[ale] Sendmail probs continue

[Taylor Robison]

I'm thinking your machine has an identity problem.  It needs to find its 
true self.

Does the machine know its name?--what does the  "hostname" command return?

You mentioned that you have a registered domain name.  Are you managing 
the DNS yourself?
Could you examine the zone files?
Could it be that the reverse zone files have a mistake somewhere?  This 
might prevent your machine or bellsouth from completing a reverse lookup.

These are just some thoughts.  I could be way off.

Oh, also take a look at postfix.  Its an alternative to sendmail.  Its a 
little easier to configure and is rumored to have slightly better 
protection from unknowingly
becoming a spam relay point.  I've set it up a few times and its pretty 
simple.

Taylor

Mike Lockhart wrote:

>Looks like your problem is that you're trying to send email from a
>non-valid domain, thats why you're getting the 
>"553 localhost.localdomain does not exist" error.  It should be somthing
>like "webmaster at 0.0.0.0" where 0.0.0.0 is your IP address.  I can't
>remember off the top of my head how to fix that, but i'm pretty sure
>it's an /etc/hosts issue.
>
>-- mike
>
>On Mon, 2002-07-22 at 14:43, sangell at nan.net wrote:
>  
>
>>Here is the results. I sent to bellsouth.net which I always get returns
>>from:
>>
>>sangell at bellsouth.net... Connecting to mx06.mail.bellsouth.net. via
>>esmtp...
>>220 mail.bellsouth.net ESMTP server (InterMail vM.5.01.04.19
>>201-253-122-122-119-20020516) ready Mon, 22 Jul 2002 15:42:36 -0400
>>    
>>
>>>>>EHLO localhost.localdomain
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>250-imf14bis.bellsouth.net
>>250-HELP
>>250-PIPELINING
>>250-DSN
>>250-8BITMIME
>>250 SIZE 10485760
>>    
>>
>>>>>MAIL From:<webmaster at localhost.localdomain> SIZE=58
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>553 localhost.localdomain does not exist
>>/home/webmaster/dead.letter... Saved message in
>>/home/webmaster/dead.letter
>>Closing connection to mx06.mail.bellsouth.net.
>>    
>>
>>>>>QUIT
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>221 imf14bis.bellsouth.net ESMTP server closing connection
>>    
>>
>
>  
>



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