From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 8 18:27:48 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A66EF5A for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2013 18:27:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from nk11p00mm-asmtp001.mac.com (nk11p00mm-asmtp001.mac.com [17.158.161.0]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67E25248 for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2013 18:27:48 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.209.4.71]) by nk11p00mm-asmtp001.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-26.01(7.0.4.26.0) 64bit (built Jul 13 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0MGB00JCKHS2A650@nk11p00mm-asmtp001.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:26:26 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.9.8327,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2013-01-08_06:2013-01-08,2013-01-08,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1203120001 definitions=main-1301080136 Subject: Re: sendmail not working From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: <50EC52D0.9020505@rcn.com> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:26:25 -0800 Message-id: <85230C2D-F6DE-4647-B080-D4A9F5E2A02B@mac.com> References: <201301081418.r08EIGS2022423@mail.r-bonomi.com> <50EC52D0.9020505@rcn.com> To: Robert Huff X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) Cc: FreeBSD - X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:27:48 -0000 On Jan 8, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Robert Huff wrote: >> WHAT HAPPENS when you 'telnet' to your mailserver port(s) and try >> doing smtp transaction(s) manually? > > I don't get the SMTP prompt. OK, so sendmail either isn't starting, isn't binding to port 25, or some sort of network/firewall issue is blocking the connection. You should see a log entry like: sendmail[XXXX]: starting daemon (8.14.6): SMTP+queueing@01:00:00 ...and netstat -an | grep 25 (or similar with lsof) should find a LISTENing process on the port. >> What do the sendmail log messages say? > > Jan 8 10:12:44 jerusalem sm-mta[28896]: r05KsfdB048780: forward /home/huff/.forward.jerusalem+: Group writable directory > Jan 8 10:12:44 jerusalem sm-mta[28896]: r05KsfdB048780: forward /home/huff/.forward+: Group writable directory > Jan 8 10:12:44 jerusalem sm-mta[28896]: r05KsfdB048780: forward /home/huff/.forward.jerusalem: Group writable directory > Jan 8 10:12:44 jerusalem sm-mta[28896]: r05KsfdB048780: forward /home/huff/.forward: Group writable directory > Jan 8 10:12:44 jerusalem sm-mta[28896]: r05KsfdB048780: smtpquit: mailer local exited with exit value 1 > Jan 8 10:12:44 jerusalem sm-mta[28896]: r05KsfdB048780: to=, delay=2+18:16:27, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=56791038, relay=local, dsn=4.4.2, stat=Deferred: Connection reset by local You either need to fix the permissions by running something like: chmod go-w / /home /home/huff /etc /etc/mail ...or you can add something like the following to your sendmail.cf: O DontBlameSendmail=ForwardFileInGroupWritableDirPath Regards, -- -Chuck