sendmail issues

[johndrake]

Hi All,

I've just modified the sendmail.cf per instructions given in a previous thread. I am trying to send out the email to our Lotus Notes server without any luck. The
messages just seem to queue up. When I check the contents of the queue, here is what I get:

# /usr/sbin/sendmail -bp
There are 12 requests in the mail queue
---QID---- --Size-- -----Q-Time----- --------------Sender/Recipient-------------
LAA73738 2093 Wed Aug 7 11:47 jpape
(host map: lookup (knightsbridge.com): deferred)
jpape@knightsbridge.com
LAA88210 -1 Wed Aug 7 11:00 jpape
(readqf: Cannot open dfLAA88210: A file or directory in the p)
jpape@knightsbridge.com
LAA30194 2093 Wed Aug 7 11:01 jpape
(host map: lookup (knightsbridge.com): deferred)
jpape@knightsbridge.com
LAA75368 21 Wed Aug 7 11:03 jpape
(host map: lookup (knightsbridge.com): deferred)
jpape@knightsbridge.com
KAA31820 2093 Wed Aug 7 10:00 jpape
(host map: lookup (NotesServer): deferred)
@NotesServer:jpape@knightsbridge.com
JAA88894 -1 Wed Aug 7 09:24 jpape
(readqf: Cannot open dfJAA88894: A file or directory in the p)
jpape@knightsbridge.com
JAA27402 -1 Wed Aug 7 09:24 jpape
(readqf: Cannot open dfJAA27402: A file or directory in the p)
jpape@knightsbridge.com
JAA34532 2093 Wed Aug 7 09:24 jpape
(host map: lookup (NotesServer): deferred)
@NotesServer:jpape@knightsbridge.com
JAA73934 -1 Wed Aug 7 09:14 jpape
(readqf: Cannot open dfJAA73934: A file or directory in the p)
jpape@knightsbridge.com
JAA53296 2093 Wed Aug 7 09:22 jpape
(host map: lookup (NotesServer): deferred)
@NotesServer:jpape@knightsbridge.com
JAA30170 15 Wed Aug 7 09:47 jpape
(host map: lookup (knightsbridge.com): deferred)
jpape@knightsbridge.com
JAA88122 -1 Wed Aug 7 09:13 jpape
(readqf: Cannot open dfJAA88122: A file or directory in the p)
jpape@knightsbridge.com
#

Here is the sendmail.cf file changes that I made:


DwNotesServer
#DmYourDomainName
#Cw localhost $w $?m$w.$m$. YourHostAliases
#Cm $m YourOtherDomainNames
Cwlocalhost
# file containing names of hosts for which we receive email
#Fw-o /etc/sendmail.cw
.
.

# "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
DSNotesServer

The Lotus Notes Server is named "NotesServer" and it is in
the /etc/host file. I have also verified that I can telnet
to port 25.

Am I missing something?

Thank you,

-Joe

 

[Chapter11]

Do a "mail -v user@whatever" - the -v is verbose which should report back with whatever error sendmail is encountering.

 

[johndrake]

Hi,

This is what I am getting. It may be a namserver timeout but I am not wure exactly what this means.

Message 10:
From MAILER-DAEMON Wed Aug 7 15:16:13 2002
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 15:16:13 -0500
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON>
To: jpape
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
boundary=&quot;PAA75376.1028751373/ksp80x&quot;
Subject: Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (warning-timeout)

This is a MIME-encapsulated message

--PAA75376.1028751373/ksp80x

**********************************************
** THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY **
** YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE **
**********************************************

The original message was received at Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:00:34 -0500
from root@localhost

----- The following addresses had transient non-fatal errors -----
jpape@knightsbridge.com

--- The transcript of the session follows ---
451 jpape@knightsbridge.com... knightsbridge.com: Name server timeout
Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours
Will keep trying until message is 5 days old

--PAA75376.1028751373/ksp80x
Content-Type: message/delivery-status

Reporting-MTA: dns; ksp80x
Arrival-Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:00:34 -0500

Final-Recipient: RFC822; jpape@knightsbridge.com
Action: delayed
Status: 4.4.3
Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 15:16:13 -0500
Will-Retry-Until: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:00:34 -0500

--PAA75376.1028751373/ksp80x
Content-Type: message/rfc822

Return-Path: <jpape>
Received: (from root@localhost)
by ksp80x (AIX4.3/8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA88210
for jpape@knightsbridge.com; Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:00:34 -0500
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:00:34 -0500
From: Joseph Pape <jpape>
Message-Id: <200208071600.LAA88210@ksp80x>
To: jpape@knightsbridge.com
Subject: No errors in backup


--PAA75376.1028751373/ksp80x--

 

[johndrake]

Hi,


I guess that I do not have a domain name. I do not want to
use a domain name. The mail is being sent internally:

WARNING: The local host name (ksp80x) does not have a domain; fix $j in config f
ile
The alias database /etc/aliases.pag is out of date
jpape@knightsbridge.com... knightsbridge.com: Name server timeout
jpape@knightsbridge.com... Transient parse error -- message queued for future de
livery
jpape@knightsbridge.com... queued

Could I put in the ip address of the host system for the
domain name?

 

[johndrake]

Got it!

Error on my part! I had DwNotesServer instead of Dwlocalhost.

-Joe