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[TheDash]

hi,

I was trying to send a mail using unix mail program. I used xx@yahoo.com. It won't send it. If I use the intranet address it sends. Could someone shed some light?

 

[Chacalinc]

you have problems with the DNS configuration in you unix system (whom is sending the mail). your UX is not resolving the @yahoo.com

 

[TheDash]

Could you suggest what should be done to let it recognize @yahoo.com?

 

[Chacalinc]

it depends:

linux? /etc/resolv.conf
hp-ux? /etc/resolv.conf (or use SAM)
solaris? /etc/resolv.conf (or use admintools)
AIX? not sure (use SMIT)
SCO?
Dynix?
Tru64?

 

[rzs0502]

If you have a working SMTP server, edit /etc/sendmail.cf (or wherever your config file may lie)
Search for DS to find:
# "Smart" relay host (may be null)
# Relay host to forward outgoing mail not in the local domain to.
# To forward ALL mail to this relay host, uncomment the appropriate
# rule in ruleset 0, as indicated by the ruleset's comments.
#DSmailer:relayhostname

Insert:
DSsmtpservername

Hope that helps.


"If you always do what you've always done, you will always be where you've always been."

 

[TheDash]

Hi,

I searched for DS. I found three lines. # "Smart" relay host has something under. Others have nothing (all description lines are commented)

# "Smart" relay host (may be null)
DS

# Relay all non-local mail to the "Smart" relay host (DS) via smtp:

# Relay all non-local mail to the "Smart" relay host (DS) via UUCP:

I dont see DSsmtpserver. Any ideas?

 

[marsd]

Your name resolution is the last thing to check. You need sendmail, or whatever local MTA is responsible for
non-local delivery to know about how you plan to send mail and
what the MTA is supposed to do about it.
Hire a consultant if you are lost at this point.
Sendmail will give up on name resolution and still send
to a smart_host if everything else in the config is sane.

Example:
Say you have standalone hosts that need sender addresses
translated to correct destination recipient addresses and for all mail to be sent to a remote host(s).
Using sendmail-genericstable, smart_hub and smart_host
fulfill these requirements. If your local machine can't
resolve it's name sendmail will complain, time out and
forward the mail.
Been there and done it

 

[TheDash]

marsd, could you please clarify it again. So, what should I do now? Please clarify. I also showed how my /etc/sendmail.cf looks at this time.

 

[rzs0502]

Sorry

I meant DS<smtpserver>
<smtpserver would be the name or IP address of an SMTP server you have access to.




&quot;If you always do what you've always done, you will always be where you've always been.&quot;

 

[TheDash]

Hi,

Could you tell how we can know the address of SMTP server that this system has access to? Any command?