[opensuse] Re: Sending mail via my ISP relay using sendmail

Paul Abrahams wrote:

I've done all that and I get no error messages -- but no mail arrives when I issue the command

sendmail abrahams@acm.org this is a test message .

This is not likely to succeed, as it is not a correct sendmail call. The mail header is missing and even if the mail is delivered to the receiving MTA, that receiver is likely to drop it. Try: sendmail -t -v From: To: Subject: test test . -t takes sender and recipient from the email headers. -v will cause Postfix to email a mail delivery status report to your local account, too. You can also use mail(1) to test sending, without any further configuration it uses sendmail and constructs a correct mail header. echo test | mail -v -s subject recipient@example.com

How can I track down the reason the mail isn't arriving?

/var/log/mail*, depending on your syslog configuration. Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org