urgrue wrote: > i normally test our mail servers using a telnet to port 25. but > something is very different about one mail server. our client hasnt > complained so im assuming the mail server works. but if i telnet in, > when i get to MAIL FROM: blah@xxxxxxxxxx, the response is simply: > 553 5.3.0 blah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >blah<@domain.com. > > what does >this< mean? Essentially, it means that the check_mail ruleset resolved to: $#error $@ 5.3.0 $: 553 >blah<@domain.com. As for why that happens, try: $ sendmail -bt ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked) Enter <ruleset> <address> > .Dclient_name=mail.foo.com > .Dclient_addr=123.123.123.123 > check_mail blah@xxxxxxxxxx That will show the flow of the address through the rulesets. If you want more information, add -d21.x to the command, where x is an integer controlling the level of detail (1 is the default, 2 shows $& substitutions, 4 shows all rewrites, 12 shows every rule which is tried). -- Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@xxxxxxxxxx> - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
