Need help with a strange mail/domain problem!
Hi everyone! I'm a total stranger to the Unix world... too long have I dwelled in the Windows area, and now I'm searching for new horizons and worlds to explore... the Unix world. I looked around and found FreeBSD interesting enough to install... and here I am with a strange problem: I installed FreeBSD 5.0-Release and got the system running. So far - so good. Second task: Install bind and get the DNS running. So far - so good - at least I think so. Third task was to get my email work... and now the problems begins. I own the domain beutler.se, and my computers name is visthusboden. The server accepts incoming mail all right - no problems there... BUT... ...whatever I do, all outgoing mail get the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] What am I doing wrong? I've checked and tripple-checked every file in /etc/namedb/ and everything looks fine (no missing dots or some simple problem like that) and I've really read this through in the FreeBSD manual... and still... ??? I'm at whits end here folks... please help me out! Kind Regards /Thomas ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Need help with a strange mail/domain problem!
Hello, On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 11:56, Thomas Beutler wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I'm a total stranger to the Unix world... too long have I dwelled in the > Windows area, and now I'm searching > for new horizons and worlds to explore... the Unix world. I looked around > and found FreeBSD interesting > enough to install... and here I am with a strange problem: > > I installed FreeBSD 5.0-Release and got the system running. So far - so > good. > Second task: Install bind and get the DNS running. So far - so good - at > least I think so. > > Third task was to get my email work... and now the problems begins. > > I own the domain beutler.se, and my computers name is visthusboden. > The server accepts incoming mail all right - no problems there... BUT... > ...whatever I do, all outgoing mail get the address > [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > What am I doing wrong? > Presuming that sendmail is being used, you need to look into configuring sendmail's masquerade features: http://www.sendmail.org/m4/masquerading.html Hope this helps. Regards, Stacey > I've checked and tripple-checked every file in /etc/namedb/ and everything > looks fine (no missing dots or > some simple problem like that) and I've really read this through in the > FreeBSD manual... and still... ??? > > I'm at whits end here folks... please help me out! > > Kind Regards > /Thomas > > > ___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Need help with a strange mail/domain problem!
In bish.lists.freebsd.questions, you wrote: > Third task was to get my email work... and now the problems begins. > > I own the domain beutler.se, and my computers name is visthusboden. > The server accepts incoming mail all right - no problems there... BUT... > ...whatever I do, all outgoing mail get the address > [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > What am I doing wrong? > > I've checked and tripple-checked every file in /etc/namedb/ and everything > looks fine (no missing dots or > some simple problem like that) and I've really read this through in the > FreeBSD manual... and still... ??? It's not a DNS issue, it's "sendmail". What it's currently doing is correct - by default, it uses your fully qualified hostname for the Sender address -- it doesn't know that "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" will work also - so, you need to tell sendmail of this fact: You can do this with the "massquerading" feature of sendmail. See: http://www.sendmail.org/m4/masquerading_relaying.html and more generally: http://www.sendmail.org/m4/readme.html Cheers, Jamie ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Need help with a strange mail/domain problem!
On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 01:56:25PM +0200, Thomas Beutler wrote: > The server accepts incoming mail all right - no problems there... BUT... > ...whatever I do, all outgoing mail get the address > [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to build yourself a customised sendmail configuration, which you can do in the following way. % cd /etc/mail # make (# here implies you'll need root privileges to do this command) This will create a file named after your host (referred to as `hostname`.mc) which can be processed through the macro processor m4(1) in order to generate a sendmail configuration file. Now, edit the `hostname`.mc file and add lines according to the following patch: --- visthusboden.beutler.se.mc.old Sat Jul 5 13:22:31 2003 +++ visthusboden.beutler.se.mc Sat Jul 5 13:25:09 2003 @@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ FEATURE(mailertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable') FEATURE(virtusertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable') +FEATURE(allmasquerade)dnl +FEATURE(masquerade_envelope)dnl +FEATURE(masquerade_entire_domain)dnl +MASQUERADE_AS(`beutler.se')dnl +MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(`beutler.se')dnl + dnl Uncomment to allow relaying based on your MX records. dnl NOTE: This can allow sites to use your server as a backup MX without dnl your permission. Now, process the `hostname`.mc file into a sendmail configuration file, install it as /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and restart sendmail so it picks up the changes. # make all # make install # make restart_mta Et voila. Read the file /usr/share/sendmail/cf/README for details about how to generate a sendmail configuration. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Need help with a strange mail/domain problem!
Sendmail is a big, complex program ... I'm sure if you had the time, you could make it wash dishes for you. There are a gazillion howtos and explanations for configuring sendmail all across the internet. Considering the fact that you're using FreeBSD, I recommend the one specifically written for FreeBSD in the Handbook. I found this page particularly useful: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/smtp-dialup.html Jamie Jones wrote: In bish.lists.freebsd.questions, you wrote: Third task was to get my email work... and now the problems begins. I own the domain beutler.se, and my computers name is visthusboden. The server accepts incoming mail all right - no problems there... BUT... ...whatever I do, all outgoing mail get the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] What am I doing wrong? I've checked and tripple-checked every file in /etc/namedb/ and everything looks fine (no missing dots or some simple problem like that) and I've really read this through in the FreeBSD manual... and still... ??? It's not a DNS issue, it's "sendmail". What it's currently doing is correct - by default, it uses your fully qualified hostname for the Sender address -- it doesn't know that "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" will work also - so, you need to tell sendmail of this fact: You can do this with the "massquerading" feature of sendmail. See: http://www.sendmail.org/m4/masquerading_relaying.html and more generally: http://www.sendmail.org/m4/readme.html -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Need help with a strange mail/domain problem!
