topic Re: Sendmail configuration - not able to send email in Operating System - HP-UX

Sendmail configuration - not able to send email

masthan_1 — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:42:20 GMT

Dear friends,

I have configured sendmail in my hpux 11.31 server but i am not able to send any email. need your expert help on this.

I believe i correctly configured this. Below is the error i am receiving while sending email.

h19sys1 #swlist -l product | grep -i sendmail
Sendmail C.8.13.3.5 Mail Transfer Protocol daemons and utilities

there is only two entries in sendmail.cw file as below

localhost

h19sys1 ----> this is server's host name.

I have modified the DS value. and put for Dj as "mailhost" -- this is the same alias i have put in /etc/hosts file against the IP of my relay server.

I am sending mail like below format:

h19sys1 #mailx -s "Test Message" kmydheen.c@stc.com.sa < /dev/null
Null message body; hope that's ok

the error "unable to qualify my own domain name should be a completed one?....

no DNS in my setup of HPUX.

DW<myrelayserver>

#Dj$w.Foo.COM
Dj$w.mailhost

Jun 20 22:11:32 h19sys1 sendmail[1539]: unable to qualify my own domain name (h19sys1) -- using short name
Jun 20 22:11:32 h19sys1 sendmail[1539]: be sure to set domain name in Dj macro in sendmail.cf
Jun 20 22:11:32 h19sys1 sendmail[1539]: alias database /etc/mail/aliases rebuilt by kathar
Jun 20 22:11:32 h19sys1 sendmail[1539]: /etc/mail/aliases: 7 aliases, longest 9 bytes, 88 bytes total
Jun 20 22:11:32 h19sys1 /sbin/init.d/sendmail[1521]: /etc/mail/aliases: 7 aliases, longest 9 bytes, 88 bytes total
Jun 20 22:11:32 h19sys1 sm-mta[1541]: unable to qualify my own domain name (h19sys1) -- using short name
Jun 20 22:11:32 h19sys1 sm-mta[1541]: be sure to set domain name in Dj macro in sendmail.cf
Jun 20 22:11:32 h19sys1 sm-mta[1542]: starting daemon (@(#)Sendmail version 8.13.3 - Revision 1.004:: HP-UX11.31 - 03rd February,2010): SMTP+queueing@00:30:00
Jun 20 22:11:32 h19sys1 /sbin/init.d/sendmail[1521]: /etc/mail/submit.cf is missing
Jun 20 22:11:32 h19sys1 /sbin/init.d/sendmail[1521]: Sendmail client not started
Jun 20 22:11:32 h19sys1 sm-mta[1543]: q5KIgQqK001051: to=ainms@xyz.com, delay=00:29:06, mailer=relay, pri=210134, relay=172.20.69.194, dsn=4.4.3, stat=Transient parse error -- message queued for future delivery
Jun 20 22:11:32 h19sys1 sm-mta[1543]: q5KIhFt8001056: to=kmydheen.c@stc.com.sa, delay=00:28:17, mailer=relay, pri=210142, relay=172.20.69.194, dsn=4.4.3, stat=Transient parse error -- message queued for future delivery
Jun 20 22:11:32 h19sys1 sm-mta[1543]: q5KIpJAA001171: to=kmydheen.c@stc.com.sa, delay=00:20:13, mailer=relay, pri=210142, relay=172.20.69.194, dsn=4.4.3, stat=Transient parse error -- message queued for future delivery
Jun 20 22:30:18 h19sys1 sendmail[1979]: unable to qualify my own domain name (h19sys1) -- using short name
Jun 20 22:30:18 h19sys1 sendmail[1979]: be sure to set domain name in Dj macro in sendmail.cf
Jun 20 22:30:18 h19sys1 sendmail[1979]: q5KJUIx2001979: to=kmydheen.c@stc.com.sa, delay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=0, relay=172.20.69.194, dsn=4.4.3, stat=Transient parse error -- message queued for future delivery
Jun 20 22:30:18 h19sys1 sendmail[1979]: q5KJUIx2001979: from=kathar, size=142, class="0", nrcpts=1, msgid=<201206201930.q5KJUIx2001979@h19sys1.mailhost>, relay=root@localhost
Jun 20 22:30:18 h19sys1 sendmail[1979]: q5KJUIx2001979: to=kmydheen.c@stc.com.sa, delay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30142, dsn=4.4.3, stat=queued
h19sys1 #

Re: Sendmail configuration - not able to send email

Dennis Handly — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:11:48 GMT

>Dj$w.mailhost

The comments in sendmail.cf indicate this must look like a FQDN. So ".mailhost" isn't valid.

Possibly ".stc.com.sa"?

Re: Sendmail configuration - not able to send email

masthan_1 — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:57:17 GMT

Hi,

thanks for your response.

I have added the entry in /etc/hosts file with ip-address and alias name stc.com.sa. when checked the mail-q, it was having some unsent emails, i have cleared them. Now sendmail is working fine. Thanks for your inputs.

/etc/rc.config.d/mailservers -- for sendmail server entry should be "1"

/etc/mail/sendmail.cw -- that host entry & entry as "localhost" must be present
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf -- DS<ipaddress of mailserver>
/etc/hosts -- in this file, ip address of domain-server (as we have not configured resolv.conf), mailserver ip address and hostname

for example:

172.20.69.194 mailhost mailhost

10.32.4.3 stc.com.sa

/sbin/init.d/sendmail stop
/sbin/init.d/sendmail start

Regards,

Masthan

Re: Sendmail configuration - not able to send email

raghuveerkalyan — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 12:59:00 GMT

I am unable to sedn mail using ,mailx afetr restarting the send mail

kindly help me

Re: sendmail configuration - not able to send email

Dennis Handly — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 08:19:05 GMT

>I am unable to send mail using mailx after restarting sendmail

What do the sendmail logs show? /var/adm/syslog/mail.log

Re: Sendmail configuration - not able to send email

Bill Hassell — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 00:28:59 GMT

Use sendmail -v to test, not mailx, like this:

sendmail -v kmydheen.c@stc.com.sa < /etc/profile

This will show why the transfer is failing.

NOTE: Most large companies block sending email out to the open internet, and if you did not use DM and C{M} to masquerade your internal machine's real name, the destination will treat the incoming message as junk and drop the message. If you are blocked, you'll need to get your company to setup a relay to the outside.