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Operating Systems AIX sendmail only sends emails to its own domain Post 302160703 by jjwood64 on Tuesday 22nd of January 2008 01:08:30 PM
Old 01-22-2008
sendmail only sends emails to its own domain
Hi, folks!

I have a problem with an AIX 5.3 server running sendmail where
it is able to send messages within its own domain just fine. This
is being used for a web email service portion of a web site. However,
when it attempts to send email to any other domain -- i.e.,
hotmail.com -- it is always rejected.

Here is a log of a given rejected email:

Jan 22 11:08:25 hostname mail:info sendmail[71554]: m0MI8Pgb071554: from=<mailprogram@xxx.com>, size=377, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<672952891.1201025305084.JavaMail.root@mail.server.xxx.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=mail.server.xxx.com [9.17.233.106]
Jan 22 11:08:25 kpnatsp6 mail:info sendmail[152688]: m0MI8Pgb071554: to=<jjwood64@hotmail.com>, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=120377, relay=mx3.hotmail.com. [665.54.245.72], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by %smx3.hotmail.com.

What do I need to change in my sendmail.cf file in order to allow me to send email to other domains which I specify? Any help would be great, and thank you kindly in advance.
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

sendmailconfig

SENDMAILCONFIG(8)					      System Manager's Manual						 SENDMAILCONFIG(8)

NAME

       sendmailconfig - configure sendmail for Debian systems

SYNOPSIS

       sendmailconfig [--no-reload]

DESCRIPTION

       sendmailconfig is used to simplify the configuration of sendmail(8) for use on Debian systems.

       In  the	simplest  case,  you  may  run	this program to (re)configure sendmail for your Debian system at any time. It will modify the file
       /etc/mail/sendmail.mc in order to create a working sendmail configuration which will be written to the file /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.

       For advanced configurations, you can modify the sendmail.mc file before generating sendmail.cf. Future invokations of  sendmailconfig  will
       preserve these changes provided they are made at the end of the file.

       Normally  sendmailconfig  will  ask  if	you want to reload sendmail after making changes to its configuration. The --no-reload option will
       avoid this question.

FILES

       /etc/mail/sendmail.mc
	      sendmail m4 input to generate sendmail.cf

       /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
	      actual sendmail configuration file

       /etc/mail/sendmail.cw
	      names for which we will accept mail in the standard configuration

       /etc/mail/sendmail.ct
	      names of trusted users in the standard configuration

SEE ALSO

       sendmail(8)

AUTHOR

       Robert Leslie <rob@mars.org>

								    21-Jan-1997 						 SENDMAILCONFIG(8)
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