[gentoo-user] A little OT; ssmtp: Is this correct?

[gentoo-user] A little OT; ssmtp: Is this correct?

[Michael Sullivan]

On my PC (camille.espersunited.com) I have ssmtp installed.  It's
supposed to send all mail from camille to the exim server on
baby.espersunited.com.  My ssmpt.conf file looks like this:

camille log # cat /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf 
#
# /etc/ssmtp.conf -- a config file for sSMTP sendmail.
#

# The person who gets all mail for userids < 1000
# Make this empty to disable rewriting.
root=postmaster

# The place where the mail goes. The actual machine name is required
# no MX records are consulted. Commonly mailhosts are named
mail.domain.com
# The example will fit if you are in domain.com and your mailhub is so
named.
mailhub=baby.espersunited.com

# Example for SMTP port number 2525
# mailhub=mail.your.domain:2525
# Example for SMTP port number 25 (Standard/RFC)
# mailhub=mail.your.domain        
# Example for SSL encrypted connection
# mailhub=mail.your.domain:465

# Where will the mail seem to come from?
rewriteDomain=root@camille.espersunited.com

# The full hostname

# Gentoo bug #47562
# Commenting the following line will force ssmtp to figure
# out the hostname itself.

# hostname=_HOSTNAME_

# Set this to never rewrite the "From:" line (unless not given) and to
# use that address in the "from line" of the envelope.
#FromLineOverride=YES

# Use SSL/TLS to send secure messages to server.
#UseTLS=YES

# Use SSL/TLS certificate to authenticate against smtp host.
#UseTLSCert=YES

# Use this RSA certificate.
#TLSCert=/etc/ssl/certs/ssmtp.pem

# Get enhanced (*really* enhanced) debugging information in the logs
# If you want to have debugging of the config file parsing, move this
option
# to the top of the config file and uncomment
#Debug=YES


This has worked fine for about a week until yesterday when I rebooted.
Now I'm seeing these in my log file:

Jul 17 00:00:46 camille sSMTP[18912]: Set
RewriteDomain="root@camille.espersunited.com" is invalid
Jul 17 00:00:46 camille sSMTP[18912]: Set
RewriteDomain="camille.espersunited.com" used
Jul 17 00:05:16 camille sSMTP[18939]: Set
RewriteDomain="root@camille.espersunited.com" is invalid
Jul 17 00:05:16 camille sSMTP[18939]: Set
RewriteDomain="camille.espersunited.com" used
Jul 17 00:33:26 camille sSMTP[20274]: Set
RewriteDomain="root@camille.espersunited.com" is invalid
Jul 17 00:33:26 camille sSMTP[20274]: Set
RewriteDomain="camille.espersunited.com" used
Jul 17 00:50:02 camille sSMTP[20338]: Set
RewriteDomain="root@camille.espersunited.com" is invalid
Jul 17 00:50:02 camille sSMTP[20338]: Set
RewriteDomain="camille.espersunited.com" used
Jul 17 00:50:06 camille sSMTP[20340]: Set
RewriteDomain="root@camille.espersunited.com" is invalid
Jul 17 00:50:06 camille sSMTP[20340]: Set
RewriteDomain="camille.espersunited.com" used
Jul 17 02:59:01 camille sSMTP[20775]: Set
RewriteDomain="root@camille.espersunited.com" is invalid
Jul 17 02:59:01 camille sSMTP[20775]: Set
RewriteDomain="camille.espersunited.com" used
Jul 17 02:59:06 camille sSMTP[20776]: Set
RewriteDomain="root@camille.espersunited.com" is invalid
Jul 17 02:59:06 camille sSMTP[20776]: Set
RewriteDomain="camille.espersunited.com" used
Jul 17 03:00:03 camille sSMTP[20800]: Set
RewriteDomain="root@camille.espersunited.com" is invalid
Jul 17 03:00:03 camille sSMTP[20800]: Set
RewriteDomain="camille.espersunited.com" used
Jul 17 03:00:06 camille sSMTP[20829]: Set
RewriteDomain="root@camille.espersunited.com" is invalid
Jul 17 03:00:06 camille sSMTP[20829]: Set
RewriteDomain="camille.espersunited.com" used

But the mail that camille tries to send ends up in dead.letter.  What's
going on here?

Re: [gentoo-user] A little OT; ssmtp: Is this correct?

[Michael Higgins]

On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:26:24 -0500
Michael Sullivan <msulli1355@gmail.com> wrote:

> mailhub=baby.espersunited.com
> # Where will the mail seem to come from?
> rewriteDomain=root@camille.espersunited.com
> 
> # The full hostname
> 
> # Gentoo bug #47562
> # Commenting the following line will force ssmtp to figure
> # out the hostname itself.
> 
> # hostname=_HOSTNAME_
> 
> 
> This has worked fine for about a week until yesterday when I rebooted.

Is your hostname properly configured on the machine you rebooted?

> Now I'm seeing these in my log file:
> 
> Jul 17 00:00:46 camille sSMTP[18912]: Set
> RewriteDomain="root@camille.espersunited.com" is invalid

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=ssmtp+RewriteDomain+%22is+invalid%22

First hit:

    Comment by Alessandro Doro (adoroo) - Monday, 21 July 2008, 15:41 GMT-4
Dawid, your configuration is wrong.
rewriteDomain should only contain the domain name, without the username part.

Which makes some sense, given the name of the config option.

> But the mail that camille tries to send ends up in dead.letter.
> What's going on here?

If it ends up in dead.letter, it seems it's probably *your own* mail server rejecting it..?? Maybe have a look at "the exim server on baby.espersunited.com" to see why?

Anyway, you probably figured this out already.

Cheers,

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