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sendmail configuration for ubuuntu

Asked by: ian37a

I am trying to setup sendmail to relay e-mail to a third party. Is there a basic setup for this. I have setup what I think is correct but get a message:
Relaying denied. IP name lookup failed <194.0.174.190>
What does this mean ???

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Answers

 

by: vishal_impactPosted on 2008-02-06 at 04:09:11ID: 20831262

HI
The ip lookup shows its internal ip address so to relay to third party you need external address and also check for the ports its going through in iptables

 

by: ian37aPosted on 2008-02-06 at 04:51:54ID: 20831464

Thanks...
Where do I set the external ipaddress..and would this be the ipaddress of the third party ??

 

by: vishal_impactPosted on 2008-02-06 at 05:24:21ID: 20831645

Yes
thts true
Please select is this what you were lookin for yes and accept solution
thnx

 

by: ian37aPosted on 2008-02-06 at 05:28:27ID: 20831679

I have very limted knowledge of sendmail and would like to know where to set this external address using ubuntu sendmail...

 

by: vishal_impactPosted on 2008-02-06 at 05:48:06ID: 20831812

ok
here you go look at this info which is for debian and sendmail :
http://www.aboutdebian.com/internet.htm

All i would suggest is to use exim instead of sendmail as its easy to configure
to install exim4 type  this command  apt-get install exim4
for more reaserch into it ::
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/networking/exim.html

Please select yes on right hand side "is this what you were lookin for yes and accept solution|"
thnx

 

by: vishal_impactPosted on 2008-02-06 at 06:10:07ID: 20831985

HI
anyluck

 

by: ian37aPosted on 2008-02-06 at 09:47:14ID: 20834034

Hi sorry for the delay,
I have tried to install exim on my ubnutu server and the below was the response:-

maint@vibeserver:~$ sudo apt-get install exim
[sudo] password for maint:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package exim is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
  exim4-base
E: Package exim has no installation candidate
maint@vibeserver:~$ sudo apt-get install exim4-base
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  sendmail-cf
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  exim4-config libdb4.3
Suggested packages:
  eximon4 exim4-doc-html exim4-doc-info libmail-spf-query-perl
The following packages will be REMOVED
  mailx postfix
The following NEW packages will be installed
  exim4-base exim4-config libdb4.3
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1644kB of archives.
After unpacking 627kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get: 1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main libdb4.3 4.3.29-8ubuntu2 [429kB]
Get: 2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main exim4-config 4.67-5build1 [258kB]
Get: 3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main exim4-base 4.67-5build1 [957kB]
Fetched 1644kB in 0s (9581kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 107564 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing mailx ...
Removing postfix ...
 * Stopping Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix                         [ OK ]
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Selecting previously deselected package libdb4.3.
(Reading database ... 107410 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libdb4.3 (from .../libdb4.3_4.3.29-8ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package exim4-config.
Unpacking exim4-config (from .../exim4-config_4.67-5build1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package exim4-base.
Unpacking exim4-base (from .../exim4-base_4.67-5build1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up libdb4.3 (4.3.29-8ubuntu2) ...
Setting up exim4-config (4.67-5build1) ...
Adding system-user for exim (v4)

Setting up exim4-base (4.67-5build1) ...

maint@vibeserver:~$ eximconfig
-bash: eximconfig: command not found

Is this supported on unbuntu ???

Thx/Alan


 

by: vishal_impactPosted on 2008-02-06 at 09:53:03ID: 20834091

hi
yes it is supported in ubuntu
check this out to vanish the clouds of doubt : http://www.schabell.com/2007/01/how-to-setup-exim4-on-ubuntu-linux.html

AND FOLLOW this to CONFIGURE EXIM :
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Exim4

NOW can you please accept this solution at this stage so other user can see this solution please and then after accepting the solution rely bk if u have any further issue
thnx appreciate

 

by: vishal_impactPosted on 2008-02-06 at 10:17:51ID: 20834322

thanks
much appreciate pleasure working on issue let me know if you need any further help

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