Comments on: Configure sendmail to work with Gmail smtp relay

By: Agustina

Agustina — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:59:51 +0000

Hello

I have the following message in var/mail/maillog:

Nov 30 12:52:17 demo sendmail[18466]: alias database /etc/aliases rebuilt by root
Nov 30 12:52:17 demo sendmail[18466]: /etc/aliases: 76 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 765 bytes total
Nov 30 12:52:17 demo sendmail[18471]: starting daemon (8.13.8): SMTP+queueing@01:00:00
Nov 30 12:52:17 demo sendmail[18471]: STARTTLS=server: file /etc/mail/certs/sendmail.pem unsafe: No such file or directory
Nov 30 12:52:18 demo sm-msp-queue[18479]: starting daemon (8.13.8): queueing@01:00:00
Nov 30 12:52:30 demo sendmail[18484]: nAUEqUP3018484: from=root, size=64, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=, relay=root@localhost
Nov 30 12:52:30 demo sendmail[18485]: nAUEqUPW018485: from=, size=365, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=demo [127.0.0.1]
Nov 30 12:52:31 demo sendmail[18484]: nAUEqUP3018484: to=agusberre@hotmail.com, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=relay, pri=30064, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (nAUEqUPW018485 Message accepted for delivery)
Nov 30 12:52:54 demo sendmail[18489]: STARTTLS=client: file /etc/mail/certs/sendmail.pem unsafe: No such file or directory
Nov 30 12:52:54 demo sendmail[18489]: STARTTLS=client: file /etc/mail/certs/sendmail.pem unsafe: No such file or directory
Nov 30 12:52:54 demo sendmail[18489]: STARTTLS=client: file /etc/mail/certs/ca-bundle.crt unsafe: No such file or directory
Nov 30 12:52:54 demo sendmail[18489]: STARTTLS=client: file /etc/mail/certs/ca-bundle.crt unsafe: No such file or directory
Nov 30 12:52:54 demo sendmail[18489]: STARTTLS=client, error: load verify locs /etc/mail/certs, /etc/mail/certs/ca-bundle.crt failed: 0

Anybody can help?
Thanks!

By: kisloid

kisloid — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:28:30 +0000

The best guaide. All I need!!! Thanks

By: Rod Rook

Rod Rook — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:14:29 +0000

[root@localhost mail]# m4 ./sendmail.mc > ./sendmail.cf
m4:./sendmail.mc:149: Warning: excess arguments to builtin `define’ ignored
m4:./sendmail.mc:149: cannot open `/usr/share/sendmail-cf/feature/’authinfo’.m4′: No such file or directory
m4:./sendmail.mc:150: ERROR: end of file in string

I am getting these error messages and don’t know what is wrong.

The line 149 refers to ” FEATURE(’authinfo’,'hash /etc/mail/auth/client-info.db’)dnl ”
There is the file, /usr/share/sendmail-cf/feature/authinfo.m4 (without quotation marks), but it says no such file.

By: Denis BRAUSSEN

Denis BRAUSSEN — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:31:54 +0000

Thanks a lot for your article!
I’ve had a similar problem and i’ve found here a great help.

My solution:
I need smtp+authentification (on port 587) to send mail via my ISP
and i’m using mailertable because some domains have to be transported by uucp.
So I added in my sendmail.mc

=================================================================
define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS’, `PLAIN’)dnl
FEATURE(`authinfo’,`hash -o /etc/mail/authinfo.db’)dnl

dnl #———————————————–Default Mailer setup——
dnl #
MAILER_DEFINITIONS
MAILER(`local’)dnl
MAILER(`smtp’)dnl
MAILER(`uucp’)dnl # — Denis BRAUSSEN –

dnl #——————————————–DEDICATED MAILER DEFINITION (SMTP + AUTHINFO PORT 587) —————————
dnl #
dnl # THIS MAILER WILL BE USED IN MAILERTABLE
dnl #
dnl # CHANGED: ORIGINAL MAILER FLAG F=mDFMuXa0 TO F=mDFMuXae9 (look for “confCON_EXPENSIVE” in cf.README.gz supplied with sendmail)
dnl #
define(`ALTSMTP_PORT’,`587′)
Maltsmtp, P=[IPC], F=mDFMuXae9, S=EnvFromSMTP/HdrFromSMTP, R=EnvToSMTP, E=\r\n, L=990,
T=DNS/RFC822/SMTP,
A=TCP $h ALTSMTP_PORT
dnl #
dnl #
=================================================================
Then i created a /etc/mail/authinfo (rw- — — root:smmsp) filled with this line:

