Thanks Stephan, and to everyone for their help. My client is now a happy camper and my phone doesn't ring at 10pm at night.
Yippeeee! Henry < Stephan Monette> > Hi everyone. > > To fix this mail issue, I just change the config of SendMail to send all > emails to one email server only. > > In the config file "sendmail.cf" and "submit.cf" of my Asterisk server, > I set the following Smart Relay option: > > # "Smart" relay host (may be null) > DSmail.taug.ca > > (mail.taug.ca is just an example, replace it with either your local mail > server IP address or your email server FQDM). > > You need to restart SendMail with this command on your Asterisk server: > service sendmail restart > > By using an email smart relay, all emails from my Asterisk server are > relayed to one email server only. > > It works fine for me. > > Cheers. > > Stephan Monette > Unlimitel Inc. > > Tel.: 613-688-6212. x221 > TF : 1-877-464-6638, x221 > FAX : 613-482-1077 > > > > Claudius Fortis wrote: >> Dave - [EMAIL PROTECTED] continues to serve its role up this day .... simple >> but effective t-shooting steps. >> >> Back to the main question ... >> >> Since we all seem to blame DNS (MX records....) for this problem, here's a >> simple solution I implemented >> when faced to this problem: Use the culprit to solve the problem >> >> - I've seen the same problem on more than one config. and here's my simple >> solution >> - Since on an Exchange Srv network, we'd generally have DNS server running >> locally, just recreate a >> local MX records and set this local DNS srv as one of the primary DNS srv on >> your asterisk box and it >> shud get the headaches off.... >> >> HTH >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: Dave Donovan [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 5:51 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] SendMail and exchange server >> >> On Jan 25, 2008 5:12 PM, Henry L.Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> Hi all, go a client who wants to send email voice attachments to an >>> exchange server on the same LAN >>> the SMTP works for external addresses but not internal. >>> Any solutions ? >>> >>> >> >> Everything Alex said is good. To that I would add that you should consider >> what's happening with DNS. Your Asterisk box is doing a DNS query for the >> MX (mail exchange) record of the domain. If [EMAIL PROTECTED] has >> resolves to an external address, and the firewall isn't setup to allow >> hairpin routing you could have a problem. That is DNS is telling Asterisk >> that the mail server is on the internet rather than indicating, as you say, >> that it's on the LAN. >> >> Back to Alex's point; one way to test relay is to telnet to port 25. From a >> windows machine: >> telnet mailserverLANaddress 25 >> (it should send you a welcome header) >> (you type) helo henry (most servers don't care what you put, they just want >> you to say helo) >> (it should say helo back) >> (you type) mail from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> (server says something like "sender OK") >> (you type) rcpt to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (specify a valid exchange user) >> (server will confirm with OK or something) >> (you type) data >> (you type) testing this email server. TESTING 1-2-3. Is this thing on? >> (you type) . (just a single period on a line by itself and just press enter) >> (server will confirm message received and it's being sent.) >> >> Telnetting to SMTP servers has been a very helpful diagnostic in my >> experience. It gets you right to the root of the problem quickly. You just >> have to learn to speak SMTP. >> >> One note. Some antimalware programs prevent workstations from using port >> 25. I banged my head against the wall for half an hour trying to >> troubleshoot a mail server only to find out that Mcafee was blocking port 25 >> from the workstation I was using to test. DOH! >> >> I hope that's helpful, >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> >>> Henry L. Coleman >>> VOIP-PBX.CA Tel: 647-723-5160 / 1-866-415-5355 >>> http://voip-pbx.ca >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Henry L. Coleman VOIP-PBX.CA Tel: 647-723-5160 / 1-866-415-5355 http://voip-pbx.ca --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
