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Date:	Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:28:33 -0800
From:	Sheridan George <s-geo@usa.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Sendmail

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Here's my test message.

To: listsns@roadrunner.com
From: s-geo@usa.net
Subject: Sendmail Test

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Sheridan

Steven Levine wrote:
> In <47A02CD1.2090407@usa.net>, on 01/29/08
> at 11:51 PM, Sheridan George said:
>
> Hi,
>
> Given that sendmail does not like
>
> sendmail -d -a SENDMAIL.Test -tlistsns@roadrunner.com
> -fs-geo@usa.net
>
> it's clear that the - in s-geo is confusing the sendmail command line
> parser. Try quoting like
>
> sendmail -d -a SENDMAIL.Test -tlistsns@roadrunner.com
> -f"s-geo@usa.net"
>
> I suspect that once you get the command line straightened out, you will
> find that sendmail is attempting local delivery for every message you
> send.
>
> The local in the following log message tells you this
>
> ===== SENDALL: mode b, id XAA000.98, e_from 16906634=os2user:
> mailer 4 (local), host `', user `os2user', ruser `'
> next=0, flags=5, alias 0, uid 0, gid 0
> owner=(none), home="/E:/MPTN/ETC", fullname="(none)"
>
> The reason for this is
>
> SYSTEM IDENTITY (after readcf):
> (short domain name) $w = smtp.roadrunner.com
> (canonical domain name) $j = $w
> (subdomain name) $m = roadrunner.com
> (node name) $k = smtp.roadrunner.com
>
> which says you have told sendmail you are smtp.roadrunner.com. This means
> given your ruleset, you are going to get local delivery for anything you
> send, which is not what you want.
>
> My log contains
>
> SYSTEM IDENTITY (after readcf):
> (short domain name) $w = localhost.earthlink.net
> (canonical domain name) $j = slamain
> (subdomain name) $m = earthlink.net
> (node name) $k = localhost.earthlink.net
>
> which is not really any better, but I avoided the failure by changing the
> ruleset.
>
>> For some reason I let sendmail run instead of stopping it with ctrl-C and
>> 2 minutes later it actually finished (ipformat-120Min.txt)
>
> It finished if you consider a time out finishing. What did you expect to
> happen?
>
>> Lastly I ran the command line I have been using but added the -d option.
>> That resulted in a big gob of command line data (cmdLine.txt) with the
>> resulting ipformat-simple-d_cmdLine.txt.
>
>> Well, I guess there is now enough to put y'all to sleep for a while. Good
>> luck cuz I'm lost.
>
> When you try it the way I suggested and you should get somewhat better
> results. It should be possible to use just -t, but I recommend getting
> send to work first.
>
> Looking at cmdline.txt
>
> getauthinfo: os2user@localhost
>
> happens because these are the defaults you set up. Supply a full from
> address on the command line and you will start to get results that look
> more like what I got.
>
> You will know things are working when to log ends with something like this
>
> ====finis: stat 0 e_flags 10003, e_id=QAA066.64
> dropenvelope 11a2bb98: id=QAA066.64, flags=0x1003
>
> ===== Dropping [dq]fQAA066.64 =====
>
> This says the queued message was deleted because it was sent out without
> errors.
>
> Since I don't have a pristine copy of Bob's sendmail.cf, someone should
> send me one. A copy of your test message might be useful too.
>
> Steven
>

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To: listsns@roadrunner.com
From: s-geo@usa.net
Subject: Sendmail Test

This is the body

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