Sendmai can send mails but unable to receive mails

**satimis** · 02-15-2007

Hi folks,

slamd64-11.0
sendmail

The mail server can send mails but unable to receive mails. I don't have its front-end package such Evolution/Thunderbird installed. I ran command line to perform following test.

1)
# telnet localhost 25
....
etc.

send a mail to yahoo.com. Mail received without problem.

2)
Send a webmail from yahoo.com to this server. Failure.

warning:

Code:

<satimis@satimis.com>:
220.232.213.178 does not like recipient.
Remote host said: 550 5.7.1 <satimis@satimis.com>... Relaying denied
Giving up on 220.232.213.178.

--- Below this line is a copy of the message.

Return-Path: <satimis@yahoo.com>
Received: (qmail 84830 invoked by uid 60001); 15 Feb 2007 11:15:33 
-0000
DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws;
  s=s1024; d=yahoo.com;
  
h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID;
  
b=o2Bp+ydrolZ2ztzWv6a3BgAKUwnjRoONkH7s8QQUKlLYPnVA/tH0O1GNB5d6ToaiC/0YLovdFzESj3HjEd1bgIQb5ehR5V6IbfZo9e5Cf9h1PS40xlUTaq08B9mEUG5SztuSnfzBm5ocYDV7jrZ/A+t+y5j9/D4vQ2M7lioWHbA=;
X-YMail-OSG: 
W7wktw8VM1nuEKFpUVsL2rOsdscNa.EoIKc8eUkqqp5ZIkRPUx28Gw1u5La6L2.uxsLsYVl03O6nEZtiVx5iQixlH77Tc7THCxEA805G0JaOCTuEf.9R42QqSCvTGq8BLajYLYpGt6EED5A-
Received: from [220.232.213.178] by web35207.mail.mud.yahoo.com via 
HTTP; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:15:32 CST
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:15:32 +0800 (CST)
....

220.232.213.178 = external fixed IP address of the server
192.168.0.10 = internal IP of the server
domain = satimis.com

# echo '$=m' | sendmail -bt -d0.4

Code:

Version 8.13.8
 Compiled with: DNSMAP LOG MAP_REGEX MATCHGECOS MILTER MIME7TO8 MIME8TO7
                NAMED_BIND NETINET NETUNIX NEWDB NIS PIPELINING SASLv2 SCANF
                SOCKETMAP STARTTLS TCPWRAPPERS USERDB XDEBUG
Canonical name: localhost
 UUCP nodename: host
        a.k.a.: host
        a.k.a.: [127.0.0.1]
        a.k.a.: [192.168.0.10]
        a.k.a.: host.satimis.com

============ SYSTEM IDENTITY (after readcf) ============
      (short domain name) $w = localhost
  (canonical domain name) $j = localhost
         (subdomain name) $m = <null>
              (node name) $k = host
========================================================

WARNING: local host name (localhost) is not qualified; see cf/README: WHO AM I?
ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked)
Enter <ruleset> <address>

Please advise where I have to edit on /etc/mail/sendmail.cf

TIA

B.R.
satimis

**achak01** · 02-15-2007

Your site is not registered. There is no site on the internet with the name of localhost.localdomain. get ur site registered first. We had faced the same problem. Then finally when we got our site registered with our ISP, we bgean to recieve mails form the internet too. good luck

**satimis** · 02-15-2007

Hi achak01,

Tks for your advice.

Your site is not registered. There is no site on the internet with the name of localhost.localdomain.

Sorry I don't follow. satimis.com was registered with godaddy.com. It is active.

# ping -c3 satimis.com

Code:

PING satimis.com (220.232.213.178) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 220.232.213.178: icmp_seq=1 ttl=150 time=0.700 ms
64 bytes from 220.232.213.178: icmp_seq=2 ttl=150 time=0.647 ms
64 bytes from 220.232.213.178: icmp_seq=3 ttl=150 time=0.745 ms

--- satimis.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.647/0.697/0.745/0.045 ms

The domain is active.

On browser of the same network type "satimis.com" displayed the Test Page of Apache

On browser of another network (I used proxydom.com) type "satimis.com" also displayed the Test Page of Apache.

I haven't created my homepage.

I'm now looking around for advice on configuring "sendmail.cf".

Tks.

B.R.
satimis

**darkrose0510** · 02-15-2007

1. Does your name server have a mail (MX) record for your domain?
2. Does your ISP allow mail to be sent to your server?
3. Does your ISP allow you to run a server?
4. Do you have your router setup to foreward incoming mail to your server?

I have just tried entering
http://220.232.213.178/
http://www.satimis.com/
http://satimis.com/
in my browser and have received nothing back, so it appears as though nothing can get to your server from the internet.

**satimis** · 02-16-2007

Hi darkrose0510,

Tks for your response.

This server is for testing. When it is used the server will be switched on.

1. Does your name server have a mail (MX) record for your domain?
2. Does your ISP allow mail to be sent to your server?
3. Does your ISP allow you to run a server?
4. Do you have your router setup to foreward incoming mail to your server?

Yes.

Previously testing Ubuntu 6.06 server with postfix running on this server mails can be sent and received without problem

I have just tried entering
http://220.232.213.178/
http://www.satimis.com/
http://satimis.com/
in my browser and have received nothing back, so it appears as though nothing can get to your server from the internet.

When the server is on, Apache testpage will be displayed. I tested it locally as well as on another network. I haven't setup a homepage on this server.

B.R.
satimis

**darkrose0510** · 02-16-2007

OK, always good to check the basics first.

Now. your host and domain names are not set for sendmail, as seen

Code:

Canonical name: localhost

Code:

(short domain name) $w = localhost
(canonical domain name) $j = localhost

Yahoo (or anyone) can't send you mail because it's trying to send mail to localhost, i.e. itself

There is a really nice easy Sendmail how-to HERE. Which I'd reccomend you read, it's mostly for Slackware too, so should be fine with Slamd64.

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