Sometimes you may need to edit /etc/mail/local-host-names to include a list (one per line) of all the addresses (ie. everything after the '@') that your server should do local delivery for. Usually this is only necessary if your mail server deals with the e-mail for a whole network of machines, or if you use an e-mail address that doesn't coincide exactly with the hostname of your server -- -eg. I use infracaninophile.co.uk but my mail server is called smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk What exactly is the error message that sendmail logs to /var/log/maillog for your failing messages? sendmail(8) is usually pretty good at indicating exactly what's wrong although it does so in language that can be confusing to the uninitiated. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message