How to configure mail

[Safarali]

Hi, from My HP-UX server I need to send an email to my yahoo and other address,
my idea is send all email and alert message to my main hp server and from there I need to send my private mail address
hoping step by step help

Regards
Safar

[Peter Godron]

Safar,
please see this earlier threads:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=973651
and for your forwarding part:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=138279

Please read:
http://66.34.90.71/ITRCForumsEtiquette/after.html

Please also read:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33 on how to reward any useful answers given to your questions.

So far you have awarded points to only ONE of 16 answers !

[Safarali]

Hi Peter,
Thanks for your mail
I did the same on my server but still I am not able to send an email to yahoo or other email provider

is it any easy way

I edited the sendmail.cf
2 . change the rc script
but still no way

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Shalom,

First you need to understand that the problem is commonly not on the system its firewall setup and relay rules in your shop.

To relay mail with DS directive in sendmail.cf you must have the relay server set up to permit relay. This is not done by default.

Lets try and find the problem.

From the HP-UX server

sendmail -v -d8.99 -d38.99 someone@yahoo.com

Type some text

.


You will receive full diagnostics.

If you don't need a relay server then you don't need to change sendmail.cf and you simply need to make sure /etc/nsswitch.conf permits dns resolution (first or second doesn't matter) and that /etc/resolv.conf resolves hostnames.

nslookup yahoo.com

Lastly check with your firewall admins. If you want to access the public Internet to send mail you must have outbound permitted on port 25.

Also note that yahoo won't accept your mail without reverse lookup record that matches the ip address its being sent from.

If your public IP address is 202.123.10.22 then there must be a A record in your DNS domain that points to this ip address and a matching reverse lookup record that matches the A record.

SEP

[Safarali]

Hi Shalom
I tried your option I got the following output

Regards
Safar

root@beppu:/etc/mail># sendmail -v -d8.99 -d38.99 abufidha@yahoo.com
;; res_querydomain(beppu, , 1, 1)
;; res_query(beppu., 1, 1)
;; Querying server (# 1) address = 212.118.133.101
;; rcode = 3, ancount=0
;; res_querydomain(beppu, , 1, 1)
;; res_query(beppu, 1, 1)
;; Querying server (# 1) address = 212.118.133.101
;; rcode = 3, ancount=0
;; res_querydomain(beppu, , 1, 1)
;; res_query(beppu., 1, 1)
;; Querying server (# 1) address = 212.118.133.101
;; rcode = 3, ancount=0
;; res_querydomain(beppu, , 1, 1)
;; res_query(beppu, 1, 1)
;; Querying server (# 1) address = 212.118.133.101
;; rcode = 3, ancount=0
seq_map_parse(aliases.files, )
;; res_query(222.209.200.10.in-addr.arpa, 1, 12)
;; Querying server (# 1) address = 212.118.133.101
;; rcode = 3, ancount=0
;; res_query(222.209.200.10.in-addr.arpa, 1, 12)
;; Querying server (# 1) address = 212.118.133.101
;; rcode = 3, ancount=0
openmap() dequote:dequote NULL: valid
openmap() host:host NULL: valid
getcanonname(yahoo.com), trying dns
dns_getcanonname(yahoo.com, trymx=1)
dns_getcanonname: trying yahoo.com. (ANY)
;; res_querydomain(yahoo.com, , 1, 255)
;; res_query(yahoo.com., 1, 255)
;; Querying server (# 1) address = 212.118.133.101
YES
dns_getcanonname: yahoo.com
getcanonname(yahoo.com), found