Sendmail authentication issue or spam?

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am So, den 12.03.2006 schrieb Neil Cherry um 22:22:

> >> # "Smart" relay host (may be null)
> >> DSsmtp.host.com:587
> > 
> > That does not work (I suspect you intend to contact the smart host on
> > port 587).
> 
> Works fine on my setup but I think you mean I have it setup wrong:
> 
> > http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section3.html#3.39
> 
> I'll look into this config change and see if I can get it to work
> with my setup. I won't be able to change that for a while.

Yes,

DSsmtp.host.com:587

in sendmail.cf does not let the Sendmail daemon contact the smart host
on port 587. With other words: the ":" is no valid separator for host
and port. IIRC you can list more than 1 smart host server this way (at
least in mailertable you separate multiple targets by ":").

> Linux Home Automation         Neil Cherry       ncherry at linuxha.com

Alexander


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