Just to throw my $.02 in, Do you have the following in your sendmail.mc:
dnl # DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=0.0.0.0, Name=MTA')dnl Palmetto Shopper http://www.palmettoshopper.com Serving all of South Carolina and beyond! Palmetto Politics http://www.palmettoshopper.com/politics/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cowles, Steve > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 6:48 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Sendmail not able to send to external addresses. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> In the following order... > >> > >> 1) type: telnet 4clevands.com 25 > >> This should verify that a firewall is not blocking > attempts from the > >> server your on. If you get a 220 response, then type: quit. > > I get: > > Trying 69.57.150.26... > > And it just sits there. > > That's not good! > > 1) Are you sure there is not a firewall blocking your > outbound connections? > > 2) Are you sure this system is not starting a firewall script > of somekind? > > 3) Can you telnet to other MTA's on the internet? > > > > >> 2) type: sendmail -bt -d0.1 </dev/null > >> Look for the canonical name. Can this name be looked up in > DNS? both > >> forward and reverse? > > I get this: > > [snip] > > > ============ SYSTEM IDENTITY (after readcf) ============ > > (short domain name) $w = winlit > > (canonical domain name) $j = winlit.org > > (subdomain name) $m = org > > (node name) $k = mystique.winnefox.org > > ======================================================== > > > Now, the machine name is mystique. One of the domains I > have hosted on > > that machine is winlit.org. Shouldn't the canonical domain > name have > > something to do with mystique? > > The machine name (as you call it) can be one name. How > sendmail announces itself can be another. That will be the > canonical name. In addition to the telnet problems you are > having above, you need to fix the above canonical name > problem with sendmail. Based on the above output, it looks > like you have improperly configured your systems > hostname/domainname and possibly resolver libs. Unless > overridden in the sendmail.mc file, sendmail will derive the > above at startup. > > Using your comments to date, the above sendmail output should > look something > like: > ============ SYSTEM IDENTITY (after readcf) ============ > (short domain name) $w = mystique > (canonical domain name) $j = mystique.winlit.org > (subdomain name) $m = winlit.org > (node name) $k = mystique > ======================================================== > > > Also, I don't have mystique.winnefox.org > > registered with dns, should it be? > > If your going to be sending e-mail with this system, you > should register its canonical name. > > > > >> 3) You did not answer my question from my other post. Are > we working > >> on the same problem? The logfile entry you posted is over > a day old. > >> Whats the output of "mailq" > > > > Yeah, same problem. I must have just grabbed one that had > been trying > > for a while. Here's output from the bottom of mailq: > > Are there any e-mails that can be delivered using this system > -or- are all of them being queued because of connection timeout? > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
