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05-13-2004 08:59 AM
05-13-2004 08:59 AM
May 13 14:45:13 paulm8 sendmail[9456]: i4DJjD3m009455: to=include: /root/linuxa
se, ctladdr=
May 13 14:45:14 paulm8 sendmail[9456]: i4DJjD3m009455: i4DJjE3m009456: DSN: Can
't create output
I have looked at several threads that discuss this error and several of them say to check the permissions on /var/spool/mqueue and /var/spool/mail. The permissions on these files are OK. I have tried changing permissions on several other files but nothing has fixed this problem. What else do I need to check?
Thanks for your help,
Paul
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05-13-2004 09:14 AM
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Solutionmake sure you get a valid answer. If not, check /etc/resolv.conf and make sure the dns servers are reachable and responding properly.
If not, make appropriate changes.
/etc/nsswitch.conf for host needs to have DNS first.
mailq
Is the mail hanging up on the server
sendmail -q -v
Watch the interactive attempt to push the mail queue.
check sendmail.cf
If it has a DS directive, make sure that relay server allows relay from this servers ip address or hostname.
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05-13-2004 10:20 AM
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Re: Email failing - /var/log/maillog shows "DSN: Can't create output"
Thanks.
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05-13-2004 03:17 PM
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Re: Email failing - /var/log/maillog shows "DSN: Can't create output"
Can you try by adding the following line in /etc/nsswitch.conf.
aliases files
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Re: Email failing - /var/log/maillog shows "DSN: Can't create output"
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05-13-2004 03:54 PM
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Re: Email failing - /var/log/maillog shows "DSN: Can't create output"
sendmail -v -d8 -d38 linuxase@paulm8.ccm.net
type some text
.
You will get complete diagnostics.
I have no idea what file needs to be created. I've never seen sendmail create files on the fly except in the /var/spool/mqueue
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05-24-2004 03:58 AM
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Re: Email failing - /var/log/maillog shows "DSN: Can't create output"
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05-25-2004 04:18 AM
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Re: Email failing - /var/log/maillog shows "DSN: Can't create output"
Can you please post the output from the diagnostic commands recommeneded earlier.
Also, give the other nice folks some points, even if they didn't totally solve your problem.
I'll take zero. The others deserve a small reward for their efforts.
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05-27-2004 09:21 AM
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Re: Email failing - /var/log/maillog shows "DSN: Can't create output"
Thanks for prompting me to work on this problem again. Sorry for not responding sooner. I have plenty of free space (334MB) in /var. Here is the output from the "sendmail -v" command.
[root@paulm84 root]# sendmail -v -d8 -d38 linuxase@paulm84.ccm.cpqcorp.net
hello
.
linuxase@paulm84.ccm.cpqcorp.net... Connecting to [127.0.0.1] via relay...
220 paulm84.ccm.cpqcorp.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.10/8.12.10; Thu, 27 May 2004 16:
15:50 -0500
>>> EHLO paulm84.ccm.cpqcorp.net
250-paulm84.ccm.cpqcorp.net Hello localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-PIPELINING
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE
250-DSN
250-ETRN
250-AUTH GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5
250-DELIVERBY
250 HELP
>>> MAIL From:
orp.net
250 2.1.0
>>> RCPT To:
>>> DATA
250 2.1.5
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
>>> .
250 2.0.0 i4RLFoa5024344 Message accepted for delivery
linuxase@paulm84.ccm.cpqcorp.net... Sent (i4RLFoa5024344 Message accepted for de
livery)
Closing connection to [127.0.0.1]
>>> QUIT
221 2.0.0 paulm84.ccm.cpqcorp.net closing connection
[root@paulm84 root]#
I don't know what some of this output means but if you can help me solve this problem then I will gladly give you 100 points (if I can assign that many).
Thanks.
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11-10-2004 11:40 AM
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Re: Email failing - /var/log/maillog shows "DSN: Can't create output"
"mailer=*file*, pri=34874, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent" instead of "return to sender: Can't create output" and "mailer=*file*, pri=37476, dsn=5.0.0, stat=Can't create output". As allways with any deamon you may have to restart it when you make changes in the config file or file system changes before they will take affect. I did not post full log out-put or file system listings for security reasons.
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