[rancid] Re: Weird email problem

[Sotiris Tsimbonis]

On 01/18/2008 09:35 AM, Lai Chen Kang wrote:
> I have removed the user, laichenkang (actually myself) from the rancid server. Hoping that it will be sent to the mail 
> server but it didn't. Below is the maillog from the rancid server.
> 
> Jan 18 15:31:16 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[16088]: m0I7VG8m016088: from=rancid, size=1363, class=-60, nrcpts=1, 
> msgid=<200801180731.m0I7VG8m016088 at STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg>, relay=rancid at localhost
> Jan 18 15:31:16 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[16090]: m0I7VGw0016090: from=<rancid at STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg>, 
> size=1705, class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200801180731.m0I7VG8m016088 at STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg>, proto=ESMTP, 
> daemon=MTA, relay=STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg [127.0.0.1]
> Jan 18 15:31:16 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[16088]: m0I7VG8m016088: to=rancid-switches, ctladdr=rancid (500/500), 
> delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=139363, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent 
> (m0I7VGw0016090 Message accepted for delivery)
> Jan 18 15:31:16 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[16091]: m0I7VGw0016090: to=laichenkang at transmarket.com.sg, 
> ctladdr=<rancid-switches at STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg> (8/0), delay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=229705, dsn=5.1.1, 
> stat=User unknown
> Jan 18 15:31:16 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[16091]: m0I7VGw0016090: m0I7VGw0016091: DSN: User unknown
> Jan 18 15:31:16 STMGSINMANAGE2 sendmail[16091]: m0I7VGw0016091: to=<rancid at STMGSINMANAGE2.transmarket.com.sg>, 
> delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=30000, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
> 
> It seems that the mailer being local is not sending it over the network.
> 

As David already pointed out, sendmail uses mailer=local to deliver this
mail. That's probably because STMGSINMANAGE2's sendmail has been
instructed to accept transmarket.com.sg mails, believes the domain is
local and knows all its users (that's why now that you removed the local
user you get User Unknown)..

I would suggest either that you remove transmarket.com.sg from
sendmail's local domains in STMGSINMANAGE2, or that you set a SmartHost
in sendmail and have it deliver all email traffic to your other smtp
server..

Sot.

> 
> 
> 
> 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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>>
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