These lines trace the route that the message took as the message was relayed. Look at the Received lines in the header of the message. Other Sources for Mail Diagnostic Informationįor other diagnostic information, check the following sources. See Customizing System Message Logging in Oracle Solaris Administration: Common Tasks for information about loghost and the syslogd program. As a convention, log levels under 10 areĬonsidered “useful.” Log levels that are higher than 10 are usually used forĭebugging. At the highest level, even the most mundaneĪnd uninteresting events are recorded. The log is arranged in a succession of levels. System that generated the line, and a message. mail.crit bug /var/log/syslogĮach line in the system log contains a timestamp, the name of the Informational, and debug messages to /var/log/syslog. The following entry in the /etc/nf file sends a copy of all critical, Mail.notice – Messages that are not errors, but might need attention Mail.alert – Messages about conditions that should be fixed now To gather information about mail, you canĪdd the following selections to the file. You must restart the syslogĭaemon for any changes to become active. You can change theĭefault configuration by editing the /etc/nf file. The /etc/nf file controls where the syslogd program forwards messages. If no loghost is specified,Įrror messages from syslogd are not reported. Your mail service logs most error messages by using the syslogd program.īy default, the syslogd program sends these messages to a system that isĬalled loghost, which is specified in the /etc/hosts file. Is port 25, the port that sendmail uses, active? If you cannot use mconnect to connect to an SMTP port, check theseĭoes the system have the appropriate /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file? The following example verifies that mail to the user nameĬonnecting to host phoenix (172.31.255.255), port 25Ģ20 ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.1+Sun/8.13.1 Sat, 3:52:56 -0700 See the mconnect(1) man pageįor a complete description. Interactively, so you can issue various diagnostic commands. That you specify and enables you to test that connection. The mconnect program opens a connection to a mail server on a host
$: sandy How to Verify Connections to Other Systems MailerToTriple returns: $# relay mailhost. % /usr/lib/sendmail -btĪDDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked) The following is an example of the output from the address test mode. Use the mail address that you are testing. Provide the following numbers and address at the last prompt ( >). To check the input and returns of the sendmail rule sets, follow You move a user from one system to another system. Be especially careful to avoid the creation of alias loops when Remember to avoid loops and inconsistent databases when both local and domain-wide aliasesĪre used. The entry, expn sandy, provided theĮxpanded address, Thus, you have verified that mail can be delivered For a completeĭescription, see the mconnect(1) man page. Program runs interactively, so you can issue various diagnostic commands. Server on a local host and enabled you to test that connection. In this example, the mconnect program opened a connection to a mail # /usr/lib/sendmail -v names Ģ21 2.0.0 closing connection Restart sendmail on any system that has a revised configuration file.To test the changes that you make to your configuration file, follow these This section provides some procedures and tips that you can use for troubleshooting Part VII Monitoring Network Services Topicsģ0. Part VI Working With Remote Systems TopicsĢ7. Migrating From Asynchronous Solaris PPP to Solaris PPP 4.0 (Tasks) Setting Up a Leased-Line PPP Link (Tasks)ġ9. Other Sources for Mail Diagnostic Informationġ7. How to Verify Connections to Other Systems
Troubleshooting Procedures and Tips for Mail Services
Troubleshooting Procedures and Tips for Mail Services (Task Map) How to Run the Old Mail Queue, /var/spool/omqueue How to Move the Mail Queue, /var/spool/mqueue How to Run a Subset of the Mail Queue, /var/spool/mqueue How to Force Mail Queue Processing in the Mail Queue, /var/spool/mqueue How to Display the Contents of the Mail Queue, /var/spool/mqueue How to Add the postmaster Mailbox to the Aliases in the /etc/mail/aliases FileĪdministering the Queue Directories (Task Map) How to Create a Separate Mailbox for postmaster How to Create a postmaster Alias in Each Local /etc/mail/aliases File
How to Manage Mail Delivery by Using an Alternate Configuration of sendmail.cfĪdministering Mail Alias Files (Task Map) How to Automatically Rebuild a Configuration File Accessing Network File Systems (Reference)Ĭhanging the sendmail Configuration (Task Map) Network File System Administration (Tasks)Ħ. Managing Network File Systems (Overview)ĥ. Part II Accessing Network File Systems TopicsĤ.