Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 12:06:45 +0000 From: David Banning <sky_tracker@yahoo.com> To: User Ipt Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> Cc: David Banning <david@banning.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail - masquerading user name Message-ID: <20010510120645.A3366@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200105101545.LAA00979@scarlet.my.domain>; from ipthomas_77@yahoo.com on Thu, May 10, 2001 at 11:45:35AM -0400 References: <20010510005356.C526@yahoo.com> <200105101545.LAA00979@scarlet.my.domain>
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OK Here it is. What the relay is I do not know. Now you have my interest perked. Let me know what the problem is when you've got it. bash-2.03$ mail -v david@banning.com Subject: test test message EOT david@banning.com... Connecting to smtp.mail.yahoo.com via relay... 220 smtp014.mail.yahoo.com ESMTP >>> EHLO d.tracker 250-smtp014.mail.yahoo.com 250-PIPELINING 250 8BITMIME >>> MAIL From:<sky_tracker@yahoo.com> 250 ok >>> RCPT To:<david@banning.com> 250 ok >>> DATA 354 go ahead >>> . 250 ok 989510681 qp 88007 david@banning.com... Sent (ok 989510681 qp 88007) Closing connection to smtp.mail.yahoo.com >>> QUIT 221 smtp014.mail.yahoo.com bash-2.03$ On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 11:45:35AM -0400, User Ipt Ian Patrick Thomas wrote: > I checked and I do have POP pickup and forwarding to another address > checked as an option. Here is my .mc file that I can't get to send mail. > > OSTYPE(bsd4.4)dnl > define(`SMART_HOST', `smtp:smtp.mail.yahoo.com')dnl > FEATURE(`masquerade_envelope')dnl > FEATURE(`local_procmail', `/usr/local/bin/procmail')dnl > FEATURE(`genericstable', `hash /etc/mail/genericstable')dnl > GENERICS_DOMAIN_FILE(`/etc/mail/genericsdomain')dnl > FEATURE(`nouucp') > MASQUERADE_AS(`yahoo.com')dnl > MAILER(local)dnl > MAILER(smtp)dnl > > Here is what I get when I run mail with the -v flag. > > ipthomas_77@yahoo.com... Connecting to smtp.mail.yahoo.com via smtp... > ipthomas_77@yahoo.com... Deferred: No route to host > > I noticed you don't specify smtp for your smart host so I dropped my > entry for it and re ran the test. > > ipthomas_77@yahoo.com... Connecting to smtp.mail.yahoo.com via relay... > ipthomas_77@yahoo.com... Deferred: No route to host > > I've also tried this with and without the GENERICS_DOMAIN_FILE. I'm > beginning to think that yahoo has it in for me. If you could run this and > send me the output. > > mail -v [who you want to send the message to] > Subject: [you can put test here] > [write what you want here] > enter one `.' here to end the message and send it > > mail will give you some info on what happens next. Copy that and mail it > to me. > > Thanks > Ian > > As told by, David Banning > > On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:19:06PM -0400, User Ipt Ian Patrick Thomas wrote: > > > Ok, what's the trick. I have tried the following with no luck. > > > > > > telnet mail.yahoo.com smtp > > > telnet smtp.mail.yahoo.com smtp > > > telnet smtp.yahoo.com smtp > > > > I have never tried to telnet my mail server, and when I try > > to I get the same response you do. > > > > I just use smtp.mail.yahoo.com in my mc file like I showed you, > > and away it goes. For pop > > I use pop.mail.yahoo.com > > > > > What are you using for your smtp > > > relay? > > I believe that is done by yahoo. > > > > > In my mailbox, the only option I found is for POP pickup and > > > forwarding to another address. I do POP pickup now. I don't have an FQDN so > > > I couldn't have my mail forwarded directly to my box. When I do the same > > > telnet using smtp.earthlink.net smtp, I get a response. It looks like for > > > > I am no expert, but it seems to me that a mail server does not have > > to be configured for telnet. Other than for testing, what do you > > telnet the mail server for? > > > > You are sure you configured your yahoo address for smtp send? > > See www.yahoo.com, click on check mail, sign in, click options, > > then click POP Access and Forwarding > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > -- > Have blue screens given you the blues, go to www.freebsd.org for the cure. > -- The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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