[rancid] Re: Weird email problem

[Lai Chen Kang]

this maillog is from the rancid server.

mail server is on a separate server.

I think you are right.

David Luyer wrote:
> It says mailer=local on that line, and the other line was sending
> to 127.0.0.1 - presumably the MSA to MTA handoff.
> 
> Is this maillog from your mail server or your rancid server?
> Or is rancid running on your mail server?
> 
> It seems possible that you've configured your rancid server to
> think it is a final mail server for your domain, so your email
> is ending up in /var/spool/mail/$USER on the rancid server, when
> it should be being sent off to a different server.
> 
> David.
> 
> 
> 
>> 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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