Derek Ragona wrote:
> At 01:27 PM 10/18/2007, Duane Winner wrote:
>> Derek Ragona wrote:
>> > At 06:15 PM 10/17/2007, Duane Winner wrote:
>> >> Derek Ragona wrote:
>> >> > At 04:07 PM 10/17/2007, Duane Winner wrote:
>> >> >> Hello,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I need help to resolve a problem with my sendmail server.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> In my /var/log/maillog, I've been seeing:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> sm-mta[1753]: l9H4EoAn001753: outbound-mail-10.bluehost.com
>> >> >> [69.89.17.210] did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during
>> connection to
>> >> >> IPv4
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I use this server to manage mailman lists, so I knew something was
>> >> wrong
>> >> >> when I started notice that my own list posts (using a bluehost.com
>> >> >> account) were not showing up.
>> >> >> So I looked in the logs and noticed the above.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> At first I thought it might be bluehost.com acting up again,
>> but then
>> >> >> tried to send mail from a gmail.com account. Same thing:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> sm-mta[1785]: l9H4OdFq001785: py-out-1112.google.com
>> [64.233.166.176]
>> >> >> did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to IPv4
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> It accepts fine from my company's external email server (different
>> >> >> domain, different network), and also accepts from my att.net email
>> >> >> account, and many others who post to my lists.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I'm not sure where to even begin looking. Any help appreciated!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -DW
>> >> >
>> >> > Are you running only IPv4?  or are you running IPv6?  Or both?
>> >>
>> >> IPv4 only. When I restart sendmail, I get the following output,
>> which if
>> >> I'm interpreting correctly, means that sendmail isn't going to try to
>> >> use IPv6 when it's running:
>> >>
>> >> Oct 17 19:13:23 mymailserver sm-mta[33703]: starting daemon (8.13.6):
>> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:30:00
>> >> Oct 17 19:13:23 mymailserver sm-mta[33703]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
>> >> opendaemonsocket: daemon IPv6: can't create server SMTP socket:
>> Protocol
>> >> not supported
>> >> Oct 17 19:13:23 mymailserver sm-mta[33703]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root):
>> >> opendaemonsocket: daemon IPv6: optional socket disabled
>> >> Oct 17 19:13:23 mymailserver sm-msp-queue[33707]: starting daemon
>> >> (8.13.6): [EMAIL PROTECTED]:30:00
>> >
>> > It looks like you are trying to run sendmail on IPv6.  You can turn on
>> > or off support for IPv6 in the DaemonPortOptions in your *.cf files in
>> > /etc/mail.  I would check those and also check your IP stack
>> > configuration doing:
>> > ifconfig -a
>>
>> Still broken; I disabled IPv6 in my cf's, and sendmail doesn't even try
>> to listen on IPv6 now when I restart it.
>> I don't think it did anyway before, it was just trying to but I don't
>> have IPv6 in my stack since I disable it in the kernel config, so it
>> just ignored ipv6 after startup.
>>
>> I think something else is going on. The weird thing is that it's just
>> certain mail hosts that it's rejecting.
>
> Check the DNS forward and reverse of the rejected hosts.  It may be a
> DNS issue.
>
>         -Derek
>
Can't find much wrong with DNS:

FYI: I had dnsbl enabled (which worked fine for the past couple years on
this server), but disabled that too, and still no luck.

dig -x 69.89.18.10

; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> -x 69.89.18.10
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 48077
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;10.18.89.69.in-addr.arpa.      IN      PTR

;; ANSWER SECTION:
10.18.89.69.in-addr.arpa. 86279 IN      PTR    
outbound-mail-41.bluehost.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
18.89.69.in-addr.arpa.  86279   IN      NS      ns3.bluehost.com.
18.89.69.in-addr.arpa.  86279   IN      NS      ns1.bluehost.com.
18.89.69.in-addr.arpa.  86279   IN      NS      ns2.bluehost.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.bluehost.com.       171739  IN      A       74.220.195.31
ns2.bluehost.com.       171739  IN      A       69.89.16.4

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 10.20.237.8#53(10.20.237.8)
;; WHEN: Thu Oct 18 15:05:42 2007
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 171



dig -x 64.233.166.177

; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> -x 64.233.166.177
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 30043
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;177.166.233.64.in-addr.arpa.   IN      PTR

;; ANSWER SECTION:
177.166.233.64.in-addr.arpa. 85685 IN   PTR     py-out-1112.google.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
166.233.64.in-addr.arpa. 85304  IN      NS      ns1.google.com.
166.233.64.in-addr.arpa. 85304  IN      NS      ns2.google.com.
166.233.64.in-addr.arpa. 85304  IN      NS      ns3.google.com.
166.233.64.in-addr.arpa. 85304  IN      NS      ns4.google.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.google.com.         171704  IN      A       216.239.32.10
ns2.google.com.         171704  IN      A       216.239.34.10
ns3.google.com.         171704  IN      A       216.239.36.10
ns4.google.com.         171704  IN      A       216.239.38.10

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 10.20.237.8#53(10.20.237.8)
;; WHEN: Thu Oct 18 15:07:09 2007
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 217


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