Re: [ILUG] sendmail problems

From: Chris Higgins (chris.higgins at domain horizon.ie)
Date: Thu 02 Aug 2001 - 13:06:15 IST

> hi,
> sendmail takes ages to start up. I have looked at the logs and this is a
> snippet of what it says:
>
> Aug 2 11:52:28 ie-cor-d008316 sendmail[22800]: My unqualified host name
> (ie-cor-d008316) unknown; sleeping for retry
> Aug 2 11:53:28 ie-cor-d008316 sendmail[22800]: unable to qualify my own
> domain name (ie-cor-d008316) -- using short name
> Aug 2 11:53:28 ie-cor-d008316 sendmail[22800]: alias database /etc/aliases
> rebuilt by root
> Aug 2 11:53:28 ie-cor-d008316 sendmail[22800]: /etc/aliases: 14 aliases,
> longest 10 bytes, 152 bytes total
> Aug 2 11:53:28 ie-cor-d008316 sendmail[22813]: My unqualified host name
> (ie-cor-d008316) unknown; sleeping for retry

Lookee here "sleeping for retry"

> Aug 2 11:54:28 ie-cor-d008316 sendmail[22813]: unable to qualify my own
> domain name (ie-cor-d008316) -- using short name

One whole minute later it continues on...

Maybe this is a hint ? Check that dns works.

(ie: hostnames match, domain names match, name server entries are correct)
If not make sure you have the correct entries in /etc/hosts

> Aug 2 11:54:28 ie-cor-d008316 sendmail[22822]: starting daemon (8.9.3):
> SMTP+queueing at domain 00:01:00
> Aug 2 11:55:52 ie-cor-d008316 sendmail[22833]: LAA22833:
> from=<root at domain ie-cor-d008316.att.cmg.nl>, size=773, class=0, pri=30773, nrcpts=1,
> msgid=<20010802105511.A800 at domain ie-cor-d008316.att.cmg.nl>, proto=ESMTP,
> relay=IDENT:root at domain localhost.localdomain
> [127.0.0.1]
> Aug 2 11:55:52 ie-cor-d008316 sendmail[22833]: LAA22833:
> to=<jamcooper at domain localhost>, delay=00:00:00, mailer=local, stat=queued
> Aug 2 11:55:52 ie-cor-d008316 sendmail[22834]: LAA22834: ruleset=check_mail,
> arg1=<root at domain ie-cor-mail01>, relay=IDENT:root at domain localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1],
> reject=551 invalid host name ie-cor-mail01,check your configuration.
> Aug 2 11:55:52 ie-cor-d008316 sendmail[22834]: LAA22834:
> from=<root at domain ie-cor-mail01>, size=0, class=0, pri=0, nrcpts=0, proto=ESMTP,
> relay=IDENT:root at domain localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]
> Aug 2 11:55:52 ie-cor-d008316 sendmail[22837]: LAA22837: ruleset=check_rcpt,
> arg1=<root at domain ie-cor-mail01>, relay=IDENT:root at domain localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1],
> reject=551 we do not relay
>
>
> ie-cor-mail01 (IMAP) is pingable.
> ie-cor-d008316 <my machine> is pingable.
> The IP addresses for both these machines is listed in /etc/hosts
>
> Netscape Messenger can get my emails from ie-cor-mail01 without problem.
> When i fool around with sendmail in linuxconf, and it comes to the stage where
> i have to activate the changes, i get the error:
>
> The command
> /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S80sendmail restart
> is taking longer than exepected to complete.
> Please take action....
>
>
> This is my basic sendmail config in linuxconf:
>
> Present your system as: jamcooper <my login id>
> Accept email for att.cmg.nl: unchecked
> Mail server: ie-cor-mail01
> mail gateway: localhost
> mail gateway protocol: smtp
>
>
> Anyone have any idea what is wrong? Sorry for the length! The IT guys here
> know sweet F.A about linux.
>
> Thanks
>
> James
>
>
>
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** Chris Higgins                         e: chris.higgins at horizon.ie **
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