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Operating Systems Solaris Can mailx use a specified interface? Post 302099940 by sparcguy on Thursday 14th of December 2006 10:23:48 PM

12-14-2006

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or use the telnet port 25 command to test.

on the problem server try to telnet mailhost 25

like so

root@webby # telnet mailhost 25
Trying 172.42.203.252...
Connected to aquarius.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 aquarius.mydomain.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:10
:28

mail from: sparcguy@mydomain.com <<------------------------ you type anything@anything.com is fine
250 sparcguy@mydomain.com... Sender ok
rcpt to: sparcguy@mydomain.com <<<------------------------ you must type a real email address
250 sparcguy@mydomain.com... Recipient ok
data <<< --------------------------------------------------- you type this
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
test test <<< --------------------------------------------------------- you type these
. <<< -------------------------------------------------------- you type this
250 LAA29397 Message accepted for delivery
quit <<< -------------------------------------------------- you type this
221 aquarius.mydomain.com closing connection
Connection closed by foreign host.
root@webby #
250 LAA29397 Message accepted for delivery

if you cannot see this part

Connected to aquarius.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 aquarius.mydomain.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:10
:28

or you see dark blank screen, means either network routing problem, if you get immediate "connect close" after issuing telnet mailhost 25 it probably means remote mailhost smtp port 25 is blocked by maybe a firewall in between, or smtp services like sendmail on remote server not started.

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VDETELWEB(1)						      General Commands Manual						      VDETELWEB(1)

NAME

       vdetelweb - Virtual Distributed Ethernet Telnet and/or Web management module

SYNOPSIS

       vdetelweb [ --web ] [ --telnet ] [ --nodename nodename ] [ --daemon ] [ --rcfile rcfile ] mgmt_socket

DESCRIPTION

       vdetelweb implements a tiny telnet server and/or a tiny web server for the remote management of a VDE2 switch.

OPTIONS

       -w, --web
	      start the web server. At least one of --web or --telnet must be set.

       -t, --telnet
	      start the telnet server. At least one of --web or --telnet must be set.

       -n, --nodename nodename
	      specify  the  nodename as seen from remote connections (e.g. in the command prompt or in the web page title). uname nodename is used
	      when this option is not specified.

       -d, --daemon
	      run as a daemon, using syslog for logging.

       -f, --rcfile rcfile
	      rc file to set the initial switch configuration.	When not specified, vdetelweb searches for ~/.vde/vdetelwebrc and /etc/vde/vdetel-
	      webrc. At leas one rc file must exist and be readable.

       -h, --help
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       mgmt_socket
	      is  the  managemnt  socket  used to communicate with the vde_switch.  (This option must match the path used in the -M option for the
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NOTICE

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SEE ALSO

       vde_switch(1), vde_plug(1), vdeq(1).  dpipe(1).	unixterm(1).

AUTHOR

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