topic Re: mail in Operating System - HP-UX

mail

HPADM — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:11:41 GMT

Hi,
I have this error in mail.log:
Connection timed out with mailrelay06.wind.it

mailrelay06.wind.it is not the server post!!
I need to find a configuration file to change it.

Thank you

Re: mail

RAC_1 — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:21:33 GMT

Is there a firewall in between host and smart relay.
Check that.
Also check /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file for timeout setting such as quetimeout etc.

Re: mail

Clemens van Everdingen — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:35:03 GMT

Hi,

Can you post the output from:

nslookup mailrelay06.wind.it
Also do a nslookup from the IP-address returned by the previous command.

I tried to do this on my server, and get the following:

mail:~ # nslookup mailrelay06.wind.it
mail: resolve1.cvenet.nl
Address: 62.100.0.6

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: mailrelay06.wind.it
Address: 151.17.59.200

mail:~ # nslookup 151.17.59.200
mail: resolve1.cvenet.nl
Address: 62.100.0.6

*** resolve1.cvenet.nl can't find 151.17.59.200: Non-existent host/domain

So the reverse lookup from your IP-addres is failing. This is causing the connection timed out.

So you have to fix either your DNS of hosts files, or maybe check your nsswitch.conf file.

C.

Re: mail

Clemens van Everdingen — Wed, 20 Nov 2002 09:26:08 GMT

Hi,

Did you solve your problem with the answers ?
Let us know pls.
Assign 8 or more points to the correct answer !

C.