Configuring Sendmail?
Mitch Wiedemann
mc2 at lightlink.com
Wed Aug 18 15:16:54 UTC 2004
Can anyone tell me how to configure sendmail so that the messages don't
appear to be coming from root at localhost.localdomain?
I have two FC2 file servers (one primary, and one backup) at a client
site which I occasionally want to send e-mail messages to me (from
LogWatch, cron, etc.) so that I can keep tabs on their status. But the
messages seem to be getting bounced by their ISP because of the mail
headers. And I do get messages complaining about a possible open relay,
which isn't the case, because I've got a firewall running and the
attached messages are always the "system" messages I'm expecting.
I get messages like this:
The original message was received at Wed, 18 Aug 2004 05:43:15 -0400
from localhost
with id i7I9hE33029531
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
mc2 at lightlink.com
(reason: 590 <>... NJABL Open Proxy ** [aaa.bb.ccc.dd] ** See http://dnsbl.njabl.org)
(expanded from: <root at localhost.localdomain>)
----- Transcript of session follows -----
451 4.4.1 reply: read error from mail0.lightlink.com.
... while talking to mail1.lightlink.com.:
>>>>>> MAIL From:<> SIZE=4302
>>>
>>>
<<< 590 <>... NJABL Open Proxy ** 129.44.215.166 ** See http://dnsbl.njabl.org
554 5.0.0 Service unavailable
[snip]
And to make it a bit more confusing, I do occasionally receive the
messages from cron, but not logwatch.
Is there a way for outgoing mail to be sent from an address more
acceptable to the ISP? The client "master" e-mail address for instance?
Any assistance will be most appreciated.
--
Mitch Wiedemann
mc^2 Computer Consulting
mc2 at lightlink.com
http://www.lightlink.com/mc2
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