Sendmail quirk

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2003-03-27 10:21, Tuc <tuc at ttsg.com> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure if this is appropriate here, if not I'll take it
> elsewhere.  I use the following .mc on my machine :
>
> divert(0)
> VERSIONID(`$FreeBSD: himinbjorg.mc,v 1.0 2003/02/04 16:39:14 tuc Exp $')
> OSTYPE(freebsd4)
> DOMAIN(generic)
> FEATURE(access_db, `hash -o -T<TMPF> /etc/mail/access')
> FEATURE(blacklist_recipients)
> FEATURE(local_lmtp)
> FEATURE(mailertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable')
> FEATURE(virtusertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable')
> FEATURE(relay_based_on_MX)
> FEATURE(nouucp,nospecial)
> FEATURE(always_add_domain)
> FEATURE(genericstable, `hash -o /etc/mail/genericstable')
> FEATURE(use_cw_file)
> FEATURE(local_procmail)
> MASQUERADE_AS(`ttsg.com')
> define(`confCW_FILE', `-o /etc/mail/local-host-names')
> define(`confMAX_MIME_HEADER_LENGTH', `256/128')
> define(`confNO_RCPT_ACTION', `add-to-undisclosed')
> define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `authwarnings,noexpn,novrfy')
> define(`confSAVE_FROM_LINES',`True')
> define(`confMAX_HOP',`17')
> define(`confCOPY_ERRORS_TO',`Postmaster')
> define(`confMIME_FORMAT_ERRORS',`False')
> define(`confUSE_ERRORS_TO',`True')
> define(`confMCI_CACHE_SIZE',`5')
> define(`confME_TOO',`True')
> MAILER(local)
> MAILER(smtp)
> MAILER(pop)
>
>
> Nothing earth shattering, right?

No SMART_HOST.  Do you have a static IP address, or are you using a
dynamic IP address?

> So then why can't I ever email USER at mtida.org , I almost immediately
> get :
>
> himinbjorg% mail -v example at mtida.org
> Subject: TEST
> test
> .
> EOT
> example at mtida.org... Connecting to mail-fwd.bellsouth-hosting.net. via esmtp...
> example at mtida.org... Deferred: Operation timed out with mail-fwd.bellsouth-hosting.net.

What version of Sendmail are you running?

What is your IP address at the time of the message rejection?

- Giorgos