Ted Hilts wrote:
>
> I am having this problem on both Red Hat 6.0 and SuSE6.4.
>
> I orginally sent the help request to the CGI list but there have been no
> takers. Since I am having the same problem on Red HAT Linux I thought I
> would also try this list.
>
> Basically, when I use perl script as a CGI operation and evoke sendmail
> or if I just evoke "sendmail -t" from the command line, my ISP SMTP mail
> server figures out that the mail is coming from a machine on my private
> network (spcl.mspt.com) and declares an error resulting in returned
> mail. Same thing on 3 differen't machines all running Linux.
>
> I also tried changing the "from" address to a valid email address
> external to my private network ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). But the ISP
> SMTP mail server still knows that the email is coming from a machine on
> my private network.
>
> I can't understand why I would be having this kind of problem and no one
> knows about the problem. Attached is other correspondence, a typical
> error message, and the perl script used as well as what I did at the
> bash command line.
>
> Hope someone has a helpful suggestion.
>
> Bye-thanks_TED
>
> Bye-thanks_TED
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: [CGI] Resolve Problem????
> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 21:39:09 -0600
> From: Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Organization: MarketShare-PT
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Ted Hilts wrote:
> >
> > Ted Hilts wrote:
> > >
> > > I am forwarding to the cgi-list this sendmail problem I am having in a
> > > perl script running from apache /usr/local/httpd/cgi-bin on a SuSE6.4
> > > Linux OS.
> > >
> > > I extracted from several places in the perl script the code I thought
> > > was relevant just to this problem.
> > >
> > > Initially the $sender value was set to the local mail address with the
> > > same 553 error. At that time a friend suggested that since the local
> > > address was not resolvable by an external DNS that I should simply
> > > substitute some valid "from" address which I did, but as you can see I
> > > still get the same 553 error ("553 spcl.mspt.com does not exist"). This
> > > can't be an uncommon thing that I am trying to do as a CGI operation.
> > >
> > > The ISP DNS server still knows the mail is coming from the machine on my
> > > network called "spcl.mspt.com" for which it cannot find and IP address
> > > (at least that's what I think is happening) and I don't appear able to
> > > fool it otherwise.
> > >
> > > Can anyone help me to get this perl script so that it will run from
> > > cgi-bin under apache and somehow deal with this DNS problem (or whatever
> > > is the problem) so I can send mail from my private network out onto
> > > valid internet addresses. I know this is possible because I send and
> > > get internet mail using the Netscape browser. But this perl script
> > > problem is associated with CGI operation not Netscape operation. I need
> > > the operation to be automatic and the mail to be created automatically.
> > > The script I provided is just a test script.
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Bye-thanks_TED
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Subject: TED's WORK - Sendmail still not working
> > > Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 05:08:20 -0600
> > > From: Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Organization: MarketShare-PT
> > > To: James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > > Jim:
> > >
> > > Attached please find the error message resulting from the use of the
> > > perl script running in cgi-bin. It is apparently being sent by
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] for which the error "553 spcl.mspt.com does not
> > > exist" is still occuring.
> > >
> > > Attached find the extract from my prototype code for just the sendmail
> > > part. I think it is complete and should be located in cgi-bin.
> > >
> > > Bye-thanks_TED
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >From MAILER-DAEMON Thu Jul 13 04:48:05 2000
> > > Date: 13 Jul 2000 04:48:05 -0600
> > > From: Mail System Internal Data <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Subject: DON'T DELETE THIS MESSAGE -- FOLDER INTERNAL DATA
> > > X-IMAP: 0963485285 0000000000
> > > Status: RO
> > >
> > > This text is part of the internal format of your mail folder, and is not
> > > a real message. It is created automatically by the mail system software.
> > > If deleted, important folder data will be lost, and it will be re-created
> > > with the data reset to initial values.
> > >
> > > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jul 13 04:40:25 2000 -0600
> > > Status: R
> > > X-Status:
> > > X-Keywords:
> > > Return-Path: <MAILER-DAEMON>
> > > Received: from localhost (localhost)
> > > by spcl.mspt.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SuSE Linux 8.9.3-0.1) with internal id
>EAB25288;
> > > Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:40:25 -0600
> > > Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:40:25 -0600
> > > From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > MIME-Version: 1.0
> > > Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
> > > boundary="EAB25288.963484825/spcl.mspt.com"
> > > Subject: Postmaster notify: Data format error
> > > Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (postmaster-notification)
> > >
> > > This is a MIME-encapsulated message
> > >
> > > --EAB25288.963484825/spcl.mspt.com
> > >
> > > The original message was received at Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:40:24 -0600
> > > from wwwrun@localhost
> > >
> > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> > > ... while talking to mx01.telus.net.:
> > > >>> MAIL From:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=131
> > > <<< 553 spcl.mspt.com does not exist
> > > 501 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Data format error
> > >
> > > --EAB25288.963484825/spcl.mspt.com
> > > Content-Type: message/delivery-status
> > >
> > > Reporting-MTA: dns; spcl.mspt.com
> > > Arrival-Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:40:24 -0600
> > >
> > > Final-Recipient: RFC822; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Action: failed
> > > Status: 5.1.3
> > > Remote-MTA: DNS; mx01.telus.net
> > > Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 553 spcl.mspt.com does not exist
> > > Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:40:25 -0600
> > >
> > > --EAB25288.963484825/spcl.mspt.com
> > > Content-Type: text/rfc822-headers
> > >
> > > Return-Path: <wwwrun>
> > > Received: (from wwwrun@localhost)
> > > by spcl.mspt.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SuSE Linux 8.9.3-0.1) id EAA25286;
> > > Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:40:24 -0600
> > > Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:40:24 -0600
> > > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Notification of your Resume registration
> > >
> > > --EAB25288.963484825/spcl.mspt.com--
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > #!/usr/bin/perl
> > >
> > > use CGI;
> > >
> > > $query = new CGI;
> > >
> > > $mailprog = '/usr/sbin/sendmail';
> > > $recipient = "p-thilts\@telusplanet.net";
> > > $sender = "thilts\@help-for-you.com";
> > >
> > > ### defined above in the Variables test section $mailprog =
>'/usr/sbin/sendmail';
> > > ### defined above in the Variables test section $recipient =
>"p-thilts\@telusplanet.net";
> > > ### defined above in the Variables test section $sender =
>"thilts\@help-for-you.com\n";
> > > ### Netscape hangs if the internet connection is not up so will comment out
>until it works properly.
> > > open (MAIL, "|$mailprog -t") || die "Can't open $mailprog!\n";
> > > print MAIL "To: $recipient\n";
> > > print MAIL "From: $sender\n";
> > > print MAIL "Subject: Notification of your Resume registration\n\n";
> > > print MAIL "Message from perl script. Thank You for submitting you resume
>to the help-for-you database service.\n\n";
> > > close (MAIL);
> > > ###
> >
> > Yes, the network machine (spcl) is running through a firewall which is
> > the machine (market). (market) does port forwarding and acts as the
> > private network access point to the internet via dial up modem. Any
> > address not found on the local network then gets routed to (market) and
> > out onto the internet. For example I run Netscape on (spcl) in order to
> > get out on the internet via (market). But using a bash prompt on
> > (market) I tried on the command line "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t" and then
> > input "To: p-thilts@telusplanet" after pressing <ENTER> the next line
> > was "From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" after pressing <ENTER> the next line
> > was "Subject: some_text" after pressing <ENTER> the next line was "Some
> > kind of message" after pressing <ENTER> the next line was "." and after
> > pressing <ENTER> I got an immediate mail error message. So I read the
> > mail and got exactly the same kind of error message stuff as I did for
> > (spcl). As far as I know the command line stuff would be equivalent to
> > the perl script running in cgi-bin.
> >
> > So in my view this is not a perl script problem and maybe not even a CGI
> > problem but something to do with how sendmail behaves in a private
> > network. Like I said before, Netscape doesn't have a problem sending
> > and receiving mail. I realize they are two completely unrelated
> > packages. But how it is that Netscape can do this from a private
> > network and not sendmail. I know the ISP dynamically assigns an IP
> > address to Netscape and maybe that makes the local private network
> > resolvable to the ISP DNS machine. So is something like this required
> > for the perl script in cgi-bin to work????? This is over my head and
> > I've not read anything in the CGI books about it.
> >
> > Bye-thanks_TED
Altogether now, I have tried this sendmail thing on 3 different machines
all running differen't versions of Linux.
I tried it on Red Hat 6.0, SuSE6.4, and Slackware 4.0 and the behaviour
and error returned is always the same. Please read the attachements,
for details and hopefully someone can help.
Bye-thanks_TED
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