/root/.forward and Gmail

nicolas angel n.aggelidis at gmail.com
Thu Oct 5 19:56:26 UTC 2006


hi

sorry [if this is a silly question] but i didnt understand what you
wanted to say [although it sounded interesting].Would it be possible
to explain what did you try to do.....[because it sounded like
something i want to try:)

thanks
N.A

On 10/5/06, Alexander Farber <alexander.farber at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good morning!
>
> I'm using FC5 + these mail programs:
>
> hxxxxxx:afarber {221} rpm -qa|grep mail
> sendmail-cf-8.13.7-2.fc5.2
> mailx-8.1.1-44.2.1
> mailcap-2.1.21-1.fc5
> sendmail-8.13.7-2.fc5.2
> procmail-3.22-16.2.1
> sendmail-doc-8.13.7-2.fc5.2
>
> For the sendmail I've added /etc/mail/authinfo,
> so that I can send mail through their SMTP server
> and this works ok for me.
>
> Also I have put my mail address into /root/.forward:
>
> hxxxxxx:afarber {223} sudo cat /root/.forward
> Alexander.Farber at gmail.com
> hxxxxxx:afarber {224} sudo ls -l /root/.forward
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27 Oct  5 09:52 /root/.forward
>
> My problem is that the mails sent to root go to
> root at hxxxxxx.serverkompetenz.net and not to
> Alexander.Farber at gmail.com. I see them in
> the Gmail's "Sent Mail", but not in the "Inbox":
>
> X-Gmail-Received: bd912231208303c8c11d354bb1573f2ac5e4f4ad
> Return-Path: <alexander.farber at gmail.com>
> Received: from hxxxxxx.serverkompetenz.net ( [81.169.xx.xx])
>         by mx.google.com with ESMTP id a23sm3312667nfc.2006.10.05.00.53.20;
>         Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:53:20 -0700 (PDT)
> Received: from hxxxxxx.serverkompetenz.net (localhost [127.0.0.1])
>         by hxxxxxx.serverkompetenz.net (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k957pdM7005815
>         (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO)
>         for <root at hxxxxxx.serverkompetenz.net>; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 09:51:39 +0200
> Received: (from afarber at localhost)
>         by hxxxxxx.serverkompetenz.net (8.13.7/8.13.7/Submit) id k957pdYZ005814
>         for root; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 09:51:39 +0200
> Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 09:51:39 +0200
> Message-Id: <200610050751.k957pdYZ005814 at hxxxxxx.serverkompetenz.net>
> To: root at hxxxxxx.serverkompetenz.net
> Subject: test
> From: alexander.farber at gmail.com
>
> test
>
> (this is a mail I've sent with "mail root". Do you see the wrong To: above?)
>
> Could someone please give me a hint, what could I be missing here?
> I want the root mails to go to the address listed in /root/.forward and
> not to root at hxxxxxx.serverkompetenz.net !
>
> Here is /var/log/maillog:
>
> Oct  5 10:07:23 hxxxxxx sendmail[5839]: k9587Nhw005839: from=afarber,
> size=31, class=0, nrcpts=1,
> msgid=<200610050807.k9587Nhw005839 at hxxxxxx.serverkompetenz.net>,
> relay=afarber at localhost
>
> Oct  5 10:07:23 hxxxxxx sendmail[5839]: STARTTLS=client,
> relay=[127.0.0.1], version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL,
> cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, bits=256/256
>
> Oct  5 10:07:23 hxxxxxxx sendmail[5840]: STARTTLS=server,
> relay=localhost [127.0.0.1], version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=NO,
> cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, bits=256/256
>
> Oct  5 10:07:23 hxxxxxxx sendmail[5840]: k9587NJr005840:
> from=<afarber at hxxxxxx.serverkompetenz.net>, size=358, class=0,
> nrcpts=1, msgid=<200610050807.k9587Nhw005839 at hxxxxxx.serverkompetenz.net>,
> proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1]
>
> Oct  5 10:07:23 hxxxxxxx sendmail[5839]: k9587Nhw005839: to=root,
> ctladdr=afarber (500/500), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00,
> mailer=relay, pri=30031, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0,
> stat=Sent (k9587NJr005840 Message accepted for delivery)
>
> Oct  5 10:07:23 hxxxxxx sendmail[5841]: STARTTLS=client,
> relay=smtp.gmail.com, version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=OK,
> cipher=DES-CBC3-SHA, bits=168/168
>
> Oct  5 10:07:25 hxxxxxx sendmail[5841]: k9587NJr005840:
> to=Alexander.Farber at gmail.com,
> ctladdr=<afarber at hxxxxxx.serverkompetenz.net> (500/500),
> delay=00:00:02, xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=relay, pri=30652,
> relay=smtp.gmail.com [64.233.183.xxx], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (OK
> 1160035744 x24sm3345084nfb)
>
> hxxxxxx:afarber {226} sudo /usr/lib/sendmail -bv root
> Alexander.Farber at gmail.com... deliverable: mailer relay, host
> smtp.gmail.com, user Alexander.Farber at gmail.com
>
> Regards
> Alex
>
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