mailx

[snayak]

Hi,

When I run the command mailx -s "This is testing" oracleinform@yahoo.com ctrl-D , it doesnt send mail . Please let me know how to troubleshoot .

Thanks,
With regards

 

[LuchoTB]

Hi

Have your DNS resolve yahoo mail exchanger???
execute nslookup

nslookup -ty=mx yahoo.com
Saludos:
Lo mio no es el ingles (se nota)

 

[Annihilannic]

If you type mailx on its own and check your mail have you received any messages about unsuccessful delivery? They may help you find out what the problem is. Annihilannic.

 

[snayak]

Hi,

There is no error as such mailx command accepts the message and delivers but on the other end it doesnt receive .Any log which I can check . Please help.

Thanks,
With regards

 

[minkie]

/var/log/syslog

 

[snayak]

Hi,

There are no error messages in /var/log/syslog as well it just says accepted for delivery but the mail never reaches. How do I change the smtp mail server configuration for mailx command.

Thanks,
With regards

 

[Annihilannic]

Do you have your SMTP server defined as the 'mailhost' in /etc/hosts? e.g.

[tt]1.2.3.4 mysmtpserver mailhost[/tt] Annihilannic.

 

[snayak]

Hi Annihilannic,

Yes I have put the entry as

1.2.3.4(IPaddress of my smtp server) smtpserver mailhost

Is there anything else I need to check.

Thanks,
With regards

 

[dgazzane]

This is just a guess as I know very little about this Sun stuff, but is the email server allowing relay?

I had a problem where a Sun server sending mail through my email server and email server needed to allow relay from the sending server. I added the Sun servers name to the allow list and things worked.

Good luck.