sendmail not working

[Robert Huff]

On 1/8/2013 9:18 AM, Robert Bonomi wrote:

>>>>       I have compiled sendmail following the instructions in the
>>>>       cyrus-sasl port. Sendmail starts, but no mail is processed either
>>>>       way.  /var/log/maillog has this:
>>>
>>> No clue, except the first message might be saying it's not going to
>>> honor anything from .forward because it's in a group writable directory
>>> which would be considered a security issue.  Try making /home/huff
>>> group read only?
>>
>>   Done. Restarted sendmail (all parts). Still no mail processed.

 > WHAT HAPPENS when you 'telnet' to your mailserver port(s) and try
 > doing smtp transaction(s) manually?

	I don't get the SMTP prompt.

> WHAT HAPPENS when you -try- to send an email _out_?
>      Do you get an error email?

	No.

>      Does it show in the outbound mail queue?
>         (if it's in the queue, look at the qf* file, to see why it is deferred.)

	In /var/spool/mqueue:

V8
T1357573913
K1357659459
N175
P15690892
I0/111/1420867
Mreply: read error from local
Fws
$_localhost [127.0.0.1]
$rESMTP
$sjerusalem.litteratus.org
${daemon_flags}
${if_addr}127.0.0.1
S<huff at jerusalem.litteratus.org>
A<>
MDeferred: Connection reset by local
rRFC822; huff at jerusalem.litteratus.org
RPFD:<huff at jerusalem.litteratus.org>
H?P?Return-Path: <g>
H??Received: from jerusalem.litteratus.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by jerusalem.litteratus.org (8.14.6/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r07FoGPd052948
	for <huff at jerusalem.litteratus.org>; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:51:53 -0500 (EST)
	(envelope-from huff at jerusalem.litteratus.org)
H?x?Full-Name: Robert Huff
H??Received: (from root at localhost)
	by jerusalem.litteratus.org (8.14.6/8.14.6/Submit) id r07FoGrl052947
	for huff; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:50:16 -0500 (EST)
	(envelope-from huff)
H??Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:50:16 -0500 (EST)
H??From: Robert Huff <huff at jerusalem.litteratus.org>
H??Message-Id: <201301071550.r07FoGrl052947 at jerusalem.litteratus.org>
H??To: undisclosed-recipients:;
H??X-Spam-Status: No, score=4.3 required=5.0 
tests=ALL_TRUSTED,EMPTY_MESSAGE,
	MISSING_HEADERS,MISSING_SUBJECT autolearn=no version=3.3.2
H??X-Spam-Level: ****
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	jerusalem.litteratus.org

>      What do the sendmail log messages say?

Jan  8 10:12:44 jerusalem sm-mta[28896]: r05KsfdB048780: forward 
/home/huff/.forward.jerusalem+: Group writable directory
Jan  8 10:12:44 jerusalem sm-mta[28896]: r05KsfdB048780: forward 
/home/huff/.forward+: Group writable directory
Jan  8 10:12:44 jerusalem sm-mta[28896]: r05KsfdB048780: forward 
/home/huff/.forward.jerusalem: Group writable directory
Jan  8 10:12:44 jerusalem sm-mta[28896]: r05KsfdB048780: forward 
/home/huff/.forward: Group writable directory
Jan  8 10:12:44 jerusalem sm-mta[28896]: r05KsfdB048780: smtpquit: 
mailer local exited with exit value 1
Jan  8 10:12:44 jerusalem sm-mta[28896]: r05KsfdB048780: 
to=<huff at localhost>, delay=2+18:16:27, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, 
pri=56791038, relay=local, dsn=4.4.2, stat=Deferred: Connection reset by 
local



			Robert Huff