configuring sendmail to send email to a Lotus notus relay server

[Juan Mesa]

I am working on configuring sendmail for a Remedy installation. I need to send email out only .

I have made changes to the sendmail.cf to look as the one currently working:

Any help is appreciated.

This is the output when I use sendmail -v:

juan_mesa@fpl.com... Connecting to fpl.com. via esmtp...

and it just hangs.

Thank you
Juan Mesa
juan_mesa@fpl.com

[Geoff Wild]

What changes did you make?

Should set the smart relay:

DSlotusnotes

I would also set DM macro:

DMyourdomain.com

Rgds...Geoff

[Jose Mosquera]

Hi,

You need make reference to your smtp engine mail server (Relay Server). So, you need define in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf the DS variable with a reachable Realy Serner name, in your case:
DS

To ensure that are reachable define it into /etc/hosts file.

Then you need restart sendmail service:
/sbin/init.d/sendmail stop
/sbin/init.d/sendmail start

Also ensure that your resolution path defined in /etc/nsswitch.conf is appropriate.

You can test sendmail service by a simple command:

#echo "Test"|sendmail -v juan_mesa@fpl.com

Rgds.

[Juan Mesa]

Thanks Geoff for your reply. I did set my DS to my lotus relay server:

DSloutsnotes.mydomain.com.
DMmydomain.com

I did found a posting from Herlene Beren that indicates to enclose you DS definiton in brackets:
DS[lotusnotes.mydoamin.com]

this resolved my issue.

Thank you
Juan

[Juan Mesa]

Jose

Thanks for your input.

Yes, I did referenced the smtp relay server my using the DS definiton. I found out that
I had to enclose it in brackets and make sure the the FQDM is define in the local /etc/hosts.

Is working now. Thanks
Juan

[Steven E. Protter]

1) Please thank your posters with point assignments.
2) If the Lotus server doesn't explicitly authorize relay mail will never get off the hp box

Diagnostic tools:

mailq

shows the queuue of outbound mail that has not gotten off the hp box

sendmail -v -q

a verbose, interactive way of processing a maile queue that will help you figure out where the problem is.

sendmail -v -d8.99 -d38.99 someone@lotusserver.net
type some text

.


Great diagnostic helps you find problems with everything from DNS to relay issues.

Good Luck,

Have a good weekend.

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