[FreeBSD][Newb] How I use sendmail to send mail?

Mon Jun 11 05:15:07 UTC 2007

ok,

I'll look at that readme.

And....

I nosed around on the box for clues about sendmail.cf

It looks like the previous sysadmin ignored
sendmail.cf

I see this:

bash jake oracle /etc/mail 14 $ pwd
/etc/mail
bash jake oracle /etc/mail 15 $ 
bash jake oracle /etc/mail 15 $ 
bash jake oracle /etc/mail 15 $ ls -latr
total 582
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel    569 Nov  4  2004
virtusertable.sample
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel  40449 Nov  4  2004
submit.cf
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel  57796 Nov  4  2004
sendmail.cf
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel    243 Nov  4  2004
mailertable.sample
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel    400 Nov  4  2004
mailer.conf
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel   5588 Nov  4  2004
helpfile
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel  40449 Nov  4  2004
freebsd.submit.cf
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel  57796 Nov  4  2004
freebsd.cf
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   1606 Nov  4  2004 aliases
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel    407 Nov  4  2004
access.sample
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   2896 Nov  4  2004 README
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   6809 Nov  4  2004
Makefile
-rw-r-----   1 root  wheel  65536 Oct 31  2005
aliases.db
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel    421 Aug 21  2006
motel411.sh
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel  40400 Aug 21  2006
motel411.com.submit.cf
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel  57747 Aug 21  2006
motel411.com.cf
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel    894 Aug 21  2006
motel411.com.submit.mc
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   4113 Aug 21  2006
motel411.com.mc
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel    894 Aug 21  2006
freebsd.submit.mc
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel   4113 Aug 21  2006
freebsd.mc
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel     52 Aug 21  2006
local-host-names
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel    267 Aug 21  2006
virtusertable
drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel   1024 Aug 21  2006 ./
-rw-r-----   1 root  wheel  65536 Aug 21  2006
virtusertable.db
drwxr-xr-x  17 root  wheel   2048 Nov 11  2006 ../
bash jake oracle /etc/mail 16 $ 
bash jake oracle /etc/mail 16 $ 
bash jake oracle /etc/mail 16 $ 

It looks like administrative activity was happening on
Aug 21 2006

I looked at  motel411.sh...

bash jake oracle /etc/mail 16 $ 
bash jake oracle /etc/mail 16 $ cat motel411.sh
#! /bin/sh

cp freebsd.mc motel411.com.mc
/usr/bin/m4 -D_CF_DIR_=/usr/share/sendmail/cf/  
/usr/share/sendmail/cf/m4/cf.m4 motel411.com.mc >
motel411.com.cf
cp freebsd.submit.mc motel411.com.submit.mc
/usr/bin/m4 -D_CF_DIR_=/usr/share/sendmail/cf/  
/usr/share/sendmail/cf/m4/cf.m4 motel411.com.submit.mc
> motel411.com.submit.cf
/usr/sbin/makemap hash virtusertable.db <
virtusertable
chmod 0640 virtusertable.db
bash jake oracle /etc/mail 17 $ 
bash jake oracle /etc/mail 17 $ 
bash jake oracle /etc/mail 17 $ 

I'll search google for info about these files:

freebsd.mc 
freebsd.submit.mc
virtusertable
virtusertable.db

And I'll read that readme:
/usr/share/sendmail/cf/readme

-b

--- Doug Hardie <bc979 at lafn.org> wrote:

> 
> On Jun 10, 2007, at 21:25, Bjorn Boulder wrote:
> 
> > Doug, Mats
> >
> > Your advice is on the money; thanks.
> >
> > I see this:
> >
> > Jun 10 05:43:40 jake sendmail[15068]:
> l5AAhekD015068:
> > to=bornboulder77 at yahoo.com, ctladdr=oracle
> > (1004/1005),
> > delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay,
> > pri=30062,
> > relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0,
> > stat=Deferred: Connection
> > refused by [127.0.0.1]
> >
> > Your tip along with that given by Mats suggests
> that
> > I need to learn about /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
> >
> > It appears that the box cannot send mail to
> itself:
> >
> > Jun 10 03:05:44 jake sendmail[14546]:
> l5A84ObZ014546:
> > to=postmaster,
> > delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay,
> > pri=154501,
> > relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred:
> > Connection refused by
> > [127.0.0.1]
> >
> > Jun 10 03:05:44 jake sendmail[14546]:
> l5485I55093939:
> > to=root,
> > ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=6+00:00:26,
> xdelay=00:00:00,
> > mailer=relay,
> > pri=691450, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0,
> > stat=Deferred: Connection
> > refused by [127.0.0.1]
> >
> > Jun 10 03:05:44 jake sendmail[14546]:
> l5485I55093939:
> > l5A84Oba014546:
> > sender notify: Cannot send message for 5 days
> >
> > Jun 10 03:05:44 jake sendmail[14546]:
> l5A84Oba014546:
> > to=root,
> > delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay,
> > pri=152806,
> > relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred:
> > Connection refused by
> > [127.0.0.1]
> >
> > Currently, my main assumption is that
> > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
> > is the primary administrative interface for
> e-mail.
> 
> That is correct, but you don't want to directly mess
> with  
> sendmail.cf.  You really want to use the mc file and
> then make to  
> build the cf file.  Its much easier and more
> readable.  See /usr/ 
> share/sendmail/cf/readme for more details.  The cf
> files are in  
> another directory from there named cf.
> 
> You will also want to use
>             sendmail -bv email-address
> to have sendmail show you how and where it will
> deliver for the  
> address:  email-address.  That is a useful tool.
> 
> 

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