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Old July 15th, 2004, 11:29 AM
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Problem sending with sendmail
It's apache with PHP on a Red Hat server. I have a PHP script that looks like:

PHP Code:
<?php

mail("name@domain.com","Testing","Yo","From: Test <test@test.edu>");

echo "Attempting mail send";

?>


When I try to access the page, it sits there with a blank page for a while, then finally shows the "Attempting mail send" message. However, no email shows up and this appears in the sendmail log:

Code:
Jul 15 10:16:55 ckserver sendmail[11284]: My unqualified host name (ckserver) unknown; sleeping for retry
Jul 15 10:17:55 ckserver sendmail[11284]: unable to qualify my own domain name (ckserver) -- using short name
Jul 15 10:17:56 ckserver sendmail[11284]: i6FFHtfN011284: from=apache, size=102, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200407151517.i6FFHtfN011284@ckserver>, relay=apache@localhost
Jul 15 10:17:56 ckserver sendmail[11284]: i6FFHtfN011284: to=name@domain.com, ctladdr=apache (48/48), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30099, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]


What's going on here?
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Old July 15th, 2004, 07:11 PM
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It seems like it can't qualify it's domain. I'm not sure exactly what that means, but no one else is helping you...
Have you mapped "ckserver" to 127.0.0.1??

check /etc/hosts file, should look something like:
127.0.0.1 [tab] localhost [tab] localhost.localdomain [tab] ckserver
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Old July 15th, 2004, 08:56 PM
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Look in your sendmail configuration file, and confirm that it is configured to accept mail on 127.0.0.1..

please attach your sendmail config file for further help.
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Old July 16th, 2004, 09:16 AM
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Okay I changed my hosts file (thanks obi_wonton) and that seems to clear up part of the problem. Now when I open the page it immediately loads and gives me the "mail sent" message and a different message appears in the mail log:
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Jul 16 10:31:56 ckserver sendmail[24205]: i6GFVur4024205: from=apache, size=78, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200407161531.i6GFVur4024205@localhost.localdomain>, relay=apache@localhost
Jul 16 10:31:56 ckserver sendmail[24205]: i6GFVur4024205: to=name@domain.com, ctladdr=apache (48/48), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30075, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]

That config file just confuses me. Anyway, it's attached (and renamed to sendmail.txt so it would be accepted by the boards). Thanks for the help.
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Old July 16th, 2004, 09:31 AM
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It looks like sendmail is refusing the connection from 127.0.0.1, However I dont understand why;

In your sendmail.cf

Code:
O DaemonPortOptions=Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA


This is telling sendmail to accept mail from 127.0.0.1 (and only that IP btw).. in my mind, it should be working just fine... So I am at a loss, sorry I couldnt help ...
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Old July 20th, 2004, 12:44 PM
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Installed Webmin and set the SMTP port options to default. Someone said it fixed the problem for them, but still a no go, same error message.
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I found that the sendmail.mc line for DAEMON_OPTIONS(Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1 etc. was a limiting parameter. When uncommented (no 'dnl' preface), sendmail will listen only to the loopback, not to the internet or intranet.
Place 'dnl' back in front of the line and re-compile:
m4 sendmail.mc > sendmail.cf
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