On 03/04/2013 11:29 PM, Michael E. Maher wrote: > On Mon, 2013-03-04 at 23:11 -0500, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: >> Sorry, just re-subscripbed after a long absence. Not sure if my >> original went through, so I'm resending. Sorry if it is a duplicate, I >> wouldn't have seen any of the early responses.... >> >> Once upon a time, I was using a standard, out of the box, sendmail >> configuration to send email directly from my computer to any other on >> the internet. Nice. >> >> Then, while RCN was my ISP, RCN decided that home users couldn't send >> email (something about stopping SPAM) directly to the internat, and all >> email had to be forwarded through RCN's email servers. Fine, I added: >> >>> define(`SMART_HOST',`relay:[smtp.rcn.com]')dnl >> >> to my sendmail.mc file. >> >> Then, later, I switched to Verizon from RCN. I not only had to change >> the SMART_HOST line to: >> >>> define(`SMART_HOST',`relay:[outgoing.verizon.net]')dnl >>> define(`RELAY_MAILER',`smtps')dnl >>> define(`RELAY_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 587')dnl >> >> but I also had to set up /etc/mail/authinfo and add support for it to >> sendmail.mc: >> >>> FEATURE(`authinfo', `hash -o /etc/mail/authinfo.db')dnl >> >> and my /etc/mail/authinfo file looks like: >> >>> AuthInfo:outgoing.verizon.net "I:userId" "P:password" "M:PLAIN" >> >> And everything works fine. >> >> NOW: Verizon wants to: >> >> 1) change the outgoing server name to smtp.verizon.net >> 2) change the port from 587 (MSA) to 465 (SMTPS), and >> 3) require SSL for communication. >> >> Sure, I can change my iPhone settings, and each Thunderbird instance in >> the house (and it works), but I want to keep the home network using *my* >> sendmail server for email, and have *IT* forward to Verizon. (Besides, >> I have a few scripts that want to send a few housekeeping emails without >> invoking Thunderbird.) I tried the obvious changes, but I think I'm >> missing something: >> >>> define(`SMART_HOST',`relay:[smtp.verizon.net]')dnl >>> define(`RELAY_MAILER',`smtps')dnl >>> define(`RELAY_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 465')dnl >> >>> AuthInfo:smtp.verizon.net "I:userId" "P:password" "M:PLAIN" >> >> This configuration results in "Communication Timed Out with >> smtp.verizon.net" or "read error from smtp.verizon.net", and mail justs >> sits in my local mqueue waiting to be delivered. >> >> Can some sendmail guru please point out what I've missed? >> >> Please keep the "switch to another MTA" to yourself. I've been using >> sendmail at home since 1996! >> >> THANKS! > > Hi Kevin, > > Just to get you started can we confirm connectivity to the server: > # host smtp.verizon.net smtp.verizon.net has address 206.46.232.100 > # ping smtp.verizon.net PING smtp.verizon.net (206.46.232.100) 56(84) bytes of data. ^C --- smtp.verizon.net ping statistics --- 9 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 7999ms I'm not sure what this proves as so many hosts these days are configure to not respond to pings, so they can't be DDOSed via ping. > Then see if you can open a session using telnet on all the ports and run > the SMTP hello message: > # telnet smtp.verizon.net 25 > ehlo hostname Trying 206.46.232.100... ehlo kjc386 ^C > # telnet smtp.verizon.net 465 > ehlo hostname Trying 206.46.232.100... Connected to smtp.verizon.net. Escape character is '^]'. ehlo kjc386 Connection closed by foreign host. > # telnet smtp.verizon.net 587 > ehlo hostname Trying 206.46.232.100... ehlo kjc386 ^C > With these we should be able to judge connectivity and available options > on the ports. Hope this helps. > Thanks, > Michael > -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://www.linuxcounter.net/) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
