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# 1  
Old 02-17-2011
mailx/sendmail configuration/set up problem
Hello Good People of Linux World!!!

Background: Recent Networking Graduate, thrown in line of fire.

For the past couple of days I have been searching online for answers and haven't gotten anywhere regarding Mailx, Sendmail functionality on SunOS 5.9.

My dilemma:
Mailx / sendmail are not sending emails (not inside or outside our network).

Machine:
Code:
SunOS tmusid01 5.9 Generic_118559-11 i86pc i386 i86pc

Tried:
Code:
 echo "3PM" | mailx -s "Subject3PM" murtuza@live.ca

and it doesn't show any errors or such at that time.
But then, I get this email after a while

Code:
================================================================
From MAILER-DAEMON Thu Feb 17 15:16:31 2011
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:49:45 -0500 (EST)
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@tmusid01.timelessmind.com>
To: root@tmusid01.timelessmind.com
MIME-Version: 1.0
Subject: Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (warning-timeout)

This is a MIME-encapsulated message

--p1HJmjF0000450.1297972185/tmusid01.timelessmind.com

    **********************************************
    **      THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY      **
    **  YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE  **
    **********************************************

The original message was received at Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:44:27 -0500 (EST)
from root@localhost

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
451 live.ca: Name server timeout
Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours
Will keep trying until message is 5 days old

--p1HJmjF0000450.1297972185/tmusid01.timelessmind.com
Content-Type: message/delivery-status

Reporting-MTA: dns; tmusid01.timelessmind.com
Arrival-Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:44:27 -0500 (EST)

Final-Recipient: RFC822; murtuza@live.ca
Action: delayed
Status: 4.4.3
Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:49:45 -0500 (EST)
Will-Retry-Until: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:44:27 -0500 (EST)

--p1HJmjF0000450.1297972185/tmusid01.timelessmind.com
Content-Type: message/rfc822

Return-Path: <root>
Received: (from root@localhost)
        by tmusid01.timelessmind.com (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.10/Submit) id p1HFiRdn000809;
        Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:44:27 -0500 (EST)
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:44:27 -0500 (EST)
From: Super-User <root>
Message-Id: <201102171544.p1HFiRdn000809@tmusid01.timelessmind.com>
To:, murtuza@live.ca
Subject: Subject3PM

3PM

--p1HJmjF0000450.1297972185/tmusid01.timelessmind.com--
================================================================

What does this mean?
What configuration/log files should I be looking into?
What can be done to fix this problem?

I look forward from hearing and learning from you experienced campaigners.

Cheers,
Kazmi
# 2  
Old 02-17-2011
I take it this is a sendmail client, sending to some sort of mail server (sendmail, exhange or otherwise). Did you make sure your sendmail.cf is setup to send to the correct server?
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# 3  
Old 02-17-2011
I think this machine is acting as both the client and server in our instance as there aren't any other machines set up as "mail servers".

I could be wrong though, is there a way to find out?

Any specific configurations to set this machine as
1)client?
2)server?

What necessary changes should I be making in the sendmail.cf file?
I have looked in it and its about 1300+ lines, and had no idea what to do in it.

More help will be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Kazmi
# 4  
Old 02-17-2011
What does your maillog say? It may be in /var/log/maillog
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# 5  
Old 02-17-2011
/var/log/maillog does not exist on this machine Smilie

I was trying to look for it earlier as well but did not find it.
There is a bunch of syslog, syslog.1syslog.2....syslog.7 files

Could it be logging mail instances to another location?
# 6  
Old 02-17-2011
Look for sendmail logs in /var/log/ or /var/adm
Code:
cd /var/log
grep sendmail *
cd /var/adm
grep sendmail *

# 7  
Old 02-17-2011
the following is from /var/log
Code:
cd /var/log
grep sendmail *

there are a lot more of these enteries in /var/log/syslog.8MK location I just copied the latest one.
 ==============================================================================================================
syslog.8MK:Feb 17 10:48:43 tmusid01 sendmail[820]: [ID 801593 mail.info] p1HFmhKc000820: from=root, size=4565, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201102171543.p1HFh8An000803@tmusid01.timelessmind.com>, relay=root@localhost
syslog.8MK:Feb 17 10:48:43 tmusid01 sendmail[821]: [ID 801593 mail.notice] p1HFmhK3000821: <box@tmusid01.timelessmind.com>... User unknown
syslog.8MK:Feb 17 10:48:43 tmusid01 sendmail[820]: [ID 801593 mail.info] p1HFmhKc000820: to=box, ctladdr=root (0/1), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=34565, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=5.1.1, stat=User unknown
syslog.8MK:Feb 17 10:48:43 tmusid01 sendmail[821]: [ID 801593 mail.info] p1HFmhK3000821: from=<root@tmusid01.timelessmind.com>, size=4565, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA-v4, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1]
syslog.8MK:Feb 17 10:48:43 tmusid01 sendmail[820]: [ID 801593 mail.info] p1HFmhKc000820: p1HFmhKd000820: DSN: User unknown
syslog.8MK:Feb 17 10:48:43 tmusid01 sendmail[821]: [ID 801593 mail.info] p1HFmhK5000821: from=<>, size=6429, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201102171548.p1HFmhKd000820@tmusid01.timelessmind.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA-v4, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1]
syslog.8MK:Feb 17 10:48:43 tmusid01 sendmail[820]: [ID 801593 mail.info] p1HFmhKd000820: to=root, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=35589, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (p1HFmhK5000821 Message accepted for delivery)
syslog.8MK:Feb 17 10:48:43 tmusid01 sendmail[822]: [ID 801593 mail.info] p1HFmhK5000821: to=<root@tmusid01.timelessmind.com>, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=36659, relay=local, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
syslog.8MK:Feb 17 10:49:43 tmusid01 sendmail[826]: [ID 801593 mail.info] p1HFnh5E000826: from=root, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=1, msg#

---------- Post updated at 04:37 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:35 PM ----------

the following is from /var/adm
cd /var/adm
grep sendmail *
=========================================================
messages:Feb  1 02:00:40 tmusid01 sendmail[506]: [ID 801593 mail.crit] p1170dUe000506: SYSERR(cvsroot): Out of disk space for temp file
messages:Feb  2 01:59:56 tmusid01 sendmail[1476]: [ID 801593 mail.crit] p126xuaD001476: SYSERR(root): Out of disk space for temp file
messages:Feb  2 05:39:29 tmusid01 sendmail[1630]: [ID 801593 mail.crit] p12AdTaD001630: SYSERR(root): Out of disk space for temp file
messages:Feb  3 07:11:27 tmusid01 sendmail[2630]: [ID 801593 mail.crit] p13CBQ8n002630: SYSERR(cvsroot): Out of disk space for temp file
messages:Feb  4 05:16:16 tmusid01 sendmail[3577]: [ID 801593 mail.crit] p14AGGPC003577: SYSERR(cvsroot): collect: Cannot write ./dfp14AGGPC003577 (sm_io_flush||sm_io_error, uid=113, gid=25)
messages:Feb  5 04:25:35 tmusid01 sendmail[4549]: [ID 801593 mail.crit] p159PZRE004549: SYSERR(cvsroot): Out of disk space for temp file
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