topic Re: sendmail issue in Operating System - HP-UX

sendmail issue

NDO — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:40:55 GMT

Hi all

I´m trying tu use sendmail to send alert messages when file systems are full, but sendmail is not working at all. I´m running 11.23. The error messages I´m getting when trying to send mail are: "fretagi@mcel.co.mz... Transient parse error -- message queued for future delivery
fretagi@mcel.co.mz... queued
", other is : "/dead.letter... Saved message in /dead.letter " Please can somebody help?

Regards

F.R.

Re: sendmail issue

Kapil Jha — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:23:30 GMT

how are you sending mail, do you have relay host.

tail messages file when u send the mail and send us the output.

Check for the relay host in submit.cf
#grep DS submit.cf sendmail.cf

BR,
Kapil+

Re: sendmail issue

NDO — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:37:09 GMT

Hi
Yes I do have a relay host, and IÂ´ve put the IP address of the relay host in front of DS on the sendmail.cf file.

grep DS submit.cf sendmail.cf
grep: can't open submit.cf
sendmail.cf:# Relay all non-local mail to the "Smart" relay host (DS) via smtp: #
sendmail.cf:# to a smart relay via SMTP just set macro S (DS) to the name of the #
sendmail.cf:# Relay all non-local mail to the "Smart" relay host (DS) via UUCP: #
sendmail.cf:# make two chnages to this file. First, set macro S (DS) to the name #
sendmail.cf:DS192.168.1.39
sendmail.cf:# noreceipts Don't return success DSN's
sendmail.cf:# Return-Receipt-To: header implies DSN request if this option is set
sendmail.cf:# DHParameters (only required if DSA/DH is used)

regards

F.R.

Re: sendmail issue

Kapil Jha — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:59:50 GMT

what about the messages logs i asked, what does it says.

BR,
Kapil+

Re: sendmail issue

NDO — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:01:55 GMT

Hi!

This is tail of /var/adm/syslog/mail.log:

Nov 15 11:42:43 mcelbill sendmail[28776]: oAF76kF17420: to=fretagi@mcel.co.mz, delay=02:35:57, mailer=relay, pri=540328, relay=192.168.1.39, dsn=4.4.3, stat=Transient parse error -- message queued for future delivery
Nov 15 11:42:43 mcelbill sendmail[28776]: oAF6wgW16739: to=fretagi@mcel.co.mz, delay=02:44:01, mailer=relay, pri=750136, relay=192.168.1.39, dsn=4.4.3, stat=Transient parse error -- message queued for future delivery
Nov 15 11:42:43 mcelbill sendmail[28776]: oACFGTC14018: to=fretagi@mcel.co.mz, delay=2+18:26:14, mailer=relay, pri=12180134, relay=192.168.1.39, dsn=4.4.3, stat=Transient parse error -- message queued for future delivery
Nov 15 11:42:43 mcelbill sendmail[28776]: oAF6vMU16659: to=fretagi@mcel.co.mz, delay=02:45:21, mailer=relay, pri=720382, relay=192.168.1.39, dsn=4.4.3, stat=Transient parse error -- message queued for future delivery

regards

F.R.

Re: sendmail issue

NDO — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:04:07 GMT

Hello

Pls can somebody help

F.R.

Re: sendmail issue

rariasn — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:59:34 GMT

Hi:

Modify /etc/mail/sendmail.cf

Dj$w.mel.co.mz

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

Verify /var/adm/syslog/mail.log file.

rgs,

Re: sendmail issue

NDO — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:34:39 GMT

mailx -s "teste" fretagi@mcel.co.mz g
.
EOT
Null message body; hope that's ok
mcelbill[214]/etc/mail #NIS map mail.aliases specified, but NIS not running

this is the output of mail.log:

>, relay=root@localhost
Nov 15 15:31:18 mcelbill sendmail[12636]: oAFDVIF12636: to=fretagi@mcel.co.mz, delay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30135, dsn=4.4.3, stat=queued
Nov 15 15:31:18 mcelbill sendmail[12636]: oAFDVIF12636: to=g, delay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=30135, stat=queued

regards

F.R

Re: sendmail issue

rariasn — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:46:55 GMT

Hi:

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=22245

rgs,

Re: sendmail issue

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:12:58 GMT

Shalom,

Most corporate environments provide an smtp relay server to deliver mail from Unix hosts to end points.

The DS directive configuration above should take care of that.

The part that the previous posters seems to have forgotten is for the mail relay to work, the relay host must be set up to permit relay.

Mail systems, Unix or windows are set up to by default not permit relay. So find out who manages your smtp relay server and have them set you up. Then the mail should begin to flow.

SEP

Re: sendmail issue

NDO — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:17:37 GMT

Hi Steven!

IÂ´ve already set the ip address of the relay server just after the DS on /etc/mail/sendmail.cf, I did the same thing on other server running HP-UX 11.31 and it worked fine there, but it does not work on this old 11.23 server. the ip address I put in front of DS was provided by the email admin guy.

So it works fine on new acquired servers, but it does not on the old ones.

Regards

F.R.

Re: sendmail issue

TTr — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:46:00 GMT

Try a verbose mail message

sendmail -v fretagi@mcel.co.mz

It will give you more feedback as to what happens.

Re: sendmail issue

NDO — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:30:06 GMT

Hi All

Thank you very much to all of you.

IÂ´ve managed to solve the problem, by :

cp -p /etc/nsswitch.hp_defaults /etc/nsswitch.conf
then insert files as "hosts: files" , then restart sendmail

Regards

F.R.

Re: sendmail issue

NDO — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:34:45 GMT

bye