Subject: Sending problem

From: Bob Holtzman <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 18:10:33 -0700

Hi,

Since last night I've been unable to send mail. I'm running pine-4.44 on a 
fully updated RH7.3 box. The problem does not occur with Eudora in *spit* 
W95. When I try to send a  test message to myself pine returns the error 
message:

[Mail not sent: <[email-masked]>... Relaying denied. Proper authenticatio]

When I checked /var/log/maillog this appeared:

[root@localhost log]# tail maillog
Oct 29 19:04:16 localhost sendmail[6517]: h9U24Fc06516: 
to=<holtzm@localhost>, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=local, 
pri=139134, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
Oct 29 19:04:16 localhost sendmail[6521]: h9U24Gc06521: 
from=<users-return-48398-holtzm=[email-masked]>, size=1988, 
class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=<[email-masked]>, 
bodytype=8BITMIME, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost.localdomain 
[127.0.0.1]
Oct 29 19:04:17 localhost sendmail[6522]: h9U24Gc06521: 
to=<holtzm@localhost>, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=local, 
pri=138463, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
Oct 30 10:55:37 localhost sendmail[855]: alias database /etc/aliases 
rebuilt by root
Oct 30 10:55:37 localhost sendmail[855]: /etc/aliases: 40 aliases, longest 
10 bytes, 395 bytes total
Oct 30 10:55:37 localhost sendmail[868]: starting daemon (8.11.6): 
SMTP+queueing@01:00:00

The message on Oct 29 19:04:16   seems to indicate that it was sent (I 
think) but is one of the ones returning the error. Everything functioned 
smoothly until last night and I have made no changes to pine's 
configuration in several months. The entries for Oct 30 have me completely 
snowed.

I have no clue where to start troubleshooting so any advice or pointers 
greatly appreciated.

Bob Holtzman
"If you think you're getting free lunch
   ............check the price of the beer!"

Bob Holtzman
"If you think you're getting free lunch
   ............check the price of the beer!"  

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From: Gopi Sundaram <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:15:43 -0600 (CST)

> [Mail not sent: <[email-masked]>... Relaying denied. Proper authenticatio]

That error message is truncated. Check the message journal to see if you
can get the entire error message, or check your pine-debug file.

My guess is, your SMTP server is in a different domain than your From:
header. So it will deny relaying unless you authenticate. Try
authenticated SMTP.

>    ............check the price of the beer!"

Seeing it a second time didn't make it funnier. Check your signature
inclusion mechanism.

-- 
Gopi Sundaram
http://www.zrox.net/Mail/Pine/