[rancid] Re: Weird email problem

[Jon Lewis]

I think he means send an email yourself to the address.

Is it possible you have some spam filter that thinks rancid is a spammer?

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Lai Chen Kang wrote:

> Sorry for this stupid question but how does one "use aliases manually"?
>
> john heasley wrote:
>> try using your aliases manually.  the receiving host must be trashing the mail.
>>
>> Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 09:19:14AM +0800, Lai Chen Kang:
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I have intentionally made modification to one of my switches. I want
>>> rancid to generate a mail and sent it to me. Below is a snippet from
>>> /var/log/maillog
>>>
>>> Jan 17 12:00:21 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[8428]: m0H40LbF008428:
>>> from=rancid, size=5978, class=-60, nrcpts=1,
>>> msgid=<200801170400.m0H40LbF008428 at STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg>,
>>> relay=rancid at localhost
>>>
>>> Jan 17 12:00:21 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[8430]: m0H40L55008430:
>>> from=<rancid at STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg>, size=6286, class=-60,
>>> nrcpts=1,
>>> msgid=<200801170400.m0H40LbF008428 at STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg>,
>>> proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg [127.0.0.1]
>>>
>>> Jan 17 12:00:21 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[8428]: m0H40LbF008428:
>>> to=rancid-switches at transmarket.com.sg, ctladdr=rancid (500/500),
>>> delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=143978,
>>> relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (m0H40L55008430
>>> Message accepted for delivery)
>>>
>>> Jan 17 12:00:21 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[8431]: m0H40L55008430:
>>> to=laichenkang at transmarket.com.sg,
>>> ctladdr=<rancid at STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg> (500/500),
>>> delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=144550, dsn=2.0.0,
>>> stat=Sent
>>>
>>> /etc/aliases
>>>
>>> rancid-admin-routers:   laichenkang at transmarket.com.sg
>>> rancid-routers:         laichenkang at transmarket.com.sg
>>> rancid-admin-switches:  laichenkang at transmarket.com.sg
>>> rancid-switches:        laichenkang at transmarket.com.sg
>>> rancid-admin-firewalls: laichenkang at transmarket.com.sg
>>> rancid-firewalls:       laichenkang at transmarket.com.sg
>>>
>>> Problem is I never got the mail. Even when the last line is stat=Sent.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
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