From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 10 19:45:31 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B391DF26 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:45:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65B9761D for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:45:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mr17.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.37]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 10 Jan 2013 14:45:30 -0500 Received: from smtp04.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp04.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.104]) by mr17.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 4.3.4-GA) with ESMTP id BWL94058; Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:45:30 -0500 X-Auth-ID: roberthuff Received: from 209-6-84-183.c3-0.smr-ubr2.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO [10.0.0.34]) ([209.6.84.183]) by smtp04.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 10 Jan 2013 14:45:29 -0500 Message-ID: <50EC9803.5030601@rcn.com> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:04:51 -0500 From: Robert Huff User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Robert Huff , Robert Bonomi Subject: Re: sendmail not working References: <201301081904.r08J4Nd1025687@mail.r-bonomi.com> In-Reply-To: <201301081904.r08J4Nd1025687@mail.r-bonomi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr17.lnh.mail.rcn.net) 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: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:45:31 -0000 On 1/8/2013 2:04 PM, Robert Bonomi 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. > > "Insufficient data" > a) does telnet say "connected"? Yes. > 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) Good catch - yes sendmail does seem to be hooked to port 25. >> 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. > check permissions on / /home and /home/huff Exactly. I fixed the file permissions, but not those on /home/huff. Permissions are now 755. >> 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 > > 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. /var/mail is owned by root:mail with permissions 775 /var/spool/mqueue is owned by root:daemon with permissions 755 > maildir quota set?? No. Robert Huff