Configuring Sendmail?: more information
Mitch Wiedemann
mc2 at lightlink.com
Wed Aug 18 15:27:24 UTC 2004
Mitch Wiedemann wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how to configure sendmail so that the messages
> don't appear to be coming from root at localhost.localdomain?
>
> I have two FC2 file servers (one primary, and one backup) at a client
> site which I occasionally want to send e-mail messages to me (from
> LogWatch, cron, etc.) so that I can keep tabs on their status. But the
> messages seem to be getting bounced by their ISP because of the mail
> headers. And I do get messages complaining about a possible open
> relay, which isn't the case, because I've got a firewall running and
> the attached messages are always the "system" messages I'm expecting.
>
> I get messages like this:
>
> The original message was received at Wed, 18 Aug 2004 05:43:15 -0400
> from localhost
> with id i7I9hE33029531
>
> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> mc2 at lightlink.com
> (reason: 590 <>... NJABL Open Proxy ** [aaa.bb.ccc.dd] ** See
> http://dnsbl.njabl.org)
> (expanded from: <root at localhost.localdomain>)
>
> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> 451 4.4.1 reply: read error from mail0.lightlink.com.
> ... while talking to mail1.lightlink.com.:
>
>>>>>>> MAIL From:<> SIZE=4302
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
> <<< 590 <>... NJABL Open Proxy ** 129.44.215.166 ** See
> http://dnsbl.njabl.org
> 554 5.0.0 Service unavailable
>
> [snip]
>
>
> And to make it a bit more confusing, I do occasionally receive the
> messages from cron, but not logwatch.
>
> Is there a way for outgoing mail to be sent from an address more
> acceptable to the ISP? The client "master" e-mail address for instance?
>
> Any assistance will be most appreciated.
>
I read the See http://dnsbl.njabl.org site, and found that the ISP is
bouncing some (but not all !??) messages because:
*aaa.bb.ccc.dd* is listed as a dial-up port / dynamic IP in dnsbl.njabl.org
Why would some messages be delivered, and not others? The client does
have DSL service, and does get a dynamically assigned IP address, but I
have DSL at home too, and my home workstation sends it's system emails
without any trouble.
Again, any assistance will be most appreciated.
--
Mitch Wiedemann
mc^2 Computer Consulting
mc2 at lightlink.com
http://www.lightlink.com/mc2
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