In bish.lists.freebsd.questions, you wrote: > Sendmail is a big, complex program ... I'm sure if you had the time, > you could make it wash dishes for you. Now *that's* the URL i want! > Considering the fact that you're using FreeBSD, I recommend the one > specifically written for FreeBSD in the Handbook. I found this page > particularly useful: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/smtp-dialup.html Good point ... *blush* Cheers, Jamie ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Need help with a strange mail/domain problem!
On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 01:43:50PM +0100, Jamie Jones wrote: > In bish.lists.freebsd.questions, you wrote: > > Sendmail is a big, complex program ... I'm sure if you had the time, > > you could make it wash dishes for you. > > Now *that's* the URL i want! Not sure about washing dishes, but sendmail will certainly drink beer for you... http://99-bottles-of-beer.ls-la.net/s.html#Sendmail Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Need help with a strange mail/domain problem!
> On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 01:56:25PM +0200, Thomas Beutler wrote: > >> The server accepts incoming mail all right - no problems there... BUT... >> ...whatever I do, all outgoing mail get the address >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >You need to build yourself a customised sendmail configuration, which >you can do in the following way. > > % cd /etc/mail > # make > > (# here implies you'll need root privileges to do this command) This > will create a file named after your host (referred to as > `hostname`.mc) which can be processed through the macro processor > m4(1) in order to generate a sendmail configuration file. > > Now, edit the `hostname`.mc file and add lines according to the > following patch: > > --- visthusboden.beutler.se.mc.old Sat Jul 5 13:22:31 2003 > +++ visthusboden.beutler.se.mc Sat Jul 5 13:25:09 2003 > @@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ > FEATURE(mailertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable') > FEATURE(virtusertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable') > > +FEATURE(allmasquerade)dnl > +FEATURE(masquerade_envelope)dnl > +FEATURE(masquerade_entire_domain)dnl > +MASQUERADE_AS(`beutler.se')dnl > +MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(`beutler.se')dnl > + > dnl Uncomment to allow relaying based on your MX records. > dnl NOTE: This can allow sites to use your server as a backup MX without > dnl your permission. > > Now, process the `hostname`.mc file into a sendmail configuration > file, install it as /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and restart sendmail so it > picks up the changes. > ># make all ># make install ># make restart_mta > > Et voila. > > Read the file /usr/share/sendmail/cf/README for details about how to > generate a sendmail configuration. > > Cheers, > > Matthew Thank you *very* much Matthew (and thanks also to Stacey, Jamie and Bill) !!! :-) Though the FreeBSD manual is quite good as manulas go, this particular part about masquerading I found a little bit confusing. But Matthew's explanation made it all clear to me. Again, thanks! Kind Regards /Thomas ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Need help with a strange mail/domain problem!
Thomas Beutler wrote: Hi everyone! I'm a total stranger to the Unix world... too long have I dwelled in the Windows area, and now I'm searching for new horizons and worlds to explore... the Unix world. I looked around and found FreeBSD interesting enough to install... and here I am with a strange problem: I installed FreeBSD 5.0-Release and got the system running. So far - so good. Second task: Install bind and get the DNS running. So far - so good - at least I think so. Third task was to get my email work... and now the problems begins. I own the domain beutler.se, and my computers name is visthusboden. The server accepts incoming mail all right - no problems there... BUT... ...whatever I do, all outgoing mail get the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] What am I doing wrong? You didn't visit http://www.postfix.org/ :) Without wishing to start a flame war, if you are just starting out with smtp on Unix, I would recommend skipping Sendmail using Postfix instead. Having used both (sendmail for years, postfix for months), I wouldn't want to go back to Sendmail even if you paid me. Postfix is a joy to use. I don't think anyone will say that about sendmail. And the configuration files are human-readable. David ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Need help with a strange mail/domain problem!
On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, David Landgren wrote: > Thomas Beutler wrote: > > > Hi everyone! > > > > I'm a total stranger to the Unix world... too long have I dwelled in the > > Windows area, and now I'm searching > > for new horizons and worlds to explore... the Unix world. I looked around > > and found FreeBSD interesting > > enough to install... and here I am with a strange problem: > > > > I installed FreeBSD 5.0-Release and got the system running. So far - so > > good. > > Second task: Install bind and get the DNS running. So far - so good - at > > least I think so. > > > > Third task was to get my email work... and now the problems begins. > > > > I own the domain beutler.se, and my computers name is visthusboden. > > The server accepts incoming mail all right - no problems there... BUT... > > ...whatever I do, all outgoing mail get the address > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > You didn't visit http://www.postfix.org/ :) That aside, you need to tell your mailer what domain to slap on the end of unqualified mailing addresses. I think you want to add these two lines to your sendmail.mc then regerate the .cf: MASQUERADE_AS(`beutler.se') FEATURE(`masquerade_envelope') ... but I'm sure sendmail gurus will step in to correct me. It's been a while, here, too: I tend to use exim these days, mainly for the reason given by David (that the configuration files are somewhat more straightforward). -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 http://ioctl.org/jan/ Theoremhood is positively decidable. It just takes time at least exponential in the length of the proof. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
