Sendmail configuration (sending to yahoo.com)

[meekrob]

Hi ,

i want to configure my HP9000 server to send mail on yahoo mails ,
is there any specific configuration to do ,
i am having this error when trying to send :
eyav@yahoo.fr... Connecting to e.mx.mail.yahoo.com. via esmtp...
eyav@yahoo.fr... Deferred: Name server: h.mx.mail.yahoo.com.: host name lookup failure

thank you for the help

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
if you are using 8.7.1 please read :
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=991348
with the referred doc being:
http://www4.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000064900557

otherwise it is down to:
nslookup etc.

Please see:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=116268
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=5641
https://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=977289

[meekrob]

Hi ,
i uncomment the following line in the sendmail.cf file :
O ServiceSwitchFile=/etc/mail/service.switch

and in the service.switch file i put :
hosts: files dns

i have now this error when i try to send a mail to a yahoo account
sendmail -v aelosta@yahoo.fr testin bonjour .
aelosta@yahoo.fr... Connecting to e.mx.mail.yahoo.com. via esmtp...
aelosta@yahoo.fr... Connecting to d.mx.mail.yahoo.com. via esmtp...
aelosta@yahoo.fr... Connecting to c.mx.mail.yahoo.com. via esmtp...
aelosta@yahoo.fr... Connecting to b.mx.mail.yahoo.com. via esmtp...
aelosta@yahoo.fr... Connecting to a.mx.mail.yahoo.com. via esmtp...
aelosta@yahoo.fr... Connecting to g.mx.mail.yahoo.com. via esmtp...
aelosta@yahoo.fr... Connecting to f.mx.mail.yahoo.com. via esmtp...
aelosta@yahoo.fr... Connecting to h.mx.mail.yahoo.com. via esmtp...
aelosta@yahoo.fr... Deferred

I don't have now the host name lookup failure but still not able to send the mail

thank's for your help