From owner-freebsd-net Tue Sep 15 07:30:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA17764 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Tue, 15 Sep 1998 07:30:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.ftf.dk (mail.ftf.dk [129.142.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA17747 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 1998 07:30:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk) Received: from mail.prosa.dk ([192.168.100.254]) by mail.ftf.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8/gw-ftf-1.0) with ESMTP id QAA22192; Tue, 15 Sep 1998 16:35:35 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk) Received: from deepo.prosa.dk (deepo.prosa.dk [192.168.100.10]) by mail.prosa.dk (8.8.8/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) with ESMTP id QAA24365; Tue, 15 Sep 1998 16:43:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by deepo.prosa.dk (8.8.8/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) id QAA01930; Tue, 15 Sep 1998 16:34:32 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19980915163432.06431@deepo.prosa.dk> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 16:34:32 +0200 From: Philippe Regnauld To: Graeme Brown Cc: "FreeBSD-Net (FreeBSD.Org) List" Subject: Re: Sending email from FreeBSD References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from Graeme Brown on Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 02:45:21PM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386 Phone: +45 3336 4148 Address: Ahlefeldtsgade 16, 1359 Copenhagen K, Denmark Organization: PROSA Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Graeme Brown writes: > > I have tried to send a test email to myself (graeme.brown@bt-sys.bt.co.uk) > which should be forwarded to my mail account on another system but it never > reaches the destination ! > > Can anyone elighten me as to what is wrong or what I need to check out ? 1) What do the maillogs say ? (tail -f /var/log/maillog is your friend) 2) What does sendmail in test mode say ? (try the following: % sendmail -bt ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked) Enter
> ... and enter "3,0 your@email.address". What's the output ? Try this from the host your are sending from. 3) What does "dig mx bt-sys.bt.co.uk" return on your machine ? We need more info to help you. -- -[ Philippe Regnauld / sysadmin / regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk / +55.4N +11.3E ]- The Internet is busy. Please try again later. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message