[gentoo-user] I have a problem I would like some help with...

[gentoo-user] I have a problem I would like some help with...

[Chris Walters]

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Hello,

I have a problem going on with my 'sendmail' client.  This happens to be sSMTP
- - actually I don't know if the problem is with sSMTP or with some logger or
daemon trying to use it.  It seems to be with sSMTP, though.

I will explain the problem before I go any further.  I just noticed in the logs
that periodically, something tries to send something through
'(myhost).adelphia.net'.  This is a problem, since there is no such domain.
Now to the reason I think it is sSMTP (a misconfiguration, or something):  When
I try to send mail to a local user using 'sendmail', it tries to go through the
host mentioned above.

I am running syslog-ng, with logrotate.  A few other things, that create logs,
as well.  What makes this worse is that I ran a recursive grep for
'adelphia.net' to see if there was a configuration file I missed - all I got
were email addresses tied to the kernel Documentation, and the email.log and
email.err files.

If you need more information, I'll be happy to provide it.  I just want to fix
my system mail so that it doesn't try to send everything through adelphia.net.

Regards,
Chris
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Re: [gentoo-user] I have a problem I would like some help with...

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:29:08 -0400, Chris Walters wrote:

> I just noticed in the logs
> that periodically, something tries to send something through
> '(myhost).adelphia.net'.  This is a problem, since there is no such
> domain. Now to the reason I think it is sSMTP (a misconfiguration, or
> something): 

It could be, but only you know how ssmtp is configured. What is
in /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf

Incidentally, why not mention ssmtp in the Subject: it would be a lot
more helpful that what you used and may even increase your chances of a
solution.


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Re: [gentoo-user] I have a problem - sSMTP problem?

[Chris Walters]

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Neil Bothwick wrote:
| On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:29:08 -0400, Chris Walters wrote:
|
|> I just noticed in the logs
|> that periodically, something tries to send something through
|> '(myhost).adelphia.net'.  This is a problem, since there is no such
|> domain. Now to the reason I think it is sSMTP (a misconfiguration, or
|> something):
|
| It could be, but only you know how ssmtp is configured. What is
| in /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
|
| Incidentally, why not mention ssmtp in the Subject: it would be a lot
| more helpful that what you used and may even increase your chances of a
| solution.

Here are the contents of my ssmtp.conf file:

#
# /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=mail

# 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=

# 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

** End ssmtp.conf **

And here is the the revaliases file:

# sSMTP aliases
#
# Format:	local_account:outgoing_address:mailhub
#
# Example: root:your_login@your.domain:mailhub.your.domain[:port]
# where [:port] is an optional port number that defaults to 25.

** End revaliases **
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Re: [gentoo-user] I have a problem - sSMTP problem?

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:38:07 -0400, Chris Walters wrote:

> mailhub=mail

This looks like the default, you need to set to the the machine that
handles your mail, either a local mail server or your ISP's.


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Re: [gentoo-user] I have a problem - sSMTP problem?

[Chris Walters]

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Neil Bothwick wrote:
| On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:38:07 -0400, Chris Walters wrote:
|
|> mailhub=mail
|
| This looks like the default, you need to set to the the machine that
| handles your mail, either a local mail server or your ISP's.

Could you give me an example of how to set it to my local machine - I don't
want to use my ISP?  Would this involve emerging a new package?  Also, I don't
understand why this would default to adelphia.net.

Regards,
Chris
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Re: [gentoo-user] I have a problem - sSMTP problem?

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:47:22 -0400, Chris Walters wrote:

> | This looks like the default, you need to set to the the machine that
> | handles your mail, either a local mail server or your ISP's.  
> 
> Could you give me an example of how to set it to my local machine - I
> don't want to use my ISP?  Would this involve emerging a new package?
> Also, I don't understand why this would default to adelphia.net.

You can't set it to your local machine, because the reason for using
ssmtp is that your machine doesn't have an MTA. If you want to send mail
from the machine without going through a gateway, you need to install a
proper MTA like Postfix.

The ssmtp man page should help you understand what it does and doesn't do.


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Re: [gentoo-user] I have a problem - sSMTP problem?

[david]

>> I just noticed in the logs
> |> that periodically, something tries to send something through
> |> '(myhost).adelphia.net'.  This is a problem, since there is no such
> |> domain. Now to the reason I think it is sSMTP (a misconfiguration, or
> |> something):
> | 

Going to need a [snip] of this log.
Which log are you talking about?

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