On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Christopher Zimmermann <[email protected]> wrote: > what's $alias1 in your pf.conf? Can't you paste just your whole > pf.conf? What do you mean by smtpip = $alias1. > You seem to do a "on $alias1". so $alias1 seems to be an interface?
It's just a macro for one of the alias address on the external interface. > I notice several addresses with /32 netmasks on the same subnet as your > primary address. > I'd guess your default gateway is not reachable via any of the /32 > aliases, since it is not on their subnet. Then "ping -I x.y.z.194 > 8.8.8.8" would fail with a similar error. It's the standard setup for alias address in OpenBSD, AFAIK. As mentioned pinging and shelling in via the alias addresses works fine. > What are you actually trying to accomplish? Have you tried to give /29 > netmasks to your aliases? I don't think that's proper. The issue is solved via a workaround - I installed Postfix as the MTA. Always liked it, never liked Sendmail. Was willing to give SMTPD a go, but for now I needed a working box. Chris

