On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 20:52 +1000, Michael Fleming wrote: > > The problem is that the from: address "mail" is using is bogus: > > "root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" Problem is that I don't know *where* mail > > is getting this address. Following is the error message: > > > > > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > > <jaymo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > (reason: 553 5.1.8 <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>... Domain of sender > > address > > root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx does not exist) > > <jaymo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > (reason: 501 <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>... Sender domain must > > exist) > > > > The remote server is well behaved. Good. > > Change the references in /etc/smartd.conf accordingly: > > eg. > > /dev/hda -H -m root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > /dev/hdc -H -m root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > becomes > > /dev/hda -H -m me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # My email address goes here. > /dev/hdc -H -m me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # and here > > See smartd(8) No - sorry - that's not it either... I don't have a "root@xxxxxxxxxxxx" email address in the list. Here's the line from smartd.conf: /dev/hda -H -m jaymo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The email address that bounces (as in the error message above) is the first one (a valid address). aria is on the "private" network, and has no dns record anywhere. It seems the problem is either a) cannot specify a "From:" address for 'mail', or b) I need something else in /etc/hosts (or resolv.conf) files. Oddly, my email client on aria is able to send mail just fine. And the Windows boxes on the network that use 'blat' can send mail just fine. Puzzledly, Jay
