Hi Ray,
To follow the SMTP protocol, I believe you need to add a "data" command
after your "rcpt to", then you can enter the "subject:" line (and any
other headers), followed by a blank line, then the body of the message.
I think postfix is complaining that it doesn't know what the "SUBJECT:
xxx" command is...
Cheers,
-Andrew
Andrew Rakowski | Voice: XXX.XXX.XXXX | Email:
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On Tue, 2 Oct 2012, Ray Reuter wrote:
} Well we are getting closer. I am now able to telnet to the server. I
tried to send mail to
} the server but kicked off every time i try to do the subject line.
} [root at xxxcacti2 ~]# telnet XXXXXXXX.xxx.com 25
} Trying 10.1.72.168...
} Connected to XXXXXXXXX.xxx.com (xx.xx.x.x).
} Escape character is '^]'.
} 220 XXXXXXXXX.lvh.com ESMTP Postfix
} helo XXXXXXXXXX.lvh.com
} 250 XXXXXXX.lvh.com
} MAIL FROM: user-e6b56f093673@xymon.invalid
} 250 2.1.0 Ok
} RCPT TO: user-238b11cbd81e@xymon.invalid
} 250 2.1.5 Ok
} "SUBJECT: Xymon"
} 221 2.7.0 Error: I can break rules, too. Goodbye.
} Connection closed by foreign host.
}
} I have the .procmailrc file set up as per the xymon man page, still not
sure if the "Mailbox"
} is a directory or file. and the directory structure of the xymon home
directory looks like
} this.
}
} drwxr-xr-x. 2 xymon xymon 4096 Oct 2 11:02 Mailbox
} -rw-r--r--. 1 xymon xymon 0 Oct 1 12:15 procmail.log
} -rwxr-xr-x. 1 xymon xymon 124 Oct 2 11:04 .procmailrc
}
} This feature is one of the most important to the company I work for and
have been trying to
} get it to work for a couple of days now. We even added an MX record for
the server so mail
} can be delivered to it directly. Telnet works locally and remote.
}
} Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated, you have all been a
huge help so far and
} this monitoring tool has done wonders for this company.
}
}
}
}
}
}
} On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 1:58 AM, Jeremy Laidman <user-71895fb2e44c@xymon.invalid>
wrote:
} On 2 October 2012 02:46, Ray Reuter <user-9df4e3e828ec@xymon.invalid> wrote:
} I am using Centos 6.2
}
}
} By default Centos (aka Red Hat) v6 boxes run postfix (rather than
Sendmail).
}
} During my install I do not remember installing anything as the mail
} transport, but the alerting was working right out of the box from
day one.
}
}
} Initially, postfix is configured so it won't accept SMTP connections
from off the box.
} So outbound emails will get sent OK, but incoming emails will not get
delivered to the
} Xymon server.
}
} Test this by attempting to telnet to the Xymon server on port 25 from
another device,
} such as a Windows PC, with "telnet xymon.server.name 25". If you get a
"connection
} refused" or similar message, than you need to reconfigure Postfix to
accept remote
} connections.
}
} I followed the man page for the mailack and created everything as
per the
} instructions, but I am not even sure the mail is reaching the
server at
} this point.
}
}
} Probably not. Have a look at the "STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README" file
that came with
} Postfix for instructions on setting things up, particularly the "Postfix
on a local
} network" section.
}
} J
}
}
}
}