bokonon@prism.gatech.EDU (Chris Cheyney) (05/02/91)
I have a problem with the RS/6000 sendmail. I've configured it
properly so it realizes who it is and who the UUCP relay is, but
it passes the wrong machine name in the HELO message sent to the
remote SMTP.
The conversation goes a lot like this:
[RS/6000 talking to sendmail on ISC 2.2]
>>> HELO isc-box
<<< 553 Local configuration error, hostname not recognized as local
Another box, an NCR Tower, gives the same 553 message noting that
it refuses to talk to itself.
Internal mail on the RS/6000 works fine, and I can mail from the
ISC box into the 6000, but I can't get outbound mail to work.
Any help you can provide (like a copy of sendmail 5.61 or greater
that's non-IBM that will work on the box :-)) will be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
chris
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UUCP: {backbones}!emory!rsiatl!chris | - Boz Scaggsrickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) (05/03/91)
In article <27889@hydra.gatech.EDU> bokonon@prism.gatech.EDU (Chris Cheyney) writes: > >I have a problem with the RS/6000 sendmail. I've configured it >properly so it realizes who it is and who the UUCP relay is, but >it passes the wrong machine name in the HELO message sent to the >remote SMTP. > ><<< 553 Local configuration error, hostname not recognized as local Look at how $j is defined. It is usually defined on a line reading something like: Dj$w.$D or perhaps just Dj$w If properly configured, $j should be your fully qualified hostname. At the very least, it must be different from the value of $j on any host you talk to with SMTP. The '553 Local configuration error' message happens because, during the SMTP greeting phase (the HELO command), the value of $j on each host is compared. If both compare the same (possibly in a case-insensitive comparison) sendmail assumes it is talking to itself and exits with that error message. If changing $j doesn't correct the problem, then your sendmail really is talking to itself, and not properly recognizing some local addresses. >Any help you can provide (like a copy of sendmail 5.61 or greater >that's non-IBM that will work on the box :-)) will be greatly >appreciated. Paul Pomes has done a lot of work getting sendmail-5.65+IDA to run on many platforms including RS6000. You can ftp the package from uxc.cso.uiuc.edu. However the software is not your problem; the definition of $j or other configuration problems are what you need to fix. Running a different version of 'sendmail' with your current 'sendmail.cf' will likely see the same problem recur. -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science <rickert@cs.niu.edu> Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115 +1-815-753-6940
rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun) (05/06/91)
I too have been having trouble with sendmail. This is probably a general question, rather than an RS-6000 question, so I'm asking for pointers from any source (such as another newsgroup that I'm not familiar with). I want to set up my RS-6000 as our company's main e-mail relay. I have two external sites willing to talk to us using uucp. Internally I have a small network of systems talking SMTP (well, once I get it configured right). I want to be able to type "mail foo@host.domain" from any system on our network and have it figure out that the mail should go first to the RS-6000 and then out over one of the uucp links. The documentation I have from IBM and from SCO really doesn't say enough about how to set this (rather common) scenario up. Sendmail has been driving me buggy. Is there a simple-as-A-B-C configuration manual, with sample configuration files, available somewhere on the Internet? I'd also like to tie in cc:Mail. Has anyone out there accomplished this using Proteon's public-domain cc:Mail relay? -rich
jackv@turnkey.tcc.com (Jack F. Vogel) (05/07/91)
In article <7471@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun) writes: >I too have been having trouble with sendmail. This is probably a general >question, rather than an RS-6000 question, so I'm asking for pointers >from any source (such as another newsgroup that I'm not familiar with). The basic functionality of the 6000's sendmail is OK, I see no particular reason to go looking for new code. The problem you have is with getting sendmail.cf set up for your needs. Unfortunately, it is difficult to set up a configuration file generic enough to suit every type of setup, and the cf shipped with the product is really only suited to a purely networked (i.e., Internet) mail environment. BTW, the group you want to keep an eye on and ask questions to is: comp.mail.sendmail. >I want to set up my RS-6000 as our company's main e-mail relay. I have >two external sites willing to talk to us using uucp. Internally I have >a small network of systems talking SMTP (well, once I get it configured >right). I want to be able to type "mail foo@host.domain" from any >system on our network and have it figure out that the mail should go >first to the RS-6000 and then out over one of the uucp links. The configuration you want is to have sendmail distinguish 2 types of domain-style addresses: user@host.mydomain and user@host.notmydomain. The former could simply resolve to the smtp mailer, the later should all be sent to your 6000 as well as any .UUCP style mail. Then the 6000 could be configured to similarly to pass any nonlocal domain addresses on to a "smarthost" (say, uunet) via a uucp mailer. It's going to take a little study of the sendmail.cf and its language to understand how to do this, but I think with docs in hand and a printout of your cf file this shouldn't be too hard a job. >The documentation I have from IBM and from SCO really doesn't say enough >about how to set this (rather common) scenario up. Sendmail has been >driving me buggy. Is there a simple-as-A-B-C configuration manual, >with sample configuration files, available somewhere on the Internet? There was a message posted in comp.mail.sendmail a few days back saying there was a generic sendmail.cf available on host tut.cis.ohio-state.edu in the path pub/sendmail/Tut:sendmail.cf. I have not had time to ftp it and see how useful it really is. If you really need some sample rules for this kind of configuration perhaps you could harass your support contact and maybe an APAR or something could be the basis for some new sample rules being put into the shipped sendmail.cf. If you are really in a ditch over this, email me, and perhaps I could provide some sample stuff. However, be forewarned, I am really busy and can't guarantee a real quick response, sendmail is sort of a sideline with me, I spend most of my time with the 370 kernel! Disclaimer: Opinions are my own, not necessarily my employer's. -- Jack F. Vogel jackv@locus.com AIX370 Technical Support - or - Locus Computing Corp. jackv@turnkey.TCC.COM