New Server, same old problem

Mon Mar 2 01:16:26 GMT 2009

You probably didn't remove the "listen only on localhost" line common to
most CentOS/RedHat systems. You probably don't remember doing it on the old
system. Look for:

dnl # The following causes sendmail to only listen on the IPv4 loopback
address
dnl # 127.0.0.1 and not on any other network devices. Remove the loopback
dnl # address restriction to accept email from the internet or intranet.
dnl #
DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp, Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl

Remove "Addr=127.0.0.1, " from that line and sendmail should listen on all
interfaces.

On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Alden Levy <alden at engineno9inc.com> wrote:

> As it turns out, I was mistaken when I said I couldn't telnet in.  I can.
>  I
> just can't send email from my desktop (nor can my users).  The server,
> itself can send, as I can from SquirrelMail.  Sorry about that.  I think I
> had that problem on my last server!
>
> An example of the error I get is:
> sendmail[7153]: n21NtsYp007153: IPNAME_HERE [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] did not issue
> MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to MTA
>
> These are my instances of sendmail:
> sendmail: accepting connections
>
> sendmail: Queue runner at 00:15:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue
> sendmail: Queue runner at 00:15:00 for
> /home/virtual/FILESYSTEMTEMPLATE/services/sendmail/mqueue
>
>
> Thanks for helping!
>
> --Alden
>
>
> >Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:32:10 -0800
> >From: Jim Dickenson <dickenson at cfmc.com>
> >Subject: Re: New Server, same old problem
> >To: MailScanner Mail List <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
> >Message-ID: <C5CF259A.139AF2%dickenson at cfmc.com<C5CF259A.139AF2%25dickenson at cfmc.com>
> >
> >Content-Type: text/plain;      charset="US-ASCII"
> >
> >When you start MailScanner does sendmail start up its instances to read
> from
> >MailScanner's output queue? On my system I have these instances of
> sendmail
> >running:
> >
> >sendmail: accepting connections
> >sendmail: Queue runner at 00:15:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue
> >sendmail: Queue runner at 00:15:00 for /var/spool/mqueue
> >--
> >Jim Dickenson
> >mailto:dickenson at cfmc.com
> >
> >CfMC
> >http://www.cfmc.com/
>
>
>
> > From: Alden Levy <alden at engineno9inc.com>
> > Reply-To: MailScanner discussion <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
> > Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:51:49 -0500 (EST)
> > To: <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
> > Subject: New Server, same old problem
> >
> > I've been running MS for a few years now, and I love it.  This list has
> > been a tremendous help whether I'm just lurking or have a specific
> > question.
> >
> > Right now, I have MS 4.74.16 installed.  When I go to start it up (after
> > following all of the instructions and turning off sendmail), mail flows
> in
> > fine, but I cannot telnet in to the mail server, nor can I send mail.  It
> > seems that this would be a sendmail issue, but when I shut down MS and
> > start up sendmail, everything flows fine.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Alden Levy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alden Levy [mailto:alden at engineno9inc.com]
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 4:52 PM
> To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> Subject: New Server, same old problem
>
> I've been running MS for a few years now, and I love it.  This list has
> been a tremendous help whether I'm just lurking or have a specific
> question.
>
> This time, it's another question: This is the second server I've switched
> my MS install to, and the second time I've had a problem.  Unfortunately,
> I can't find the guy who helped me the first time around. So, I was hoping
> someone here would be able to help.
>
> In any event, here are the specifics:
> Until recently, I had two servers running MS (one FC3!) and one CentOS 4.
> I have now consolidated onto one server running CentOS 5.2.  All of the
> servers had been running Ensim (now, Parallels Pro 10.x). However, I have
> always run MS outside of Ensim.
>
> I copied the MS directory (/etc/MailScanner) from the CentOS 4 server, and
> tried to harmonize my sendmail.mc with the one from the old server as
> well.  I installed a new MS and upgraded the conf files.  The old servers
> are now long gone.
>
> Right now, I have MS 4.74.16 installed.  When I go to start it up (after
> following all of the instructions and turning off sendmail), mail flows in
> fine, but I cannot telnet in to the mail server, nor can I send mail.  It
> seems that this would be a sendmail issue, but when I shut down MS and
> start up sendmail, everything flows fine.
>
> The only change that I can recall making from my last instance was using
> clamd instead of clamav.  I tried switching back to clamav, but I still
> had these issues.  I have been running sendmail with spamc/spamd and clamd
> until I could get this fixed, but I don't have to tell you that this
> doesn't give me the flexibility or control that running MS does.
>
> The results of MailScanner --lint are:
> Trying to setlogsock(unix)
> Read 856 hostnames from the phishing whitelist
> Read 4798 hostnames from the phishing blacklist
> Checking version numbers...
> Version number in MailScanner.conf (4.74.16) is correct.
>
> Your envelope_sender_header in spam.assassin.prefs.conf is correct.
>
> Checking for SpamAssassin errors (if you use it)...
> Using SpamAssassin results cache
> Connected to SpamAssassin cache database
> SpamAssassin reported no errors.
> I have found clamd scanners installed, and will use them all by default.
> Using locktype = posix
> MailScanner.conf says "Virus Scanners = auto"
> Found these virus scanners installed: clamd
> ===========================================================================
> Filename Checks: Windows/DOS Executable (1 eicar.com)
> Other Checks: Found 1 problems
> Virus and Content Scanning: Starting
> Clamd::INFECTED:: Eicar-Test-Signature :: ./1/eicar.com
> Virus Scanning: Clamd found 2 infections
> Infected message 1 came from 10.1.1.1
> Virus Scanning: Found 2 viruses
> ===========================================================================
> Virus Scanner test reports:
> Clamd said "eicar.com was infected: Eicar-Test-Signature"
>
> If any of your virus scanners (clamd)
> are not listed there, you should check that they are installed correctly
> and that MailScanner is finding them correctly via its virus.scanners.conf.
>
> Likewise, spamassassin -D --lint doesn't give any errors.
>
> MailScanner -v lists all of the required modules.  The only optional ones
> I'm missing are: Encode::Detect, ExtUtils::CBuilder, ExtUtils::ParseXS,
> Mail::ClamAV, Net::LDAP, and SAVI.  It reports my SA as version 3.002004
>
> I'm running Perl v. 5.8.8 and sendmail 8.13.8
>
> I'm happy to post any of my sendmail.mc sendmail.cf, MS or SA files (or
> whatever else might be relevant upon request.
>
> Any help or a kick in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Alden Levy
> Engine No. 9, Inc.
> 130 West 57th Street, Suite 2F
> New York, NY 10019
> (212) 981-1122
> (212) 504-9598 (fax)
>
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