[olug] Sendmail

[Noel Leistad]

I'm a postfix'er, but looks to me like root's got some mail......

Also notice everything bound to localhost, which may be normal in 
sendmail, but...


Craig Wolf wrote:

>I had NOT perused the /var/log/mail but I just did.  Here is an excerpt from the file..can someone help me digest/explain it?
>Jun 26 09:28:04 MIL-SSC17-SLES9 sendmail[14981]: k5QES4Od014981: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=31490, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (k5QES4WZ015014 Message accepted for delivery)
>Jun 26 09:28:04 MIL-SSC17-SLES9 sendmail[15016]: k5QES4cA014976: to=<root at MIL-SSC17-SLES9.mpsomaha.org>, ctladdr=<root at MIL-SSC17-SLES9.mpsomaha.org> (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=31452, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
>Jun 26 09:28:04 MIL-SSC17-SLES9 sendmail[14997]: k5QES41X014997: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=31488, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (k5QES4iE015018 Message accepted for delivery)
>Jun 26 09:28:04 MIL-SSC17-SLES9 sendmail[15005]: k5QES4k3015005: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=31468, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (k5QES4jr015015 Message accepted for delivery)
>Jun 26 09:28:04 MIL-SSC17-SLES9 sendmail[14989]: k5QES4bZ014989: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=31470, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (k5QES4kM015017 Message accepted for delivery)
>Jun 26 09:28:05 MIL-SSC17-SLES9 sendmail[15022]: k5QES4WZ015014: to=<root at MIL-SSC17-SLES9.mpsomaha.org>, ctladdr=<root at MIL-SSC17-SLES9.mpsomaha.org> (0/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=31994, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
>Jun 26 09:28:12 MIL-SSC17-SLES9 sendmail[15019]: k5QES42P015013: to=<root at MIL-SSC17-SLES9.mpsomaha.org>, ctladdr=<root at MIL-SSC17-SLES9.mpsomaha.org> (0/0), delay=00:00:08, xdelay=00:00:08, mailer=local, pri=31378, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
>Jun 26 09:28:13 MIL-SSC17-SLES9 sendmail[15025]: k5QES4jr015015: to=<root at MIL-SSC17-SLES9.mpsomaha.org>, ctladdr=<root at MIL-SSC17-SLES9.mpsomaha.org> (0/0), delay=00:00:09, xdelay=00:00:08, mailer=local, pri=31972, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
>Jun 26 09:28:21 MIL-SSC17-SLES9 sendmail[15024]: k5QES4iE015018: to=<root at MIL-SSC17-SLES9.mpsomaha.org>, ctladdr=<root at MIL-SSC17-SLES9.mpsomaha.org> (0/0), delay=00:00:17, xdelay=00:00:16, mailer=local, pri=31992, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
>Jun 26 09:28:29 MIL-SSC17-SLES9 sendmail[15023]: k5QES4kM015017: to=<root at MIL-SSC17-SLES9.mpsomaha.org>, ctladdr=<root at MIL-SSC17-SLES9.mpsomaha.org> (0/0), delay=00:00:25, xdelay=00:00:24, mailer=local, pri=31974, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
>
>My server name is MIL-SSC17-SLES9 if that helps...Thanx!!
>
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>>>>olug at wjjeep.com 6/26/2006 >>>
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>What symptoms exactly are you experiencing?
>
>Have you perused /var/log/maillog and or /var/log/messages?
>
>On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 09:11:47AM -0500, Craig Wolf wrote:
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>
>>Ok, trying to figure out if OUR email system is not allowing Sendmail to pull the emails OR if Sendmail is just not working right.  Where does Sendmail write it's logs?  I have not been able to locate anything that says it is working or not working.
>>
>>Any help appreciated!!
>>
>>Craig Wolf
>>Linux Web Server Support
>>Desktop/Network Specialist
>>402-894-6283
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