From: rchen@fraser.sfu.ca (Robert Chen) Subject: configuring smail - can send but not receive Date: Mon, 24 May 1993 21:53:34 GMT
Hi. I am having some difficulties setting up smail correctly on my
Linux machine. I am able to send mail, but cannot receive. The
sending machine gets:
From: MAILER-DAEMON (Mail Delivery Subsystem)
Subject: Returned mail: Cannot send message for 3 days
Message-Id: <9305240327.AC07898@whistler.sfu.ca>
To: <rchen@sfu.ca>
Status: RO
----- Transcript of session follows -----
421 koala.mbb.sfu.ca.tcp... Deferred: Connection timed out during user open with koala.mbb.sfu.ca
----- Unsent message follows -----
[blah, blah, blah]
smail is running on koala, started in rc.local:
# start smail
/usr/lib/sendmail -q10m
/usr/lib/sendmail is a link to smail. I also have a line in
my etc/services that reads:
smtp 25/tcp mail #Simple Mail transfer
I know that my tcp connection is sound, and have no trouble sending
mail to other hosts. I can also send and receive mail locally without
any problems. I am treading in completely new waters here so please
excuse my complete lack of knowledge on this subject. Below is my
smail config file. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Follow-ups
please to comp.mail.sendmail or email as I am certain this is not
a linux problem.
Thanks,
- Rob
#
# smail configuration for koala
# (see smail(5) man page for details and other options)
#
hostname=koala
visible_domain=mbb.sfu.ca
more_hostnames=koala.mbb.sfu.ca
smart_path=darwin.mbb.sfu.ca
smart_transport=smtp
postmaster=root
smtp_accept_max=10
smtp_banner="$primary_name Linux Smail$version #$compile_num ready at $date"
received_field="Received: \
${if def:sender_host \
{from $sender_host by $primary_name \
${if def:sender_proto: with $sender_proto}\
\n\t(Linux Smail$version #$compile_num) }\
else{by $primary_name ${if def:sender_proto:with $sender_proto }\
(Linux Smail$version #$compile_num)\n\t}}\
id $message_id; $spool_date"