I see that mail sent from a remote computer never leaves the computer, the last entry in /var/log/maillog being "Queued mail for delivery". 1. What is likely to cause this message? I know I registered with my remote mail server with a different name to my name on the computer. Is that likely to be the cause of my problem? And if so, what is the solution? Or is there any other likely cause? Incidentally, I can telnet the mail server: --------------------------------------- m at althea ~]$ telnet out.alice.it 25 Trying 85.33.2.55... Connected to out.alice.it (85.33.2.55). Escape character is '^]'. 220 FBCMCL01B06.fbc.local Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 6.0.3790.3959 ready at Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:02:20 +0100 ^] telnet> quit Connection closed. --------------------------------------- 2. Where incidentally is the mail queued for delivery? I don't see it in /var/cache/ . Any suggestions or enlightenment gratefully received. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
Inline Timothy Murphy wrote:> I see that mail sent from a remote computer > never leaves the computer, > the last entry in /var/log/maillog being > "Queued mail for delivery". > >The message was accepted. You failed to supply sufficient information to troubleshoot further.> 1. What is likely to cause this message? > I know I registered with my remote mail server > with a different name to my name on the computer. > > Is that likely to be the cause of my problem? > And if so, what is the solution? > > Or is there any other likely cause? > > Incidentally, I can telnet the mail server: > --------------------------------------- > m at althea ~]$ telnet out.alice.it 25 > Trying 85.33.2.55... > Connected to out.alice.it (85.33.2.55). > Escape character is '^]'. > 220 FBCMCL01B06.fbc.local Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: > 6.0.3790.3959 ready at Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:02:20 +0100 > ^] > telnet> quit > Connection closed. > --------------------------------------- > > 2. Where incidentally is the mail queued for delivery? > I don't see it in /var/cache/ . > >Have you looked in /var/spool ?> Any suggestions or enlightenment gratefully received. > >-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 6672 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20091121/adf1fe9e/attachment-0003.bin>
> 220 FBCMCL01B06.fbc.local Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: > 6.0.3790.3959 ready at ?Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:02:20 +0100I'm confused. This seems to be running MS mail server - what does that have to do with Centos? You've got 2 boxes? 1 is a MS mail server and the other is Centos? Is sendmail running on Centos? Are you sure it is running? Is this the system from which you attempted to send mail? How did you attempt to send it? Did you check the "mailq" command on that system? Does that system have a public IP? Or is it behind a firewall? -- ?Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV? - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food"
Larry Brower wrote:>> I see that mail sent from a remote computer >> never leaves the computer, >> the last entry in /var/log/maillog being >> "Queued mail for delivery". >> >> > The message was accepted. You failed to supply sufficient information to > troubleshoot further.Thanks for your response. I think I have solved the problem. The trouble was that I put my home address in the From line, and the ISP in Italy rejected the mail on that account.>> 2. Where incidentally is the mail queued for delivery? >> I don't see it in /var/cache/ . >> >> > > Have you looked in /var/spool ?I did actually look there, but /var/spool/mail/tim and /var/spool/mqueue/ were empty. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland