[Mailman-Users] My second request for help

[Bill Larson]

[root at ns1 mailman]# nslookup ns1.compu.net
Answer crypto-validated by server:
Server:  ns1.compu.net
Address:  216.248.35.2

Answer crypto-validated by server:
Name:    ns1.compu.net
Address:  216.248.35.2

[root at ns1 mailman]# cat /etc/HOSTNAME
ns1.compu.net

[root at ns1 mailman]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes
FORWARD_IPV4=false
HOSTNAME=ns1.compu.net
DOMAINNAME=compu.net
GATEWAY=216.248.35.1
GATEWAYDEV=eth0

>From Defaults.py

# Site-specific settings
DEFAULT_HOST_NAME   = 'ns1.compu.net'

----- Original Message -----
From: "M. Robert Martin" <rob at 2guyshosting.com>
To: "Bill Larson" <blarson at compu.net>
Cc: "Dan Mick" <Dan.Mick at West.Sun.COM>; <mailman-users at python.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] My second request for help


>
> 1. i don't think that Mailman is doing the SMTP itself during the
> bin/newlist command. the notification email is just landing in mailman's
> queue if i understand it correctly. you'd have the same problem for all
> mailman mail.
> 2. that reminds me. can you send yourself email on the machine?
> 3. what is in /etc/HOSTNAME?
> 4. in mailman/Mailman/Defaults.py or mm_cfg.py, what is
> "DEFAULT_HOST_NAME" set to? (is it right?)
>
> can't guarantee i'm going the right direction, but it's better than
> sitting around with nothing to check, right? ;)
>
> robm
>
> On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Bill Larson wrote:
>
> > Ok one issue here. This problem is occuring during the creation of the
lists
> > via the newlist command from the bin directory.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "M. Robert Martin" <rob at 2guyshosting.com>
> > To: "Dan Mick" <Dan.Mick at West.Sun.COM>
> > Cc: <mailman-users at python.org>; <blarson at compu.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 4:03 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] My second request for help
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > I was wondering the same thing more or less. Would Mailman drop the
domain
> > > if the "Preferred Domain for this list" is blank? The HELO command is
> > > supposed to identify the connecting machine as I recall. The
connecting
> > > machine is the SMTP portion of the MTA, right? Presumably, that would
> > > mean that Sendmail doesn't know it's own name. Does that come from
> > > /etc/HOSTNAME on RedHat?
> > >
> > > Rob Martin
> > >
> > > On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Dan Mick wrote:
> > >
> > > > Well, let's see: the error message says:
> > > >
> > > > All recipients refused: (501, '5.0.0 helo requires domain address')
> > > >
> > > > That seems to me to point directly to "no domain address" in the
> > > > HELO command.  Is it possible you haven't set your 'originating
domain',
> > > > or that some admin or subscriber address doesn't have a domain part,
> > > > or something like that?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Version information
> > > > >   mailman: 2.0
> > > > >   Sendmail: 8.11.1/8.11.1
> > > > >   Procmail: v3.13.1
> > > > >   webserver:  Apache/1.3.12
> > > > >
> > > > > I more than likely missed a simple step somewhere in the
installation
> > > > > process however I am gettng the following errors in the logs/smtp.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jan 08 14:49:14 2001 (22489) All recipients refused: (501, '5.0.0
helo
> > > > > requires domain address')
> > > > > Jan 08 14:49:14 2001 (22489) smtp for 1 recips, completed in 0.032
> > seconds
> > > > > Jan 08 15:28:02 2001 (26219) All recipients refused: (501, '5.0.0
helo
> > > > > requires domain address')
> > > > > Jan 08 15:28:02 2001 (26219) smtp for 1 recips, completed in 0.033
> > seconds
> > > > > Jan 08 16:07:59 2001 (28077) All recipients refused: (501, '5.0.0
helo
> > > > > requires domain address')
> > > > > Jan 08 16:07:59 2001 (28077) smtp for 1 recips, completed in 0.094
> > seconds
> > > > > Jan 08 16:18:15 2001 (28675) All recipients refused: (501, '5.0.0
helo
> > > > > requires domain address')
> > > > > Jan 08 16:18:15 2001 (28675) smtp for 1 recips, completed in 0.153
> > seconds
> > > > >
> > > > > This is after I run the bin/newlist command. The list owner does
not
> > get the
> > > > > confirmation email and in the sendmail logs the following error is
> > recorded
> > > > > each time
> > > > >
> > > > > Jan  8 HH:MM:SS hostname sendmail[PID]: NOQUEUE: IDENT:ident@
> > [ipaddress]
> > > > > did not issue MAIL/EXPN/V
> > > > > RFY/ETRN during connection to MTA
> > > > >
> > > > > Any suggestions or questions on a resolution to this problem?
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
> >
> >