Hi folks, AMD Athlon54 X2 512Kx2 socket AM2 3800 slamd64-11.0 Just completed installing the captioned OS with everything installed except GAME. This is an experiment. slamd64 is now running on the box. I'm going to setup virtual mail boxes on this server, allowing my friends using the mail server sending and receiving mails. Please advise; 1) how to check whether sendmail is running and configured properly. 2) how to setup virtual mail boxes. Where can I find relevant tutorial. TIA B.R. satimis
You can run Code: netstat -tap to see if sendmail is running. Also check the mail log to see if there are problems. I don't know such a tutotirla for sendmail, only for Postfix. Why don't you use Postfix instead of sendmail? Postfix is easier to manage.
Hi falko] Tks for your advice. $ netstat -tap Code: (Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.) Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 *:time *:* LISTEN - tcp 0 0 *:submission *:* LISTEN - tcp 0 0 *:x11 *:* LISTEN - tcp 0 0 *:http *:* LISTEN - tcp 0 0 *:auth *:* LISTEN - tcp 0 0 *:domain *:* LISTEN - tcp 0 0 *:ipp *:* LISTEN - tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN - tcp 0 0 host.satimis.com:34873 63.150.131.35:http ESTABLISHED3132/firefox-bin tcp 0 0 host.satimis.com:47681 jp-in-f99.google.c:http ESTABLISHED3132/firefox-bin tcp 0 0 host.satimis.com:47684 jp-in-f99.google.c:http ESTABLISHED3132/firefox-bin tcp 0 0 host.satimis.com:53864 63.150.131.26:http ESTABLISHED3132/firefox-bin tcp6 0 0 *:x11 *:* LISTEN - tcp6 0 0 *:domain *:* LISTEN - tcp6 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN - # tail /var/log/maillog Code: Feb 11 08:09:33 host sm-msp-queue[2913]: starting daemon (8.13.8): queueing@00:25:00 Feb 11 19:33:15 host sm-mta[2910]: starting daemon (8.13.8): SMTP+queueing@00:25:00 Feb 11 19:33:15 host sm-msp-queue[2913]: starting daemon (8.13.8): queueing@00:25:00 Feb 11 19:49:43 host sm-mta[3200]: l1BBnfPP003200: ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<[email protected]>, rela y=d137175.upc-d.chello.nl [213.46.137.175], reject=550 5.7.1 <[email protected]>... Relaying denied Feb 11 19:49:43 host sm-mta[3200]: l1BBnfPP003200: lost input channel from d137175.upc-d.chello.nl [21 3.46.137.175] to MTA after rcpt Feb 11 19:49:43 host sm-mta[3200]: l1BBnfPP003200: from=<[email protected]>, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=d137175.upc-d.chello.nl [213.46.137.175] Feb 11 20:11:45 host sm-mta[3448]: l1BC9PtG003448: [email protected], size=31, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<[email protected]>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost [127.0. 0.1] Feb 11 20:11:50 host sm-mta[3450]: l1BC9PtG003448: [email protected], delay=00:00:37, xdelay=00:00: 05, mailer=esmtp, pri=120031, relay=e.mx.mail.yahoo.com. [216.39.53.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (ok dirde l) Feb 11 21:37:51 host sm-mta[2910]: starting daemon (8.13.8): SMTP+queueing@00:25:00 Feb 11 21:37:51 host sm-msp-queue[2913]: starting daemon (8.13.8): queueing@00:25:00 I tried "telnet localhost 25" to send a mail to [email protected]. The said mail arrived without problem. slamd64-11.0 runs sendmail as default. $ ps aux | grep sendmail Code: root 2910 0.0 0.1 28068 2328 ? Ss 21:37 0:00 sendmail: accepting connections smmsp 2913 0.0 0.0 19308 1896 ? Ss 21:37 0:00 sendmail: Queue runner@00:25:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue satimis 3173 0.0 0.0 1184 400 pts/1 R+ 21:44 0:00 grep sendmail $ ps ax | grep sendmail Code: 2910 ? Ss 0:00 sendmail: accepting connections 2913 ? Ss 0:00 sendmail: Queue runner@00:25:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue 3175 pts/1 R+ 0:00 grep sendmail $ ps aux | grep postfix Code: satimis 3169 0.0 0.0 1184 400 pts/1 R+ 21:43 0:00 grep postfix $ ps ax | grep postfix Code: 3171 pts/1 R+ 0:00 grep postfix B.R. satimis
Don't know what you are trying to say, but you can not run both Postfix AND Sendmail on the same box without extensive tweaking and modifying either postfix or sendmail. It would be of little use either. Run only one MTA on your (production) systems. And run one MTA consistently, e.g. do not mix sendmail and postfix, other then for learning. Really, don't make it more complicated. Both Postfix and Sendmail require a significant amount of knowledge to run safely on the Internet now-a-days. By using only one flavor, you knowledge will grow more rapidly.
Hi martinfst, I'm not prepared to run Sendmail and Postfix simultaneously on the same server. In response to falko's advice to run Postfix I tried to make it clear to him that Sendmail, being default MTA of slamd64, was already running. Postfix was not. B.R. satimis
