Smart Relay Host Port in Sendmail - Revision history

Biswajit at 10:12, 28 October 2019

2019-10-28T10:12:22Z

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	2. Find “Mrelay” in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and add ~~“2525”~~ to “A=TCP $h” as below: –		2. Find “Mrelay” in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and add “26” to “A=TCP $h” as below: –

	'''A=TCP $h 26'''		'''A=TCP $h 26'''

Biswajit at 10:11, 28 October 2019

2019-10-28T10:11:39Z

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	1. Find “DS” in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and add your mail server name as below: –		1. Find “DS” in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and add your mail server name as below: –

	'''~~DSmail~~.~~example~~.com'''		'''DSemail.cdil.com'''


	2. Find “Mrelay” in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and add “2525” to “A=TCP $h” as below: –		2. Find “Mrelay” in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and add “2525” to “A=TCP $h” as below: –

	'''A=TCP $h ~~2525~~'''		'''A=TCP $h 26'''

Biswajit at 09:55, 28 October 2019

2019-10-28T09:55:56Z

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	# database server was using sendmail on port 25 to send the mails , It should relay all the mails via 192.168.1.10 on port 26 ( only port opened on it , 25 was closed )		# database server was using sendmail on port 25 to send the mails , It should relay all the mails via 192.168.1.10 on port 26 ( only port opened on it , 25 was closed )

	So		So to resolve the Point 1 , entry on /etc/hosts was done as shown Below
			192.168.1.10 mailserver.cdil.com '''email.cdil.com'''

			Point 2 , We have enabled relay on sendmail to port 26 as per the below details

Biswajit at 09:51, 28 October 2019

2019-10-28T09:51:38Z

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			[[category:CDIL]]

			'''Issue:''' Database Server 192.168.1.1 was not able to send the cron mails to local server 192.168.1.10

			Diagnosis :
			# Was connecting to internet for email.cdil.com , it should connect to local server 192.168.1.10 for sending mails
			# database server was using sendmail on port 25 to send the mails , It should relay all the mails via 192.168.1.10 on port 26 ( only port opened on it , 25 was closed )

			So



	'''''There is an alternative to relay email using a different port at their mail server and their mail server supports SMTP authentication. You may follow the simple Sendmail setup below: –'''''		'''''There is an alternative to relay email using a different port at their mail server and their mail server supports SMTP authentication. You may follow the simple Sendmail setup below: –'''''

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	3~~. Add the following line below in /etc/mail/access file in one line: –~~		3. Then, restart your Sendmail service as below: –

	~~'''AuthInfo:mail.example.com "U:user@example.com" "I:user@example.com" "P:password" "R:example.com" "M:LOGIN PLAIN"'''~~


	4. Then, restart your Sendmail service as below: –

Sakshi at 08:59, 28 October 2019

2019-10-28T08:59:08Z

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	'''Reference''' [http://wingloon.com/2008/04/06/setup-smart-relay-host-port-in-sendmail/]		'''Reference''' [http://wingloon.com/2008/04/06/setup-smart-relay-host-port-in-sendmail/] http://wingloon.com/2008/04/06/setup-smart-relay-host-port-in-sendmail/

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'''''There is an alternative to relay email using a different port at their mail server and their mail server supports SMTP authentication. You may follow the simple Sendmail setup below: –'''''

1. Find “DS” in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and add your mail server name as below: –

'''DSmail.example.com'''

2. Find “Mrelay” in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and add “2525” to “A=TCP $h” as below: –

'''A=TCP $h 2525'''

3. Add the following line below in /etc/mail/access file in one line: –

'''AuthInfo:mail.example.com "U:user@example.com" "I:user@example.com" "P:password" "R:example.com" "M:LOGIN PLAIN"'''

4. Then, restart your Sendmail service as below: –

'''service sendmail restart'''

5. Finally, you can monitor your maillog using the command below: –

'''tail -f /var/log/maillog'''

'''Reference''' [http://wingloon.com/2008/04/06/setup-smart-relay-host-port-in-sendmail/]