When I do: # date | sendmail -v [EMAIL PROTECTED] #(ispwest.com is another isp of mine)
Here's what I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Connecting to mail.vei.net via relay... 220 vei.net ModusMail ESMTP Receiver Version 1.2.221.0 Ready >>> EHLO jerryvb.vei.net 250-vei.net 250-SIZE 0 250-ETRN 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-X-IMS 5 147 250-DSN 250-VRFY 250-AUTH LOGIN NTLM SCRAM-MD5 CRAM-MD5 250-AUTH=LOGIN 250 8BITMIME >>> MAIL From:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=29 550 5.1.8 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Invalid address /root/dead.letter... Saved message in /root/dead.letter Postmaster... aliased to jerry, \root \root,jerry... Using cached ESMTP connection to mail.vei.net via relay... >>> RSET 250 2.0.0 OK >>> MAIL From:<> SIZE=100 550 5.7.1 Filter 0 has been configured to reject mail from MAILER-DAEMON... aliased to postmaster postmaster... aliased to jerry, \root postmaster... aliased to jerry, \root \root,jerry... Using cached ESMTP connection to mail.vei.net via relay... >>> RSET 250 2.0.0 OK >>> MAIL From:<> SIZE=100 550 5.7.1 Filter 0 has been configured to reject mail from MAILER-DAEMON... aliased to postmaster postmaster... aliased to jerry, \root MAILER-DAEMON... Saved message in /var/log/dead.letter Closing connection to mail.vei.net >>> QUIT 221 2.0.0 vei.net closing jerryvb:~ # What's wrong now? Thanks On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 21:59:31 -0800 Will Yardley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jerry Van Brimmer wrote: > > > Yes, I am using sendmail, but I have no clue as to where sendmail's > > log file is. Do you know? > > this depends on your operating system. sounds from your original > message like you're using linux; most likely your logs will be in > /var/log - the mail stuff will possibly be in your system log (usually > 'messages', 'all.log', or 'syslog' or something like that), and will > most likely also be in a separate log file... most systems call it > 'mail.log' or 'maillog' or something like that. > > you might try something like the following. the '^D' represents you > typing 'control-d', and then you should see output like the output that > follows. replace the from and to addresses with your from address, and > an outside email account. then you can watch and see the SMTP > transaction in real time. > > % /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -v > from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > subject: test > test > ^D > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Connecting to veggiechinese.net. via esmtp... > 220 bacall.veggiechinese.net ESMTP Postfix > >>> EHLO aura.infinitejazz.net > 250-bacall.veggiechinese.net > 250-PIPELINING > 250-SIZE 10240000 > 250-VRFY > 250-ETRN > 250-XVERP > 250 8BITMIME > >>> MAIL From:<[no*spam]@aura.infinitejazz.net> SIZE=61 > 250 Ok > >>> RCPT To:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 250 Ok > >>> DATA > 354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF> > >>> . > 250 Ok: queued as 0AA78137F3 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent (Ok: queued as 0AA78137F3) > Closing connection to veggiechinese.net. > >>> QUIT > 221 Bye > > -- > Will Yardley > input: william < @ hq . newdream . net . > > -- Rev. 1:7 ; Registered Linux User #153217
