hi all,

configuration:

redhat 7.3 with most updates linux 2.4.9-21 python 1.5.2 sendmail 8.11.6 mailman 2.0.13 Apache 1.3.22

i'm having a bit of trouble getting mail sent out from my recently-installed list server. according to my sendmail documentation i'm allowing relay from my local host, and in fact in

/etc/mail/access

i have:

# Check the /usr/share/doc/sendmail-8.11.6/README.cf file for a description # of the format of this file. (search for access_db in that file) # The /usr/share/doc/sendmail-8.11.6/README.cf is part of the sendmail-doc # package. # # by default we allow relaying from localhost... localhost.localdomain RELAY localhost RELAY 127.0.0.1 RELAY

the symptom is that i can access my list's subscription website and subscribe. i get the next page that says:

Confirmation from your email address is required, to prevent anyone from subscribing you without permission. Instructions are being sent to you at michael@ecsd.com.

and then i see in my /var/log/messages:

Nov 6 11:17:06 magritte sendmail[22687]: gA6JH6J22687: ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<michael@ecsd.com>, relay=localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1], reject=551 5.7.1 we do not relay

normally from this same host i can send email anywhere (including to michael@ecsd.com) so it is something that mailman is adding (or perhaps leaving off?).

normally i send email from pine, and i have in pine specifically set my domain. it occurred to me that i've never told mailman what domain to use. perhaps it's picking up some default which i never bothered setting? where would it get this info? not hostname, since that gives a valid address:

# hostname magritte.magrittesystems.com

any ideas gleefully accepted, with much appreciation.

michael