sendmail does not like one user

[Greg Golin]

Following a previous suggestion I grepped for not.my.server.com in the
maillog. Indeed, everyone of my users have been having issues sending
mails to recipients on this server.

I will also give your suggestion a go.

Thanks.
G

On 5/3/06, Opesh Alkara <opeshalkara at gmail.com> wrote:
> it's strange
>
> Given both users are OS users....while one can deliver but other cannot...is
> hard to believe...
>
> here is what all I can suggest....
>
> take the primary MX record of not.my.server.com
>
> #dig not.my.server.com mx
>
> login to userB
>
> #su - userB
>
> telnet to port 25 of MX of not.my.server.com
>
> #telnet <MX record of not.my.server.com> 25
>
> repeat it with userA
>
> if you are able to telnet....in either case...you should be able to deliver
> mails also...
> If you are not....the mails will be deffered....(possible need to look into
> firewall configs...)
>
> Just...out of curiosity...how you made sure...userA can send while userB
> cannot at the same time from the same server?
>
> Also...If i am not mistaken..your hostname is "localhost"....this could
> confuse a sendmail MTA delivering another to sendmail MTA....as every server
> has an alias set as localhost, resolving to 127.0.0.1....just an idea....
>
>
>
> On 5/4/06, Greg Golin <greg.golin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > This is one of the entries:
> >
> > May  3 15:52:42 localhost sendmail[22998]: k43GxYB6017072:
> > to=<userX at xxxxxx.com>, ctladdr=<userB at xxxxxx.com> (509/511),
> > delay=05:52:42, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=660466,
> > relay=xxxxx.not.my.server.com., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection
> > timed out with xxxxx.not.my.server.com.
> >
> > Users are both OS users.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Greg
> >
> > On 5/3/06, Opesh Alkara <opeshalkara at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Apologies..I misunderstood....
> > >
> > > Is it possible to get exactly what's written in sendmail logs.....?
> > >
> > > are userA and userB OS users on the Linux system?...or...are they
> > email-IDs
> > > with outlook configured to send email through your sendmail MTA?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 5/4/06, Greg Golin <greg.golin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I've done nothing of the sort, I have no control over the remote
> > server.
> > > >
> > > > G
> > > >
> > > > On 5/3/06, Opesh Alkara <opeshalkara at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > What have you done to route the mails to userX at partnercompany.comfor
> > > > > usera at mycompany.com? I mean to say:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. ~/.forward file
> > > > > 2 /etc/mail/virtusertable
> > > > > 3. /etc/aliases
> > > > >
> > > > > Any chances of config mismatch...?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 5/4/06, Greg Golin <greg.golin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hey guys,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > sendmail-8.12.11-4.21AS.8 on rhel-2.1, having a strange problem:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > userA at mycompany.com sends email to userX at partnercompany.com just
> > fine.
> > > > > > userB at mycompany.com, though, cannot send email to userX, his
> > messages
> > > > > > get bounced with a delayed Status: 4.4.1. messages from userB to
> > other
> > > > > > places go through fine. if userB uses our CRM to send email to
> > userX,
> > > > > > it goes through fine as well.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > no clue where to begin working on this.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any clues are appreciated.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > G
> > > > > >
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