Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:15:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Whalen <bri@sonicboom.org> To: Daniel Guetzkow <dguetzkow@yahoo.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: sendmail question Message-ID: <20010921151219.U24730-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com> In-Reply-To: <20010921164740.72717.qmail@web12806.mail.yahoo.com>
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sendmail.cw is not necessarily where to put domains you want to receive mail for. For me to get my server to receive mail for my domain, I had to get my domain into the /etc/mail/local-host-names file, and any hosts I want to be able to send need to be in /etc/mail/ relay-domains. Brian "Sonic" Whalen Success = Preparation + Opportunity On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Daniel Guetzkow wrote: > Thanks to Christian's fine help, I got the server online. > (see www.compassioncenter.org - we hope to help Pentagon attack family > survivors and others with bereavement support over the long term) > > New problem: > I installed FreeBSD 4.2 from disks and now have a sendmail problem. > I continue to get the following message from an outside mail client: > > <daniel@compassioncenter.org>: > 199.34.53.178 does not like recipient. > Remote host said: 550 5.7.1 <daniel@compassioncenter.org>... Relaying > denied Giving up on 199.34.53.178. > > The server thinks it is "compassion.joss.com" at 199.34.53.178 > I put a "Dcompassion.joss.com" record and > "DMcompassioncenter.org" record into /etc/mail/sendmail.cf > and "compassioncenter.org" into /etc/sendmail.cw and linked that file > to > /etc/mail/sendmail.cw and then rebooted. it is owned by root/wheel > and is -rw-r--r-- > > rc.conf says > sendmail_enable="YES" > sendmail_flags="-bd -q30m" > > sendmail seems to route mail inside of itself, from one local user to > another. I am getting Charlie root reports using the aliases file OK -- > it is routing those over to my outside mailbox. > > It is receiving mail from outside addressed to > daniel@compassion.joss.com. > > But it isn't masquerading correctly. > > and why doesn't it call itself "compassion.joss.com"? I thought the D > record did that? it called itself 199.34.53.178 > > > __________________________________________________ > Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? > Donate cash, emergency relief information > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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