Virtual host problem with sendmail - please help!

In the original instance of your Question in the Linux TA, I referred you to https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21322113/Practical-Modern-Sendmail-Configuration-Info-Question.html

Was this not helpful?

thanks psiCop, it was a very informative document on how to set up, but as far as _I_ know, my setup is correct.  I looked over several documents like the one you posted when trying to set it up initially.

I'm hoping for someone to be able to pinpoint what about my configuration is causing the vhost not to work.

Thanks!

Try this to help pinpoint:

root@magiteck:/etc/mail# sendmail -bt -d60 -d21.12
ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked)
Enter <ruleset> <address>
> 3,2,0 jared@perfume-oil.com

Thanks for the continued help - the output is pretty long, but here goes!

root@magiteck:/home/jared# sendmail -bt -d60 -d21.12
ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked)
Enter <ruleset> <address>
> 3,2,0 jared@perfume-oil.com
canonify           input: jared @ perfume-oil . com
-----trying rule: $@
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $*
-----rule matches: $: $1 < @ >
rewritten as: jared @ perfume-oil . com < @ >
-----trying rule: $* < $* > $* < @ >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: @ $* < @ >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* [ IPv6 : $+ ] < @ >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* : : $* < @ >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: : include : $* < @ >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* : $* [ $* ]
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* : $* < @ >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ >
-----rule matches: $: $1
rewritten as: jared @ perfume-oil . com
-----trying rule: $* ;
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < $+ : ; > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < $* ; >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $@
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $*
-----rule matches: $: < $1 >
rewritten as: < jared @ perfume-oil . com >
-----trying rule: $+ < $* >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < $* > $+
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < $+ >
-----rule matches: $: $1
rewritten as: jared @ perfume-oil . com
-----trying rule: @ $+ , $+
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: @ [ $* ] : $+
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: @ $+ : $+
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $+ : $* ; @ $+
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $+ : $* ;
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $+ @ $+
-----rule matches: $: $1 < @ $2 >
rewritten as: jared < @ perfume-oil . com >
-----trying rule: $+ < $+ @ $+ >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $+ < @ $+ >
-----rule matches: $@ $> Canonify2 $1 < @ $2 >
Canonify2          input: jared < @ perfume-oil . com >
-----trying rule: $* < @ localhost > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ localhost . milleniumcare . com > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ localhost . UUCP > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ [ $+ ] > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ @ $=w > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ @ $+ > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ $+ . UUCP > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ $+ . . UUCP . > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ $* $=P > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ $* $~P > $*
-----rule matches: $: $&{daemon_flags} $| $1 < @ $2 $3 > $4
rewrite: RHS $&{daemon_flags} => "(NULL)"
rewritten as: $| jared < @ perfume-oil . com >
-----trying rule: $* CC $* $| $* < @ $+ . $+ > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* CC $* $| $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* $| $* < @ $* > $*
-----rule matches: $: $2 < @ $[ $3 $] > $4
map_lookup(host, perfume-oil.com) => perfume-oil.com. (0)
rewritten as: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
-----trying rule: $* $| $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ $=w > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ $=M > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ $={VirtHost} > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ $* . . > $*
----- rule fails
Canonify2        returns: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
rewritten as: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
canonify         returns: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
2                  input: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
2                returns: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
parse              input: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
-----trying rule: $*
-----rule matches: $: $> Parse0 $1
Parse0             input: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
-----trying rule: < @ >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* : $* ; < @ >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: @ < @ $* >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < @ $+ >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $+ < @ >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $*
-----rule matches: $: < > $1
rewritten as: < > jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
-----trying rule: < > $* < @ [ $* ] : $+ > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < > $* < @ [ $* ] , $+ > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < > $* < @ [ $* ] $+ > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < > $* < @ [ $+ ] > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < > $* < $* : $* > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < > $*
-----rule matches: $1
rewritten as: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
-----trying rule: < > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ . $* > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ $* . . $* > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ $* @ > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* @ $* < @ $* > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* , $~O $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < @ $=w . > : $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $- < @ $=w . >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < @ $+ >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* $=O $* < @ $=w . >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $-
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < @ *LOCAL* >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* $=O $* < @ *LOCAL* >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ *LOCAL* >
----- rule fails
Parse0           returns: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
rewritten as: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
-----trying rule: < @ >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $*
-----rule matches: $: $> ParseLocal $1
-----skip subr ParseLocal (98)
rewritten as: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
-----trying rule: $*
-----rule matches: $: $> Parse1 $1
Parse1             input: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
-----trying rule: $* < @ [ $+ ] > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ [ $+ ] > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ [ $+ ] : > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ [ $+ ] : $- : $* > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ [ $+ ] : $+ > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $+
-----rule matches: $: < ! > $1
rewritten as: < ! > jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
-----trying rule: < ! > $+ < @ $={VirtHost} . >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < ! > $+ < @ $=w . >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < @ > $+ + $+ < @ $* . >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < @ > $+ + $* < @ $* . >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < @ > $+ + $* < @ $* . >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < @ > $+ + $+ < @ $+ . >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < @ > $+ + $* < @ $+ . >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < @ > $+ + $* < @ $+ . >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < @ > $+ < @ $+ . >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < @ > $+
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < ! > $+
-----rule matches: $: $1
rewritten as: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
-----trying rule: < error : $- . $- . $- : $+ > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < error : $- $+ > $*
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: < $+ > $+ < @ $+ >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $=L < @ $=w . >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $+ < @ $=w . >
----- rule fails
-----trying rule: $* < @ $* > $*
-----rule matches: $: $> MailerToTriple < > $1 < @ $2 > $3
MailerToTriple     input: < > jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
-----trying rule: < > $*
-----rule matches: $@ $1
rewritten as: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
MailerToTriple   returns: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
rewritten as: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
-----trying rule: $* < @ $* > $*
-----rule matches: $# esmtp $@ $2 $: $1 < @ $2 > $3
rewritten as: $# esmtp $@ perfume-oil . com . $: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
Parse1           returns: $# esmtp $@ perfume-oil . com . $: jared < @ perfume->
rewritten as: $# esmtp $@ perfume-oil . com . $: jared < @ perfume-oil . com . >
parse            returns: $# esmtp $@ perfume-oil . com . $: jared < @ perfume->
> 

