Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:37:25 -0700 From: Annelise Anderson <impala87@sbcglobal.net> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fetchmail problem Message-ID: <49ECF925.4070501@sbcglobal.net> In-Reply-To: <8763gzdm5c.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <49EBF3AE.5020802@sbcglobal.net> <49EC1C44.6080507@a1poweruser.com> <49EC2060.1020001@sbcglobal.net> <200904201428.42779.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <49ECD6E1.4080900@sbcglobal.net> <8763gzdm5c.fsf@kobe.laptop>
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Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:11:13 -0700, Annelise Anderson <impala87@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >>Mel Flynn wrote: >> >>>On Monday 20 April 2009 09:12:32 Annelise Anderson wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Fbsd1 wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Annelise Anderson wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>I am trying to use fetchmail on FreeBSD but get the message: >>>>>> >>>>>>fetchmail: SMTP< 451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address >>>>>>owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org does not resolve >>> >>> >>>The question isn't whether you can resolve it, but whether your >>>mailserver can. Check your mail log for the smtp server. If the >>>mailserver is chrooted, check for $chrootdir/etc/resolv.conf. >> >>I don't know how to read sendmail.st, but the mailserver (sendmail) is >>not chrooted. >> >>In /var/log/messages I get this, but it doesn't seem to relate to >>anything in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: >> >>Apr 18 02:56:07 andrsn sm-mta[24419]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): >>/etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 1: unknown configuration line "7A >>" >>Apr 18 02:56:07 andrsn sm-mta[24419]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): >>/etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 2: invalid argument to V line: "E >>RSIONID(\001FreeBSD: s" > > > Hmmm, it looks like your `sendmail.cf' has been overwritten by an > unexpanded copy of `sendmail.mc'. What do you see with: > > % diff -u /etc/mail/freebsd.mc /etc/mail/sendmail.cf > > If this shows only a few lines of local changes, then you should keep a > backup copy of the current `/etc/mail/sendmail.cf' file and then try to > macro-expand it with the `/etc/mail/Makefile' machinery to generate a > real `sendmail.cf' file... Thanks--to all who helped--I think I've got it working now. Annelise
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