topic Re: Sendmail relay in Operating System - HP-UX

Sendmail relay

SILO Storagetek — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:22:15 GMT

Hi everyone.
I've a problem with my sendmail: I've 50 hosts, and a relay, all systems with hp-ux 11.i running.
In host systems, I set DSrelay.mydomain.com, and DMmydomain.com

Everything worsk fine, but my relay send everything to a system outside the firewall, because it's the only MX found with nslookup.
Now, I need to forward the internal mail (name@mydomain.com) to another relay, relay2.
I've tryed to set Dj.wmydomain.con and DHrelay2.. but doesn't works.. it seems thad DS override the DH...
any suggest?

p.m.

Re: Sendmail relay

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:27:42 GMT

The problem is probably on the relay server. Its probably not properly routing internal mail.

Try this diagnostic trick to check whats going on with mail.

sendmail -v -d8.99 -d38.99 someone@aol.com

Type some text like this.

type a dot(period)

.

You should see the pass off to the DS server.

do the same thing with a local address.

If you see a pass off to the DS server, the DS server needs instructions on what to do with internal mail.

SEP

Re: Sendmail relay

Bernhard Mueller — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:28:55 GMT

Hi,

file this as /etc/mail/mailertable and run as you are told

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# Usage:
# makemap dbm /etc/mail/mailertable < /etc/mail/mailertable

# send local mail to local relay
wmydomain.com smtp:[ip-of-internal-relay]

---------------------

Regards,
Bernhard

Re: Sendmail relay

SILO Storagetek — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:53:41 GMT

ok, thanks.. now it works!

Re: Sendmail relay

Bernhard Mueller — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 12:13:08 GMT

So you created the mailertable ok?
did you restart sendmail?

Regards,
Bernhard

Re: Sendmail relay

W.C. Epperson — Wed, 16 Jul 2003 19:13:27 GMT

Bernhard's solution is also the one we settled on. So now that it works, why not give him his due?