Daily report cannot be emailed to a jailed mail server

[Steve Bertrand]

David N wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> FreeBSD 7.2-R box with 10 jails.
> 
> The mail server (actually its a mail filter) is hosted on the same
> server inside a jail.
> 
> I can't seem to get the main server reports to be sent to the mail
> filter inside the jail inside the same box.
> 
> so.. root at localhost tries to send an email to someone at anotherdomain.com.au
> 
> The MX entry for anotherdomain.com.au points to the mailfilter on the
> server (jailed).
> 
> 
> I've changed my /etc/mail/aliases to have
> root: someone at anotherdomain.com.au
> and ran newaliases.
> 
> When i try to send an email i get
> in /var/log/messages
> sm-mta[94682]: n97LeeOw094682: Losing ./qfn97LeeOw094682: savemail panic
> Oct  8 08:40:40 server sm-mta[94682]: n97LeeOw094682: SYSERR(root):
> savemail: cannot save rejected email anywhere
> Oct  8 08:42:30 server sm-mta[94713]: n97LgTYg094713: Losing
> ./qfn97LgTYg094713: savemail panic
> Oct  8 08:42:30 server sm-mta[94713]: n97LgTYg094713: SYSERR(root):
> savemail: cannot save rejected email anywhere
> Oct  8 08:47:07 server sm-mta[95130]: n97Ll7VV095129: SYSERR(root): MX
> list for anotherdomain.com.au. points back to server.net
> 
> In /var/log/maillog
> n97Ll7VV095129: to=someone at anotherdomain.com.au,
> ctladdr=<root at server.net> (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00,
> mailer=esmtp, pri=30715, relay=anotherdomain.com.au., dsn=5.3.5,
> stat=Local configuration error
> Oct  8 08:47:07 server sm-mta[95130]: n97Ll7VV095129: n97Ll7VV095130:
> DSN: Local configuration error
> 
> Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

If you hadn't of sanitized the domain names, it would have been easier
to troubleshoot...

Nonetheless, you can force Sendmail to push email to a different server
directly (overriding the DNS MX entries) with a 'mailertable' file in
/etc/mail. Here's one on a secondary MX:

%cat /etc/mail/mailertable
ibctech.ca      smtp:[smtp.ibctech.ca]
ipv6canada.com  smtp:[smtp.ipv6canada.com]
...

After the file is created, a simple 'make' in /etc/mail will build the
mailertable.db file for you and take effect immediately (much like
'newaliases').

However, it's hard to tell if this recommendation will solve your
problem though. Without knowing the real domain, we can't perform DNS
tests against it to get a better understanding of the situation.

Cheers,

Steve