[CentOS] [Off topic] sending mail from Comcast was: Sendmail not working

Sun Apr 19 18:39:39 UTC 2020
Jason Pyeron <jpyeron at pdinc.us>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: S.Bob
> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2020 2:26 PM
> To: centos at centos.org
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] [Off topic] sending mail from Comcast was: Sendmail not working
> 
> I followed this guide:
> 
> 
> https://pepipost.com/tutorials/install-sendmail-server-centos-7/

Sigh - bad examples for you.... undo if you can.

Postfix provides the "sendmail" utility.

# rpm -qf `which sendmail`
postfix-2.10.1-7.el7.x86_64

> 
> 
> now I get this:
> 
> 
> # echo "Subject: sendmail test4" | sendmail kevink at psalm19pix.com
> [root at kdb-bugs auth]# echo "Subject: sendmail test4" | sendmail -v
> kevink at psalm19pix.com
> kevink at psalm19pix.com... Connecting to [127.0.0.1] via relay...
> kevink at psalm19pix.com... Deferred: Connection reset by [127.0.0.1]
> Closing connection to [127.0.0.1]


What does /var/log/maillog say ?

> 
> 
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> 
> On 4/19/20 11:08 AM, Jason Pyeron wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Tim Evans
> >> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2020 12:50 PM
> >>
> >> On 4/19/20 12:38 PM, S.Bob wrote:
> >>> On 4/19/20 10:36 AM, Tim Evans wrote:
> >>>> On 4/19/20 12:28 PM, S.Bob wrote:
> >>>>> All;
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I installed sendmail via yum, but if I test it like this:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The original message was received at Sun, 19 Apr 2020 10:02:56 -0600
> >>>>> from localhost [127.0.0.1]
> >>>>>
> >>>>>      ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> >>>>> <sbob at quadratum-braccas.com>
> >>>>>       (reason: 554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host
> >>>>> [50.243.150.81] blocked using xbl.spamhaus.org.rbl.local;
> >>>>> https://www.spamhaus
> >>>>> .org/query/ip/50.243.150.81)
> >>>> Is 50.243.150.81 your system's IP address?  If so, as this shows, that
> >>>> IP is on spamhaus' blacklist of addresses. Thus, your sendmail is
> >>>> working fine.  Problem is elsewhere.
> >>>>
> >>>> anything I can do to fix it?
> >> Assuming this is your IP address, visit https://www.spamhaus.org/lookup/
> >> and request that it be removed from the blacklisted IP's.
> >>
> >> However, looking at the headers from your message, it appears Comcast
> >> may be your ISP, and this 50.243.150.81 IP address appears to be a
> >> Comcast address, so you may need to contact Comcast tech support for
> >> help in getting the blacklist designation removed.
> > There are a few situations here.
> >
> > 1. You are a business customer with a static IP, and are entitled to send/receive SMTP by your ISP
> (Comcast)
> >
> > 2. You are a business/residential customer who is allowed to send (not likely allowed to receive)
> SMTP and you have a domain elsewhere to receive replies to your email
> >
> > 3. You are a business/residential customer who is NOT allowed to send SMTP except for your ISP
> (Comcast) provided email.
> >
> > Only you would know which on for sure is you, but it is very likely #3.
> >
> > The advice provided previously is for case #1 - contact Comcast and inform them that your contracted
> services are not working because of .... and you will need to beable to work with them on testing and
> suggesting fixes. They have a dedicated support phone number (which they provided you if you are
> actually a #1 type customer - e.g. gigabit pro, metro Ethernet, etc.)
> >
> > In case you are a #2 or #3 type customer, you may want to use a smart host configuration - e.g.
> define('SMART_HOST','[smtp.comcast.net]') . For postfix, use relayhost = [smtp.comcast.net] .
> >
> > Now when you send mail to that relay it will relay it. This is provided you are entitled to have
> your email relayed - contact Xfinity customer service for help there.
> >
> > If using this relay does not work, please post the exchange starting with the HELO (check your
> maillog or do it by hand with telnet).
> >
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