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tfandango
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 Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2002 3:15 pm Post subject: sendmail error on fresh 1.4rc1 box |
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Hi-
I have a fresh 1.4 install, nothing else added. However, I am constantly getting the following error:
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[sSMTP mail] unable to locate host mail.
[sSMTP mail] can't open the smtp port (25) on mail.
[sSMTP mail] smtp server didn't accept TCPT to: command,
replied "550 5.1.6 Recipient Address is Invalid.
Check spelling for: postmaster@_HOSTNAME_". |
Now, I have sSMTP installed and I assume it is running, although I can't find it in:
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ps -eaf | grep ssmtp |
And I'm not sure how to check is postmaster is a valid address on my system.. I assume it forwards to root, but how can I check that?
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tredman2
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Location: Holiday, FL
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| Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 7:46 am Post subject: sSMTP error message |
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I have this same problem on my machine, with sSMTP and fcron.
sSMTP doesn't run as a daemon; it's stricly on demand, and works like a highly stripped down version of sendmail. As such, it doesn't use standard alias files the way sendmail does.
Instead, you should be able to get things working by editing /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf and /etc/ssmtp/revaliases. It's going to ask you things like what youre mail hub is and who the mail should appear to come from by default. The comments in both files should be enough to get you started. The man page for ssmtp.8 explains alot about the program itself, but there is no man page documentation for the configuration files. There is some sketchy info in /usr/share/doc/ssmtp-?.??.??-r?, but since there's not much to configure, you won't find a whole lot there.
The package is deliberately simple to use, so a quick peek at /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf should help you the most.
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