sendmail special config.

[Juan Manuel López]

I want to set my hu/ux machine to send messages to the company mail server without set dns resolver, and domain.
Only with the /etc/mail/sendmail.cf config file parameters.
I set:
DS$w.pp.nl
Dsmailserver.pp.nl
Also I set the /etc/hosts file with the mailserver ip address.
So every time I send a message I receive this:unable to qualify my own domain name (SS01) -- using short name
be sure to set domain name in Dj macro in sendmail.cf

Please, Help.
Thanks in advance.
Juanma.

[Joseph C. Denman]

qualify it in the host file.

exampe entry for local host

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx hostname hostname.my.domain.com


...jcd...

[Juan Manuel López]

done !
So I get the same message.

[linuxfan]

Hi,

If you are not using DNS, look at the /etc/nsswitch.conf, if it contains dns for the hosts entry, you might have to remove it.

Look at the document #KLTKBRC00005381

-HTH
I am RU

[Joseph Chakkery]

Hi,

Try the following.
For sendmail to be activated to send mail to mail server.
a) put relay hostname to DS on sendmail.cf in /etc/mail directory (eg: trent ).
b) Create nsswitch.conf in /etc by copying nsswitch.file as nsswitch.conf. (IF DNS is not enabled on ur HP server).
c) Add relay host IP entry to /etc/hosts file. (IP of trent)
d) Stop and start sendmail dameon again.

Hope this will help u

Regards
Joe.

[Joseph C. Denman]

As state above, make sure /etc/nsswitch.conf is check files prior to dns and nis.


...jcd...

[Juan Manuel López]

now appear this message:Aug 16 17:28:29 TPU01 sendmail[29447]: RAA29447: from=root, size=22, class=0, pri=30022, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200108161528.RAA29447@TPU0
1.nne.es>, relay=root@localhost
Aug 16 17:28:29 TPU01 sendmail[29449]: RAA29447: to=jlopezaza@nne.es, ctladdr=root (0/3), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=sm
tp, relay=pp.nl, stat=Host unknown (Name server: pp.nl: host not found)
Aug 16 17:28:29 SS01 sendmail[29449]: RAA29447: RAA29449: DSN: Host unknown (Name server: pp.nl: host not found)
Aug 16 17:28:29 SS01 sendmail[29449]: RAA29449: to=root, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, stat=Sent

WHY ?

[Robin Wakefield · Accepted solution]

Hi Juanma,

You may want to check your config with:

/usr/lib/sendmail -d0.4,37.1


and ensure your $w is what you expect.

Rgds, Robin

[Joseph Chakkery]

Hi Juanma,

Can u ping to pp.nl

Regards
Joe

[linuxfan]

Hi,


First of all, make sure you can resolve (nslookup your relay server), then make sure you can ping (ping relay server)

If you are not using DNS, remove the dns entry from the /etc/nsswitch.conf for the hosts line.

Then in the /etc/mail/sendmail.cf modify the DS variable as (assuming relay is your relay server)

DSrelay.pp.nl

then stop and restart your sendmail
/sbin/init.d/sendmail stop
/sbin/init.d/sendmail start

-HTH
I am RU

[linuxfan]

Oh btw,
once you set the DS variable and bounce the sendmail daemon, you can check if your mail is going through your relay server.

eg:
sendmail -v user@host.com
test
.

You should see output like
user@host.com... Connecting to relay.pp.nl via relay

-HTH
I am RU

[Juan Manuel López]

OK !!!
Thank you very much !
You are wonderfull !

It?s works.

I have not DNS resolve, Domain, nothing, so the sendmail works nice...thank you.

Juanma.