On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 09:50 +0100, Christian Menzel wrote: > On Mo, 2006-11-06 at 16:10 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > Nov 6 17:35:12 nomad sendmail[5023]: kA6GZC7V005023: > > > ruleset=check_mail, arg1=<chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, relay=localhost > > > [127.0.0.1] (may be forged), reject=553 5.5.4 > > > <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>... Real domain name required for sender > > > address > > > Nov 6 17:35:12 nomad sendmail[5022]: kA6GZCZV005022: to=root, > > > ctladdr=chris (500/500), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, > > > pri=30029, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=5.6.0, stat=Data format > > > error > > > Nov 6 17:35:12 nomad sendmail[5023]: kA6GZC7V005023: > > > from=<chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, size=29, class=0, nrcpts=0, > > > proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1] (may be forged) > > > > > > e mail is rejected because a real domain name is required. > > > Should I define a (faked) domain name for local mail, I didn't have this > > > problem on previous installs. > > > > > > Regards > > > Chris > > > > I am unclear. Did you configure sendmail.cf before you did all this? If so what > > configuration did you do? > > No I never had to configure sendmail before just to send local mail. > That may be true, but it has been several versions ago that the release notes said the first thing to do is to run the make for sendmail.cf. This is a new distribution. Who knows what happens if you don't run the make. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
