Re: [SLE] need help with sendmail log messaegs

I get the error too. It is always accompanied by 'lame server on sirius.com' in the syslog. I have always assumed it's something odd about the config at that site. Regards Anders On Monday 11 June 2001 22:52, Robert C. Paulsen Jr. wrote:

On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 11:36:37AM -0700, Joost van der Lugt wrote:

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On Monday 11 June 2001 04:07, Robert C. Paulsen Jr. wrote:

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Can someone tell me how to reconfigure sendmail so I no longer get the following errors (as taken from /var/log/mail)?

The first error occurs for *every* email I receive. The second one occurs for several different originators.

I have my system set up to use fetchamail to get mail from my ISP's POP3 account. It is then delivered locally to /var/spool/mail.

===================== from /var/log/mail =======================

Jun 11 05:53:11 avalon sendmail[2197]: f5BArBu02197: Authentication-Warning: avalon.paulsen.org: Host [127.0.0.1] claimed to be localhost

Jun 11 05:53:11 avalon sendmail[2197]: f5BArBu02197: ruleset=check_mail, arg1=, relay=[127.0.0.1], reject=451 4.1.8 ... Domain of sender address jvdl@sirius.com does not resolve

Jun 11 05:53:11 avalon sendmail[2197]: f5BArBu02197: from=, size=3302, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=[127.0.0.1]

Mmm, appears to be a DNS issue, try something like:

echo '/map host sirius.com' | sendmail -bt

Correct result is: map_lookup: host (sirius.com) returns sirius.com. (0)

And if it doesn't check your DNS setup.

-- Cheers,

Joost

OK, I get:

ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked) Enter <ruleset> <address>

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map_lookup: host (sirius.com) sirius.com: Name server timeout

no match (75)

But, nslookup shows me the following:

Server: ns3.texas.net Address: 207.207.0.3

Non-authoritative answer: Name: sirius.com Addresses: 205.134.253.131, 205.134.253.132

Does sendmail use a different nameserver than what I have in /etc/resolve.conf?

ALSO-- how did you make it so I could read your message -- your email address was one of the ones rejected in the past!