aix 5.3 sendmail

[johny2K]

my sendmail comes with aix 5.3. i tried to configure sendmail to work exactly as the current running, lower-version 4.x.x. so far, i copied all parameters that are working with lower 4.x but having problem:

when i tried this command:

#> mail -s "YAHOO" lulu@yahoo.com > /etc/inittab

it just exited as normal and seemed to be sent, but when i checked at /root directory - i can see the email in the queue and NOT sent out.

#> mail <enter>; shows current user's mail/s

i checked my files under /etc, namely; hosts, sendmail.cf, resolv.conf and /etc/mail/relay-domains - exactly same as in the lower 4.x, that's working.

i even added the mail server @ sendmail's DR line.

anyone has a bright idea/s?

 

[p5wizard]

Did you refresh the sendmail daemon after modifying sendmail.cf?

refresh -s sendmail

also, I hope this was a typo in posting here at TT (and not while testing):

#> mail -s "YAHOO" lulu@yahoo.com > /etc/inittab

or else you obliterated your inittab file. Better not use important files for tests like this. One of these days you will make that mistake... Generate a tempfile for (mail) tests like so:

#> lptest | mail -s "YAHOO" lulu@yahoo.com

And DON'T work as root! (unless you really really have to)


HTH,

p5wizard

 

[khalidaaa]

I think you meant

#> mail -s "YAHOO" lulu@yahoo.com < /etc/inittab

And if you did the above as p5 said, try to look for a recent mksysb backup to restore your inittab coz it is corrupt! you server won't reboot!

Regards,
Khalid

 

[johny2K]

thank you guys... yup, it will corrupt the inittab file. but good thing, as of now - it's still in-tacked.

it's a typo err p5wizard - it's the inittab file created for testing purposes only under /root NOT /etc.

i'm taking all the advises... and never used or configured sendmail before.

 

[johny2K]

i did refresh the sendmail daemon, p5wizard.

 

[johny2K]

here's what i got from the queue, a returned email:

root pts/0 $ mail
Mail [5.2 UCB] [AIX 5.X] Type ? for help.
"/var/spool/mail/root": 1 message 1 new
>N 1 MAILER-DAEMON Fri Mar 23 13:48 68/2464 "Returned mail: see transcrip"
? 1
Message 1:
From MAILER-DAEMON Fri Mar 23 13:48:19 2007
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:48:19 -0700
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON>
To: postmaster
To: root
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
boundary="l2NKmJjI023830.1174682899/zeus"
Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure)

This is a MIME-encapsulated message

--l2NKmJjI023830.1174682899/zeus

The original message was received at Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:48:19 -0700
from root@localhost

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
lulu@yahoo.com

----- Transcript of session follows -----
554 5.0.0 null host signature for :[192.168.0.1]
554 5.3.5 Local configuration error

--l2NKmJjI023830.1174682899/zeus
Content-Type: message/delivery-status

Reporting-MTA: dns; zeus
Arrival-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:48:19 -0700

Final-Recipient: RFC822; lulu@yahoo.com
Action: failed
Status: 5.5.0
Last-Attempt-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:48:19 -0700

--l2NKmJjI023830.1174682899/zeus
Content-Type: message/rfc822

Return-Path: <root>
Received: (from root@localhost)
by zeus (AIX5.3/8.13.4/8.11.0) id l2NKmJjJ014122
for lulu@yahoo.com; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:48:19 -0700
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:48:19 -0700
From: root
Message-Id: <200703232048.l2NKmJjJ014122@zeus>
To: lulu@yahoo.com
Subject: TEST

*******************************************************************************
* *
* *
* This is a TEST! *
* *
* *
*******************************************************************************

--l2NKmJjI023830.1174682899/zeus--

 

[khalidaaa]

I think you need to define a mail gateway or whatever it is called to yahoo.com!

I had the same problem before and i had to define hotmail.com as my outgoing mail server in /etc/hosts

like if my mail server was 129.168.10.1

Then you have to have an entry in /etc/hosts like this

yahoo.com 129.168.10.1

Regards,
Khalid

 

[spamly]

Are the sendmail versions between servers the same? I kind of doubt it.

I'd take a peak at the original /etc/sendmail.cf on the AIX 5.3 server and then modify it as needed.