Steve Jeppesen wrote: > > Hello all, > I am trying to use the send email alerts option, and have researched thru > both the LRP and LEAF user mail lists. > > I have edited both POSIXness.conf and lrp.conf to reflect my mail settings. > > When I try the > # mail -s test [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /var/log/syslog > command, this is the error message I receive; > > firewall: -root- > # mail -s test [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /var/log/syslog > Error: Unknown response. > MAIL FROM:<root@[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2: 501 5.0.0 Invalid domain name > Aborting due to connection error > Killing child processes: 28331 28334 > firewall: -root- > > Is there a way to configure something in order to not have it appear the > mail is coming from > root@[EMAIL PROTECTED]?? > > Here is my POSIXness.conf file; > > #This is the master config file for the POSIXness scripts > > # Host SMTP server for the 'mail' command. If blank the host 'mail' is used. > MAIL_SERVER="smtp.mn.mediaone.net" > > # From: domain to send to mail server. If blank, `hostname -f` is used. > MAIL_DOMAIN="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
This is your problem -- this variable is *not* a valid domain. Unfortunately, MAIL_DOMAIN="mn.mediaone.net" may or may not work with mediaone.net; but, that would be my first attempt. Otherwise, you will need to use some other already valid mail domain here . . . [ snip ] -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
