[Mailman-Users] My second request for help

[Bill Larson]

It was a valiant attempt and I greatly appreciate it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Mick" <Dan.Mick at west.sun.com>
To: <Dan.Mick at west.sun.com>; <rob at 2guyshosting.com>; <blarson at compu.net>
Cc: <mailman-users at python.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] My second request for help


> Bill, I'm sorry, I'm not a "everything about your Unix box" consultant.
> I've given you some mailman-specific help.  Good luck.
>
> > This is a 2+ year server. Nothing else has ever had a problem including
> > sending mail. As for the crypto validated part i am running BIND 9.0.0.
If
> > you let me know how to check it I can verify that the
_get_fqdn_hostname()
> > is working properly.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dan Mick" <Dan.Mick at west.sun.com>
> > To: <rob at 2guyshosting.com>; <Dan.Mick at west.sun.com>; <blarson at compu.net>
> > Cc: <mailman-users at python.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 4:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] My second request for help
> >
> >
> > > It looks to me like the mail sent by Mailman would have to end up
getting
> > > its HELO command from smtplib.py's _get_fqdn_hostname(); that uses
> > > gethostname() and then gethostbyaddr() to come up with a hostname.
> > > Perhaps something is wrong with your machine configuration such
> > > that gethostname/gethostbyaddr fail to come up with a fqdn.
> > >
> > > > > I was wondering the same thing more or less. Would Mailman drop
the
> > domain
> > > > > if the "Preferred Domain for this list" is blank? The HELO command
is
> > > > > supposed to identify the connecting machine as I recall. The
> > connecting
> > > > > machine is the SMTP portion of the MTA, right? Presumably, that
would
> > > > > mean that Sendmail doesn't know it's own name. Does that come from
> > > > > /etc/HOSTNAME on RedHat?
> > > > >
> > > > > Rob Martin
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Dan Mick wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Well, let's see: the error message says:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > All recipients refused: (501, '5.0.0 helo requires domain
address')
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That seems to me to point directly to "no domain address" in the
> > > > > > HELO command.  Is it possible you haven't set your 'originating
> > domain',
> > > > > > or that some admin or subscriber address doesn't have a domain
part,
> > > > > > or something like that?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Version information
> > > > > > >   mailman: 2.0
> > > > > > >   Sendmail: 8.11.1/8.11.1
> > > > > > >   Procmail: v3.13.1
> > > > > > >   webserver:  Apache/1.3.12
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I more than likely missed a simple step somewhere in the
> > installation
> > > > > > > process however I am gettng the following errors in the
logs/smtp.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Jan 08 14:49:14 2001 (22489) All recipients refused: (501,
'5.0.0
> > helo
> > > > > > > requires domain address')
> > > > > > > Jan 08 14:49:14 2001 (22489) smtp for 1 recips, completed in
0.032
> > > > seconds
> > > > > > > Jan 08 15:28:02 2001 (26219) All recipients refused: (501,
'5.0.0
> > helo
> > > > > > > requires domain address')
> > > > > > > Jan 08 15:28:02 2001 (26219) smtp for 1 recips, completed in
0.033
> > > > seconds
> > > > > > > Jan 08 16:07:59 2001 (28077) All recipients refused: (501,
'5.0.0
> > helo
> > > > > > > requires domain address')
> > > > > > > Jan 08 16:07:59 2001 (28077) smtp for 1 recips, completed in
0.094
> > > > seconds
> > > > > > > Jan 08 16:18:15 2001 (28675) All recipients refused: (501,
'5.0.0
> > helo
> > > > > > > requires domain address')
> > > > > > > Jan 08 16:18:15 2001 (28675) smtp for 1 recips, completed in
0.153
> > > > seconds
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This is after I run the bin/newlist command. The list owner
does
> > not
> > > > get the
> > > > > > > confirmation email and in the sendmail logs the following
error is
> > > > recorded
> > > > > > > each time
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Jan  8 HH:MM:SS hostname sendmail[PID]: NOQUEUE: IDENT:ident@
> > > > [ipaddress]
> > > > > > > did not issue MAIL/EXPN/V
> > > > > > > RFY/ETRN during connection to MTA
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Any suggestions or questions on a resolution to this problem?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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