Re: Can't send mail from my machine:
Hi Matt,
I have gotten rewriting working correctly now, though I don't understand
exactly why what I ended up having to do worked.
My rewrite configuration in /etc/exim.conf looks like this:
##
# REWRITE CONFIGURATION #
##
# There are no rewriting specifications in this default configuration
file.
# This is an example of a useful rewriting rule---it looks up the real
# address of all local users in a file
[EMAIL PROTECTED]${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\
{$value}fail} bcfrF
# End of Exim configuration file
Any the file /etc/email-addresses (which I created) looks like this:
gandalf:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
where `gandalf' is my username on my home linux box, `fsblk' my username
on my isp, and `aurora.alaska.edu' my isp's host name. The $1 in the
exim.conf expands to the contents of the first * (username part of addr),
which exim then `lookup's via an `lsearch' in `/etc/email-addresses'.
$value is then set to the second element in the colon-deliminated list in
/etc/email-addresses. The wierd part is that if I use [EMAIL PROTECTED]
in exim.conf, the rewrite doesn't happen, even when I send to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Also, I've been told that this [EMAIL PROTECTED] rule is
horrible, since it rewrite local mail on my machine with the wrong
address. I havn't managed to ferret a solution to this out of the docs
though :)
__
GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always."
Britton Kerin
On Thu, 31 Dec 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 10:43:53PM -0900, Britton wrote:
> >
> > I would try exim instead of smail, I've found it easier to set up with
> > nice docs. I'm trying to get address re-writing working now, but at least
> > I can send messages (albeit with [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a
> > From: address). The rewrite stuff has fairly good instructions. I think
> > I got errors something like yours also, I think it turned out to be a
> > question of picking the right response when asked for a hostname at some
> > point in there and restarting inetd or some deamon like that (helpful
> > huh?). Anyway, good luck, and let me know if you get rewriting working
> > logically for a ppp connected machine :)
>
> I replaced smail with exim, and had basically the same problem. However,
> exim's error email was formatted slightly better - just enough to point me in
> a direction that allowed me to get to the point you were. i.e., I can send
> messages (albeit with [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a From: address.
>
> I will let you know if I improve this situation.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> Q: How many Microsoft engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
> A: None. They just define Darkness(tm) as the new industry standard.
>
>
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Re: Can't send mail from my machine:
On Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 10:43:53PM -0900, Britton wrote: > > I would try exim instead of smail, I've found it easier to set up with > nice docs. I'm trying to get address re-writing working now, but at least > I can send messages (albeit with [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a > From: address). The rewrite stuff has fairly good instructions. I think > I got errors something like yours also, I think it turned out to be a > question of picking the right response when asked for a hostname at some > point in there and restarting inetd or some deamon like that (helpful > huh?). Anyway, good luck, and let me know if you get rewriting working > logically for a ppp connected machine :) I replaced smail with exim, and had basically the same problem. However, exim's error email was formatted slightly better - just enough to point me in a direction that allowed me to get to the point you were. i.e., I can send messages (albeit with [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a From: address. I will let you know if I improve this situation. Thanks, Matt Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Q: How many Microsoft engineers does it take to change a light bulb? A: None. They just define Darkness(tm) as the new industry standard.
Re: Can't send mail from my machine:
I would try exim instead of smail, I've found it easier to set up with nice docs. I'm trying to get address re-writing working now, but at least I can send messages (albeit with [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a From: address). The rewrite stuff has fairly good instructions. I think I got errors something like yours also, I think it turned out to be a question of picking the right response when asked for a hostname at some point in there and restarting inetd or some deamon like that (helpful huh?). Anyway, good luck, and let me know if you get rewriting working logically for a ppp connected machine :) __ GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always." Britton Kerin On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Matt Miller wrote: > The following attempt to contact the outside world fails: > > mail -s test [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > I immediately receive a message that includes the following error: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... transport smtp: 553 <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>...unresolvable; > rejected. Check your DNS > > All attempts to get any mail off my machine fail with similar errors. I > called my ISP, and they offered some excuse that "Linux is designed as > a server environment, and it doesn't like routing mail through another > machine." They suggested I either switch to Windows or Macintosh, or send > all mail by first telnetting into their network, then using my shell > account to send mail. The latter is the technique I used to send this > posting. > > I'm using smail on a hamm system, and getting a ppp connection to my ISP. > I used to be able to send mail from my machine, and I think I haven't > changed any smail configs since then. > > How do tell smail to route mail through my ISP? /etc/smail/routers is > only > >smart_host: > driver=smarthost, transport=smtp; > > and /etc/smail/config attempts to indicate that mail should be routed > through my ISP (netnet.net) via the following line: > > smart_path=netnet.net > > Thanks, > > Matt Miller > > - > "Small is beautiful." > -- Mark Gancarz, "The Unix Philosophy" > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Can't send mail from my machine:
The following attempt to contact the outside world fails: mail -s test [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null I immediately receive a message that includes the following error: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... transport smtp: 553 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...unresolvable; rejected. Check your DNS All attempts to get any mail off my machine fail with similar errors. I called my ISP, and they offered some excuse that "Linux is designed as a server environment, and it doesn't like routing mail through another machine." They suggested I either switch to Windows or Macintosh, or send all mail by first telnetting into their network, then using my shell account to send mail. The latter is the technique I used to send this posting. I'm using smail on a hamm system, and getting a ppp connection to my ISP. I used to be able to send mail from my machine, and I think I haven't changed any smail configs since then. How do tell smail to route mail through my ISP? /etc/smail/routers is only smart_host: driver=smarthost, transport=smtp; and /etc/smail/config attempts to indicate that mail should be routed through my ISP (netnet.net) via the following line: smart_path=netnet.net Thanks, Matt Miller - "Small is beautiful." -- Mark Gancarz, "The Unix Philosophy"
