From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 03:36:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 101C11065675 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:36:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jon@seaholm.caamora.com.au) Received: from seaholm.caamora.com.au (seaholm.caamora.com.au [203.7.226.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 505A48FC0C for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:36:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jon@seaholm.caamora.com.au) Received: (from jon@localhost) by seaholm.caamora.com.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) id m5D3Ggq22052; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:16:42 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <20080613131641.18728@caamora.com.au> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:16:42 +1000 From: jonathan michaels To: Derek Ragona References: <20080611213645.07247@caamora.com.au> <6.0.0.22.2.20080611123741.0341e498@mail.computinginnovations.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20080611123741.0341e498@mail.computinginnovations.com>; from Derek Ragona on Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 12:43:42PM -0500 Organisation: Caamora, PO Box 144, Rosebery NSW 1445 Australia Cc: freebsd questions Subject: Re: sendmail: stat=Deferred: Can't assign requested address X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:36:38 -0000 greetings, derek, much appreciated the prompt reply On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 12:43:42PM -0500, Derek Ragona wrote: > At 06:36 AM 6/11/2008, jonathan michaels wrote: bit of history trimed for brevity > >in teh freebsd.mc/sendmail.mc and a 'make install' to cover all > >bases. > > > >i treied to restart teh mailqueue ... no luck .. grrr > > > > and then an entry into the mailertable > > > >. esmpt:mail.caamora.com.au > > > >again did the make whatever thingie and ... tried to post, > >again this defered post business .. can't asign .. > > > >there is something going on here that i donot understand .. > >some enlightenment would be appreciated, please. > > > >the few bits i found in yahoosearch engine, google resfuses me > >access still but yahoo i can use. i looked uo the error message > >and turned up this one endrt refereing to teh linux incedent, i > >have a copy of bat book ed 1 it just says it exists, same for > >smart_host mail_hub macros. > > > >is there some way to fix this short of upgrading and mvoing to > >postfix ?? i don't have teh needed stuff to do that just yet > >(me and hardware issues) > > > >it looks like i've missed somethings but i don't know enough > >about freebsd v6.x to know even where to start to look for this > >one .. aside from this i have another v6.2 host that also was > >doing the same thing but after i copied a working set of > >sendmail configs and restarted sendmail it work properly except > >teh it dosent forward the "charlie root" mail from teh > >maintenece events (at 2 am. 3 am and 4 am from teh /etc/cron > >events) the mail itesm just sit in teh /var/mail/root folder > > > >it has taken me just under 6 mnths to get this far, i've come > >to teh end of my rope and am seriously thinking of going back > >to freebsd v2.2.5 .. > > > >regards/appreciations/much graciousnessess > > > >jonathan > > You need to have in /etc/mail/mailertable: > .caamora.com.au esmpt:mail.caamora.com.au > and rebuild mailertable.db should not the "esmpt:" rather be "esmtp:" most of teh literature that i have read recently says it the esmtp way .. i live with dsylexia amongst other neurological disabilities and need to double/triple/add a few more time to check things before i am confident of success (not failing) based on 'spelling' alone. > In /etc/mail/domaintable: > mail.caamora.com.au > and rebuild domaintable.db i used to run a uucp mail service for several clients back in teh fidonet days (internet to fidonet gateway) and this made sence then, now i fali to understand the need .. i just do not know and would appreciate a bit of an explanation please .. mail.caamora.com.au is an alias (in the dns file and /etc/hosts) for the machine seaholm.caamora.com.au which is the primary mailserver for the domain .caamora.com.au ... is not tthe domaintable used to remap an old domain to a new domain name after some soprt of a change or to use names in 'rule 3' mappings .. if i have missunderstood my readings i apoloise, i am new to sendmail fiddlings, i set it up ten years ago and it worked i now have to relearn who and why .. my disabilities have gotten a bit worse because of teh medicines i need to take and this makes learning a bit on teh harder side .. but not impossible > in /etc/mail/local-host-names: > caamora.com.au check, it was done long time ago > and double check your MX record and /etc/hosts i looked at my dns files and found a small disaprity from a name change about 2 years ago, i made teh change in teh main file but forgot to carry it into teh reverse lookup file, grrrr. as for the MX records they have been much teh same for about 15 years, i like long term stability makes for peace of mind , the down side is that when things go wrong like this, it is a nightmare to recall what, how did/done way back when the system was built/changed last .. makes for lots of work sometimes. > Once that is all done, execute: > /etc/rc.sendmail stop > wait until all instances die then: > /etc/rc.sendmail start ok .. did teh checks, made teh changes, even the domaintable, though i don;t understand how it works, the only thing i don't do as you wrote was teh esmpt .. i used teh more popular esmtp ?? apart from fixing teh esmtp mistype i did it all and checked teh mx host my dns setup and still its dead in teh water, still defering all mail out from this box. might it have some thing to do with this line in teh sendmail config line it is commented out ?? the one reference that i found on teh world wide internet made some sort of reference to this being the cause in the linux machine that had a similar issue back in 2003 ??? # SMTP client options #O ClientPortOptions=Family=inet, Address=0.0.0.0 what would happen if i uncommented this line in teh sendmail.cf file ? also, what use are teh sendmail config files that are named /etc/mail/host,name.cf when i forst installed freebsd in this machine it built these files and since then nothing has touched the two files .. what are they for what do they do in teh sendmail hiearchay ??? please ? this is a really confusing situation, i've got nowhere else to go for informations much appreciations for teh help. kind regards jonathan -- ================================================================ powered by .. 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