Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 17:57:51 -0600 From: "Raja Velu" <raja@micronetusa.com> To: "'Marco Radzinschi'" <marco@radzinschi.com>, <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com>, <drs@suntreeaz.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD sendmail server and POP clients Message-ID: <000101c17868$7e74cbc0$1b00a8c0@micronet> In-Reply-To: <20011128175241.E97804-100000@mail.radzinschi.com>
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Thanks to Don, Anthony and Marco, I have resolved this problem now. Here's what I did: 1. Added the mail server's 'hostname' in the /etc/mail/local-host-names file. 2. Added the subnetwork address of the machine from where I was sending the email (192.168.0) in the /etc/mail/relay-domains file. Adding the domain in this file did not work as the specific error seemed to be "IP name lookup failed" - which I got to know when I used Outlook Express!!! Thanks again. Raja -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Marco Radzinschi Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 5:00 PM To: Raja Velu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD sendmail server and POP clients First, make sure sendmail is actually enabled in your system by checking that the following line is in your /etc/rc.conf file. It will start upon reboot. sendmail_enable="YES" The reason I am suggesting something so simple is that Pine does NOT need sendmail enabled to send email; it calls it directly. As such, even though you can send e-mail from Pine, sendmail may very well not be running. Next, make sure the "SMTP server" value in outlook (in the configuration somwhere) actually points to your mail server. :-) Finally, read the following document to enable relaying from your subnet. In particular, read the section entitled "The Access Database" carefully. http://www.sendmail.org/tips/relaying.html That's all I can think of for now. Marco Radzinschi E-Mail: marco@radzinschi.com AOL IM: CrackedBoy Running FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE i386 5:52PM up 17 days, 2:21, 1 user, load averages: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00 On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Raja Velu wrote: > > Hi, > > I am using a FreeBSD box as a 'test' mail server (running sendmail) and have > setup a POP server for clients like MS Outlook to download mail from the > server. The POP clients are all able to receive emails arriving at the > server. However, all the outgoing mails from the POP clients seem to be > bouncing back with the message: > > No transport provider was available for delivery to this recipient. > > The same Outlook client with similar configuration works fine with my > regular externally hosted mail server. So, I am trying to figure out what I > have goofed up in my mail/POP server configuration. If anybody has any > clues, pl let me know. > > I am able to send out emails directly from the server, using 'pine' and such > utilities. > > TIA. > > Rgds, > Raja > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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