[ale] odd email issue

[Geoffrey Myers]

David Tomaschik wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Geoffrey Myers
> <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>> Robert Coggins wrote:
>>> On 6/15/2011 8:11 AM, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
>>>> So, I've got sendmail configured so it uses localhost for sending email.
>>>>    As a normal user I can send email like this:
>>>>
>>>> date|mail email at domain
>>>>
>>>> Yet, I've recently configured /etc/aliases to send root email to my
>>>> personal email address:
>>>>
>>>> root:           email at domain
>>>>
>>>> But I get delayed email messages from 1and1, my domain host for these
>>>> emails because my machine name (centsovm.serioustechnology.com) is not
>>>> valid.
>>>>
>>>> So, how is this possible?
>>>>
>>> Maybe it has something to do with not being able to contact that
>>> server.  I cannot resolve that address.
>> The issue is, when I send it from the command line, it is apparently
>> using my localhost.  When the cron job runs and redirects email via
>> /etc/aliases, it appears to be using the mail server for my hosting company.
>>
>> Why the inconsistency?
>>
>> Really, how is this even possible?
> 
> Do you have sendmail configured to use a relayhost?  Would you mind
> putting headers from the two different emails on a pastebin somewhere
> for comparison?

No relayhost.  I'll see if I can get some useful header info.  What 
baffles me is it appears that this one machine uses localhost from the 
command line and my hosting company mail server for cron output.

How is that even possible?


-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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