Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:04:51 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> Subject: Re: sendmail not working Message-ID: <50EC9803.5030601@rcn.com> In-Reply-To: <201301081904.r08J4Nd1025687@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <201301081904.r08J4Nd1025687@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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On 1/8/2013 2:04 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote: >> > WHAT HAPPENS when you 'telnet' to your mailserver port(s) and try >> > doing smtp transaction(s) manually? >> >> I don't get the SMTP prompt. > > "Insufficient data" > a) does telnet say "connected"? Yes. > b) if yes, how long did you wait for the banner? > (if there's a DNS problem, it can be 90 seconds befre the banner line) Good catch - yes sendmail does seem to be hooked to port 25. >> Jan 8 10:12:44 jerusalem sm-mta[28896]: r05KsfdB048780: forward >> /home/huff/.forward.jerusalem+: Group writable directory > > Supposedly you fixed the above problem. But sendmail disagrees. <wry grin> > check permissions on / /home and /home/huff Exactly. I fixed the file permissions, but not those on /home/huff. Permissions are now 755. >> Jan 8 10:12:44 jerusalem sm-mta[28896]: r05KsfdB048780: forward >> /home/huff/.forward+: Group writable directory >> Jan 8 10:12:44 jerusalem sm-mta[28896]: r05KsfdB048780: forward >> /home/huff/.forward.jerusalem: Group writable directory >> Jan 8 10:12:44 jerusalem sm-mta[28896]: r05KsfdB048780: forward >> /home/huff/.forward: Group writable directory >> Jan 8 10:12:44 jerusalem sm-mta[28896]: r05KsfdB048780: smtpquit: mailer >> local exited with exit value 1 Jan 8 10:12:44 jerusalem sm-mta[28896]: >> r05KsfdB048780: to=<huff@localhost>, delay=2+18:16:27, xdelay=00:00:00, >> mailer=local, pri=56791038, relay=local, dsn=4.4.2, stat=Deferred: >> Connection reset by local > > ok, it's been trying to deliver for nearly three days. with local delivery > (program mail.local) failing. > > mail.local can fail for a number of reasons that shouldn't happen. > check permissions on the mailbox directory also owner/permissions on the > mailbox, for starters. /var/mail is owned by root:mail with permissions 775 /var/spool/mqueue is owned by root:daemon with permissions 755 > maildir quota set?? No. Robert Huff
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