AuthInfo:smtp-auth.sfr.fr “I:UsEr” “P:PaSsWoRd” “R:smtp-auth.sfr.fr” “M:PLAIN”

(to create the database do: # makemap hash /etc/mail/authinfo < /etc/mail/authinfo )

and in my /etc/mail/mailertable i have this line:

#——————————
. altsmtp:smtp-auth.sfr.fr
#——————————

Finally, do *NOT* forget to install libsasl2-modules !
And all is working fine on my debian 5.03 (lenny)

Hope this helps,
regards,
Denis BRAUSSEN

By: Thambi

Thambi — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:52:57 +0000

configured in this article and it still it is not working.

Sep 19 10:41:26 myatt sendmail[24293]: STARTTLS=client, relay=gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com., version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=OK, cipher=RC4-MD5, bits=128/128
Sep 19 10:41:27 myatt sendmail[24293]: n8JHfQma024291: to=, ctladdr= (0/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=relay, pri=120355, relay=gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com. [72.14.247.111], dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable
Sep 19 10:41:27 myatt sendmail[24293]: n8JHfQma024291: n8JHfRma024293: DSN: Service unavailable
Sep 19 10:41:27 myatt sendmail[24293]: n8JHfRma024293: to=myattto@gmail.com , delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=31588, relay=gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com., dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable
Sep 19 10:41:27 myatt sendmail[24293]: n8JHfRma024293: n8JHfRmb024293: return to sender: Service unavailable
Sep 19 10:41:27 myatt sendmail[24293]: n8JHfRmb024293: to=myattto@gmail.com , delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=32612, relay=gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com., dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable
Sep 19 10:41:27 myatt sendmail[24293]: n8JHfRma024293: Losing ./qfn8JHfRma024293: savemail panic
Sep 19 10:41:27 myatt sendmail[24293]: n8JHfRma024293: SYSERR(root): savemail: cannot save rejected email anywhere

thambi

By: Configuring Sendmail to relay through Gmail SMTP « The AppGirl Blog

Configuring Sendmail to relay through Gmail SMTP « The AppGirl Blog — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:41:26 +0000

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By: ren

ren — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:52:12 +0000

Jason, do you have these lines in sendmail.mc?

define(`RELAY_MAILER_ARGS’, `TCP $h 587′)
define(`ESMTP_MAILER_ARGS’, `TCP $h 587′)

It seems you were not connecting to the right ip/port.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:42:55 +0000

I’m getting the following in my mail logs (Service Unavailable) – does anyone have any idea what I’ve done wrong? Thanks so much!!

Aug 11 21:38:54 LBCLTWEB001 sendmail[7231]: n7BLcsDr007231: from=apache, size=2711, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=, relay=apache@localhost
Aug 11 21:38:54 LBCLTWEB001 sendmail[7232]: n7BLcsEJ007232: from=, size=2948, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=LBCLTWEB001.domainname.com [127.0.0.1]
Aug 11 21:38:54 LBCLTWEB001 sendmail[7231]: n7BLcsDr007231: to=jasondharper@gmail.com, ctladdr=apache (48/48), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=32711, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (n7BLcsEJ007232 Message accepted for delivery)
Aug 11 21:38:55 LBCLTWEB001 sendmail[7234]: STARTTLS=client: file /etc/mail/certs/sendmail.pem unsafe: Group readable file
Aug 11 21:38:55 LBCLTWEB001 sendmail[7234]: STARTTLS=client, relay=smtp.gmail.com, version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=OK, cipher=RC4-MD5, bits=128/128
Aug 11 21:38:56 LBCLTWEB001 sendmail[7234]: n7BLcsEJ007232: to=, ctladdr= (48/48), delay=00:00:02, xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=relay, pri=122948, relay=smtp.gmail.com [209.85.201.111], dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable
Aug 11 21:38:56 LBCLTWEB001 sendmail[7234]: n7BLcsEJ007232: n7BLcuEJ007234: DSN: Service unavailable
Aug 11 21:38:56 LBCLTWEB001 sendmail[7234]: n7BLcuEJ007234: to=root, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=34209, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent

By: 1.618

1.618 — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:48:22 +0000

Hi Robert, I’m still suspecting it has something to do with SASLv2 lib. Do you see SASLv2 in the output if you run this command:

sendmail -d0.1 -bv root

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:27:56 +0000

Sorry, forgot to mention that I’ve already upgraded the SASL package as described above.