Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 13:04:23 -0600 (CST) From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail not working Message-ID: <201301081904.r08J4Nd1025687@mail.r-bonomi.com> In-Reply-To: <50EC52D0.9020505@rcn.com>
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> From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jan 8 11:12:57 2013
> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:09:36 -0500
> From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
> To: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>
> Subject: Re: sendmail not working
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>
> On 1/8/2013 9:18 AM, Robert Bonomi wrote:
>
> >>>> I have compiled sendmail following the instructions in the
> >>>> cyrus-sasl port. Sendmail starts, but no mail is processed
> >>>> either way. /var/log/maillog has this:
> >>>
> >>> No clue, except the first message might be saying it's not going to
> >>> honor anything from .forward because it's in a group writable
> >>> directory which would be considered a security issue. Try making
> >>> /home/huff group read only?
> >>
> >> Done. Restarted sendmail (all parts). Still no mail processed.
>
> > WHAT HAPPENS when you 'telnet' to your mailserver port(s) and try
> > doing smtp transaction(s) manually?
>
> I don't get the SMTP prompt.
"Insufficient data"
a) does telnet say "connected"?
b) if yes, how long did you wait for the banner?
(if there's a DNS problem, it can be 90 seconds befre the banner line)
For testing, consider running sendmail in -foreground (not as a daemon) with
the debug level turned up.
> > WHAT HAPPENS when you -try- to send an email _out_?
> > Do you get an error email?
>
> No.
>
> > Does it show in the outbound mail queue?
> > (if it's in the queue, look at the qf* file, to see why it is
> > deferred.)
>
> In /var/spool/mqueue:
>
> V8 T1357573913 K1357659459 N175 P15690892 I0/111/1420867 Mreply: read
> error from local Fws
> $_localhost [127.0.0.1]
> $rESMTP
> $sjerusalem.litteratus.org
> ${daemon_flags}
> ${if_addr}127.0.0.1
> S<huff@jerusalem.litteratus.org> A<> MDeferred: Connection reset by local
> rRFC822; huff@jerusalem.litteratus.org
> RPFD:<huff@jerusalem.litteratus.org> H?P?Return-Path: <A g> H??Received:
> from jerusalem.litteratus.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
> by jerusalem.litteratus.org (8.14.6/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r07FoGPd052948
> for <huff@jerusalem.litteratus.org>; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:51:53 -0500
> (EST)
> (envelope-from huff@jerusalem.litteratus.org)
> H?x?Full-Name: Robert Huff H??Received: (from root@localhost) by
> jerusalem.litteratus.org (8.14.6/8.14.6/Submit) id r07FoGrl052947 for
> huff; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:50:16 -0500 (EST)
> (envelope-from huff)
> H??Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:50:16 -0500 (EST) H??From: Robert Huff
> <huff@jerusalem.litteratus.org> H??Message-Id:
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> H??X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on
> jerusalem.litteratus.org
>
> > 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
Supposedly you fixed the above problem. But sendmail disagrees. <wry grin>
check permissions on / /home and /home/huff if any are symlinks,
check the 'pointed-to' directory as well.
> 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=<huff@localhost>, 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
ok, it's been trying to deliver for nearly three days. with local delivery
(program mail.local) failing.
mail.local can fail for a number of reasons that shouldn't happen.
check permissions on the mailbox directory also owner/permissions on the
mailbox, for starters. maildir quota set??
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