Hmm. I was unaware that Comcast was now requiring a userid/password. I'll try this. Thanks. --- Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am Fr, den 30.01.2004 schrieb Wayne Johnson um 20:32: > > We have a new Fedora system that is suppose to send it's mail (using > > sendmail, no flames PLEASE!), to smtp.comcast.net. When we attempt > to > > send it from a local account, we get an error back that the user is > > invalid. Strange, but it works find for mail being relayed from/for > > other windows machines. > > [ snip ] > > The following may help. MSGID > <pan.2003.12.09.20.06.13.406002@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on > comp.mail.sendmail 9th December 2003 > > ### quote ### > > I'll be the first to admit I'm not even close to an expert on sendmail. > I've just spent hours and hours working on this, so I thought I'd share > my > solution. Hopefully it will save time and trouble for someone else. > > My setup: > sendmail 8.12.8, running on Red Hat Linux 8.0 This box is the outgoing > mail server for my home network (which uses the fake domain name > homenet.local). > My goal: > Have my server forward all its outgoing mail to my ISP's SMTP server > (smtp.comcast.net), which requires a username and password. > > Below are my relevant configuration files, with some notes on each > one. > > Here are the active lines from my sendmail.mc: > > divert(-1)dnl > > include(`/usr/share/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4')dnl VERSIONID(`setup for Red > Hat > Linux')dnl OSTYPE(`linux')dnl > > define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp.comcast.net') dnl # > define(`confDEF_USER_ID',``8:12'')dnl define(`confTRUSTED_USER', > `smmsp')dnl dnl define(`confAUTO_REBUILD')dnl > define(`confTO_CONNECT', `1m')dnl > define(`confTRY_NULL_MX_LIST',true)dnl > define(`confDONT_PROBE_INTERFACES',true)dnl > define(`PROCMAIL_MAILER_PATH',`/usr/bin/procmail')dnl > define(`ALIAS_FILE', > `/etc/aliases')dnl dnl define(`STATUS_FILE', `/etc/mail/statistics')dnl > define(`UUCP_MAILER_MAX', `2000000')dnl define(`confUSERDB_SPEC', > `/etc/mail/userdb.db')dnl define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', > `authwarnings,novrfy,noexpn,restrictqrun')dnl > define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', > `A')dnl > > TRUST_AUTH_MECH(`EXTERNAL DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN')dnl > define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `EXTERNAL GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 > LOGIN > PLAIN')dnl FEATURE(`authinfo')dnl > > define(`confCACERT_PATH',`/usr/share/ssl/certs') > define(`confCACERT',`/usr/share/ssl/certs/ca.crt') > define(`confSERVER_CERT',`/usr/share/ssl/certs/sendmail.pem') > define(`confSERVER_KEY',`/usr/share/ssl/certs/sendmail.pem') > define(`confCLIENT_CERT',`/usr/share/ssl/certs/user.crt') > define(`confCLIENT_KEY',`/usr/share/ssl/certs/user.key') > > dnl define(`confDONT_BLAME_SENDMAIL',`groupreadablekeyfile')dnl > > dnl define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN', `4h')dnl dnl > define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN', > `5d')dnl dnl define(`confQUEUE_LA', `12')dnl > dnl define(`confREFUSE_LA', `18')dnl > define(`confTO_IDENT', `0')dnl > dnl FEATURE(delay_checks)dnl > FEATURE(`no_default_msa',`dnl')dnl > FEATURE(`smrsh',`/usr/sbin/smrsh')dnl FEATURE(`mailertable',`hash -o > /etc/mail/mailertable.db')dnl FEATURE(`virtusertable',`hash -o > /etc/mail/virtusertable.db')dnl FEATURE(redirect)dnl > FEATURE(always_add_domain)dnl > FEATURE(use_cw_file)dnl > FEATURE(use_ct_file)dnl > > FEATURE(local_procmail,`',`procmail -t -Y -a $h -d $u')dnl > FEATURE(`relay_hosts_only')dnl > FEATURE(`access_db',`hash -T<TMPF> -o /etc/mail/access.db')dnl > FEATURE(`blacklist_recipients')dnl > EXPOSED_USER(`root')dnl > dnl # > DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl dnl # > dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=submission, Name=MSA, M=Ea')dnl dnl # > dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtps, Name=TLSMTA, M=s')dnl dnl # > dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`port=smtp,Addr=::1, Name=MTA-v6, Family=inet6')dnl > dnl > # > FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')dnl dnl # > dnl FEATURE(`relay_based_on_MX')dnl > dnl # > dnl # Also accept email sent to "localhost.localdomain" as local email. > dnl # > LOCAL_DOMAIN(`localhost.localdomain')dnl dnl # > dnl # The following example makes mail from this host and any > additional > dnl # specified domains appear to be sent from mydomain.com dnl # > MASQUERADE_AS(`comcast.net')dnl > dnl # > dnl # masquerade not just the headers, but the envelope as well dnl # > FEATURE(masquerade_envelope)dnl > dnl # > dnl # masquerade not just @mydomainalias.com, but @*.mydomainalias.com > as > well dnl # > dnl FEATURE(masquerade_entire_domain)dnl dnl # > dnl MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(localhost)dnl > dnl MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(localhost.localdomain)dnl dnl > MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(homenet.local)dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl > MAILER(procmail)dnl > > Note: > -After editing this file, run m4 sendmail.mc > sendmail.cf and then > /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail restart > -If the server doesn't need to accept incoming email, then change the > following line > from.. > DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp, Name=MTA')dnl > to.. > DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl > > > This is my authinfo file: > > Authinfo:smtp.comcast.net "U:myusername" "I:myusername" "P:mypa55word" > "R:" > > Notes: > - This is a plaintext file, that contains the ISP's mailserver's > password, > so it shouldn't be world-readable. > > > Here's my access file: > > # by default we allow relaying from localhost... > localhost.localdomain RELAY > localhost RELAY > 127.0.0.1 RELAY > workstation1.homenet.local RELAY > workstation2.homenet.local RELAY > > # Uncomment the line below to disable TLS > # Try_TLS:smtp.comcast.net NO > > Note: > - After editing this file, run makemap hash access < access and then > /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail restart > - I found disabling TLS was useful during troubleshooting, as I could > use > ethereal (packet sniffer) to monitor exactly what the servers were > saying > to each other. > > Hope this helps, > > George Lane > Atlanta > > ### quote end ### > > Alexander > > > -- > Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 > Fedora GNU/Linux Core 1 (Yarrow) on Athlon CPU kernel > 2.4.22-1.2149.nptl > Sirendipity 22:15:54 up 4:31, 7 users, 0.28, 0.26, 0.41 > [ Î?νÏ?θι Ï?'αÏ?Ï?ον - 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