sendmail - need help in setup

[alexus]

hey all
I'm trying to setup sendmail on pne of my remote RedHat distibutions, i red few tutorials but no luck
When I test connection in outlook i see SMTP and POP server but i cant login or send test message

My knowlage of Linux is minimal so i cant really debug and pinpoint my missconfiguration.

Can some one guide me to find what i did wrong?

Also one of my bigest conser is that my mail server be secure, at least so that some one can not use it as smapm zombi by accessing it ananimously (well its not publik server but i doint wanna get my IP or domain dirty)

Please help
Really appreciate it

[Lakshmipathi]

Have you to read this Quick HOWTO : Ch21 : Configuring Linux Mail Servers - Linux Home Networking

It helped me lot while working with sendmail. I have documented my experience here gET iT i sAY .giis - ext3 File Undelete Tool

[alexus]

that link seams something close thta i followed but in more details...
its midnigh (ups actually 1 am) so will try that again and hopefully it will work from second attempt

thank you!

[alexus]

i just tried tha tutuorial and still haveing isses sending file
when i try to check resipient over the telnet im geting Replying Denied error
so far googling all over the place but not sure what to do?

[Lakshmipathi]

Could you post the exact error message?

[alexus]

well that was exact error message but let me get actuall line from log file

ul 20 18:14:17 domU-12-31-39-02-60-D2 sendmail[8626]: n6KMC6Zc008626: ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=XXXX@hotmail.com, relay=server1.XXXX.net [XXX.129.117.XXX], reject=550 5.7.1 XXXXX@hotmail.com... Relaying denied
Jul 20 18:14:33 domU-12-31-39-02-60-D2 sendmail[8626]: n6KMC6Zc008626: from=root@XXXX.net, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=server1.XXXX.net [XXX.129.117.XXX]
Jul 21 04:44:36 domU-12-31-39-02-60-D2 sendmail[28775]: n6L8iZCY028775: from=root, size=1504, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200907210844.n6L8iZCY028775@domU-12-31-39-02-60-D2.compute-1.internal>, relay=root@localhost
Jul 21 04:44:36 domU-12-31-39-02-60-D2 sendmail[28819]: n6L8ia3o028819: from=<root@domU-12-31-39-02-60-D2.compute-1.internal>, size=1864, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200907210844.n6L8iZCY028775@domU-12-31-39-02-60-D2.compute-1.internal>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]
Jul 21 04:44:36 domU-12-31-39-02-60-D2 sendmail[28775]: n6L8iZCY028775: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=31504, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (n6L8ia3o028819 Message accepted for delivery)
Jul 21 04:44:36 domU-12-31-39-02-60-D2 sendmail[28820]: n6L8ia3o028819: to=<root@domU-12-31-39-02-60-D2.compute-1.internal>, ctladdr=<root@domU-12-31-39-02-60-D2.compute-1.internal> (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=32158, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
Jul 21 15:28:12 domU-12-31-39-02-60-D2 sendmail[16157]: n6LJS7Rf016157: ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<tv9977ccv@yahoo.com.tw>, relay=114-45-56-197.dynamic.hinet.net [114.45.56.197], reject=550 5.7.1 <tv9977ccv@yahoo.com.tw>... Relaying denied
Jul 21 15:28:12 domU-12-31-39-02-60-D2 sendmail[16157]: n6LJS7Rf016157: lost input channel from 114-45-56-197.dynamic.hinet.net [114.45.56.197] to MTA after rcpt
Jul 21 15:28:12 domU-12-31-39-02-60-D2 sendmail[16157]: n6LJS7Rf016157: from=<z2007tw@yahoo.com.tw>, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=114-45-56-197.dynamic.hinet.net [114.45.56.197]

I have replaced my private infoo with XXX, I also see some one from TW was tring to send some spam to server... dont know what even happened w/ that one...

[Lakshmipathi]

Does all these mails bounced back to your "root" user mail box?
and also post the sendmail.mc file contents ?

Have you tried with Gmail? Because While I'm configuring sendmail gmail gave me less trouble than others.

[alexus]

my first try was through google as recipint address but no luck

How do i check my root mailbox?
Tnx

[Lakshmipathi]

login as root and run the command

mail

that should shows root user mails.

from your log:to address is root and machine is local host and stat is sent

Jul 21 04:44:36 domU-12-31-39-02-60-D2 sendmail[28775]: n6L8iZCY028775: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=31504, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (n6L8ia3o028819 Message accepted for delivery)

check these links:

HOWTO: How to send mail using telnet connection to SMTP server

Send mail via telnet / test for open relay | Sendmail | Tech-Recipes

[alexus]

i used the same steps as guided in the link but here:

4. Send email address of the recipient

rcpt to: ime@domain.tld

250 ok

I got error saying that replying is denied