First off, I have no experience with ax25 utils but have some experience
with Linux v2.0.32 and Sendmail v8.8.8. We have an internal network that
uses SMTP for local mail and UUCP to deliver mail to the Internet once every
hour. Our problem was similar in that local mail was sent and received OK
AND we could receive mail from the Internet. But, all mail destined for the
Internet was stuck in Sendmail waiting for name resolution. It seems that
DNS lookup is the default action in Sendmail. You could recompile it with
DNS off or try what we did.
The problem was fixed when we added three lines to our sendmail.mc file.
Try adding the following to yours and rerun m4 on it.
FEATURE(nodns)dnl
FEATURE(nocanonify)dnl
FEATURE(always_add_domain)
You may want to search in the usenet news groups for Linux. I found this
solution in a message dated around November 1997.
Don't give up ship
73 de KB8PMN
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Chris Dorow
Transat Corporation
31000 Bainbridge Rd
Solon, Ohio 44139
Tel: 440.248.4440 x132
Fax: 440.248.0272
e-mail:juokub@sbc.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Aitken <mbwilf@mailit.tunk.net>
To: gksagg@bics.fr <tda@t-dialin.net>
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 2:00 AM
Subject: [smtp] Hammer in hand!!!!
>Hello Guys and gals,
>
>I am sorry that I keep flogging a dead horse, ie FAQ on the subject,
>but!!!!!!!
>
>I am going nuts!!!!
>
>I can see no reason for my problem.
>
>Problem:
>
>LINUX 2.0.31 + ax25-utils-2.1.42a + net-tools-1.33.rose.tjd
>
>I can ping/telnet/ftp/nntp, receive smtp
>
>BUT
>
>Can not send SMTP.
>
>Routes point to our local gateway (ie ip router vk3rpp [44.136.72.1].
>"ping vk3blw-1" yeilds 100% of return ping's
>"telnet vk3blw-3" (blw-3 is our local nntpserver) gets the usual JNOS
>signon messages etc.
>"ftp vk3blw-3" gets me a common jnos ftp> prompt that I can use.
>I have received several (about 6) messages from vk3blw-1 (our local smtp
>server) but!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>via pine a message to "vk3blw@vk3blw-1" simply sits on my system till mail
>daemon mail is created saying that mail could not be delievered!
>
>Sendmail starts up as........
>
>sendmail -bd -q 15m
>
>yet nothing is ever sent.
>
>please please please help me. I **want** to use linux soley for my ax25
>activities however this problem is very dis-enchanting and heads me back to
>JNOS under WIN95, which by the way, works 100%.
>
>Is it a routing problem, a daemon problem, a configuration problem a
>"mark" problem, I have RTFM till I am blue in the face or fast asleep,
>which ever comes first but still no ideas come to mind!
>
>
>Arrrrgggghhhhhh
>
>Just a stress release yell.
>
>regards
>
>
>Mark
>
>