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mandrake sendmail relay and dns /hosts problem

hi i cannot send emails to outside domain from my sendmail anymore
for some crazy reason when i send to outside domains it tries to relay through localhost
the problem is that i goes to dns and tries to resolve the name localhost and this points to localhost.thedomainofmycompany.com and points to the address to which we direct one can help?
*.thedomainofmycompany.com
this box does not relay so it doesnt work
i tried to add a host for local host but nothing to do sendmail goes outside
any help?

tstuardo

ASKER

by the way i tried to change the sendmail.cf and sendmail.mc files change relay domains from localhost.localdomain to my own ip but for some reason sendmail still tries to relay through localhost which points outside...same thing if i add a host in the host file for the locahost
weird

Arty K

Please provide any logfile entries related your problem, they may be in /var/log/maillog
Also provide the content of /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hosts

ygoutham

include a name for your server in the

/etc/hosts

file. edit it and have a valid name other than localhost. check the sendmail.mc file to see if masquerade options are specified or if you are re-writing the envelope / masquerade envelope etc options.

but as NOPIUS says the log file has more info

tstuardo

ASKER

here is the log when sending
Jul 24 13:59:05 rt sendmail[1615]: l6OHx5ns001615:
from=operator@rt.thedomainofmycompany.com, size=424, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<1185299945.
1613@rt.thedomainofmycompany.com>, relay=root@localhost
Jul 24 13:59:07 rt sendmail[1615]:
l6OHx5ns001615: to=blah@gmail.com, ctladdr=operator@rt.thedomainofmycompany.com (11/0), delay=00:00:02,

xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=relay, pri=30424, relay=localhost.thedomainofmycompany.com. [12.34.56.78],
dsn=5.1.1, stat=User unknown
Jul 24 13:59:07 rt sendmail[1615]:
l6OHx5ns001615: l6OHx5nt001615: DSN: User unknown
Jul 24 13:59:08 rt sendmail[1615]:
l6OHx5nt001615: to=operator@rt.thedomainofmycompany.com, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=relay, pr
i=31448, relay=localhost.thedomainofmycompany.com. [12.34.56.78], dsn=5.1.1, stat=User unknown
Jul 24 13:59:08 rt sendmail[1615]:
l6OHx5nt001615: l6OHx5nu001615: return to sender: User unknown

tstuardo

ASKER

[root@rt etc]# more resolv.conf
search thedomainofmycompany.com
nameserver 192.168.xx.xx ///ip of my dns server (the sendmail doesnt run dns)
# domain localhost

# ppp temp entry

tstuardo

ASKER

[root@rt etc]# more hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.200.3 ns3.thedomainofmycompany.com
192.168.200.52 rt.thedomainofmycompany.com rt

tstuardo

ASKER

help anyone?

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ygoutham

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