jlevie:

I removed DOMAIN(milleniumcare.com)dnl from my sendmail.mc and remade and reinstalled the sendmail.cf file, and then I restarted sendmail, and the problem still exists.

In the following:
>root@magiteck:/etc/mail# sendmail -bt
>ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked)
>Enter <ruleset> <address>
>> $=w
>magiteck.milleniumcare.com
>magiteck
>[192.168.1.103]
>localhost
>[127.0.0.1]
>> /map virtuser jared@perfume-oil.com
>map_lookup: virtuser (jared@perfume-oil.com) returns jared (0)

shouldn't the $=w also come up with the perfume-oil.com?
Is there something special I have to do to get sendmail to read it from the local-host-names file?

Bingo!

jlevie, your removing the DOMAIN string likely had something to do with it, but there was one more piece missing also!

FEATURE(`use_cw_file')
was missing from the sendmail.mc file.  This string is required to force sendmail to read the local-host-names file.  That added perfume-oil.com to class w, and bingo, messages went through.

All is now working good!

PsiCop, you gave me a lot of great background info to go off of, and jlevie, you offered me the great idea to remove the DOMAIN line.  For points, I'm going to award this question to jlevie, and the original post in the Linux forum, I'm going to award to PsiCop and post a link to this thread.  That way you'll both get some points.

Thanks for all your help!

Jared

Yeah, looks like it was a combination of issues, including address-rewriting. Glad its working.