Re: LUG: Configuring sendmail to do SMART HOST - Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:44:59 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: Configuring sendmail to do SMART HOST

From : Jack Neely <jjneely@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:44:59 -0500

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 06:33:35PM -0500, Austin Page wrote:
> Hey Guys,
> I was wondering if there were any sendmail experts out there. I am
> trying to send mail (mainly logs) to my ncsu email address, from a
> fedora 10 box. To do this, i am trying to use the sendmail smart host
> feature. However, every time i send a message, it seems to not be able
> to connect to the smtp server. I am using the make script in the
> /etc/mail folder to m4 hash the config files, and I am restarting
> sendmail via the service command in between each make. Here is the
> relevant config/log data:
>
> $>ifconfig
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:8C:03:91:19 inet
> addr:152.7.26.7 Bcast:152.7.27.255 Mask:255.255.252.0
> ...

You have a resnet IP. You'll need to smart host through
smtp-resnet.ncsu.edu instead. The main smtp relays don't accept traffic
from resnet IP ranges.

Jack

--
Jack Neely <jjneely@ncsu.[redacted]>
Linux Czar, OIT Campus Linux Services
Office of Information Technology, NC State University
GPG Fingerprint: 1917 5AC1 E828 9337 7AA4 EA6B 213B 765F 3B6A 5B89