Problem with mailman

[David Dudek]

So what do I have to do to fix it?  Is that a postfix/sendmail
configuration, or an ifconfig thing?

-- 
David Thomas Dudek     http://www.buffalo.edu/~dudek/

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Brett Hamann wrote:

> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 16:49:19 -0500
> From: Brett Hamann <brett at consumersbeverages.com>
> Reply-To: nflug at nflug.org
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: Re: Problem with mailman
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Dudek" <dudek at buffalo.edu>
> To: <nflug at nflug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 4:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Problem with mailman
>
>
> > [dudek at hal9000 ~]$ netstat -a | grep -i smtp
> > tcp        0      0 localhost.localdom:smtp *:*                     LISTEN
> > unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     5214   private/smtp
> > unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     5250   private/bsmtp
> >
> >
> > --
> > David Thomas Dudek     http://www.buffalo.edu/~dudek/
> >
>
> Sorry Dave, I knew that was kinda obvious. It just seems it isn't listening.
>
> I've got mine listening on all interfaces:
>
> [root at mail log]# netstat -a | grep smtp
> tcp        0      0 *:smtp                  *:*                     LISTEN
>
> Brett
>
> > On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Brett Hamann wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 16:16:27 -0500
> > > From: Brett Hamann <brett at consumersbeverages.com>
> > > Reply-To: nflug at nflug.org
> > > To: nflug at nflug.org
> > > Subject: Re: Problem with mailman
> > >
> > >
> > > > As it turns out, it seems that the problem is with my machine
> accepting
> > > > connections on port 25.  It doesn't matter whether I'm running
> sendmail or
> > > > postfix, I still get the same response:
> > > >
> > > > [dudek at hal9000 ~]$ telnet hal9000.cit.buffalo.edu 25
> > > > Trying 128.205.3.127...
> > > > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > However, If I try to connect via loopback:
> > > >
> > > > [dudek at hal9000 ~]$ telnet localhost 25
> > > > Trying 127.0.0.1...
> > > > Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).
> > > > Escape character is '^]'.
> > > > 220 daviddudek.com ESMTP Postfix
> > > >
> > > > Before someone suggests firewall config, let me note that for
> > > > troubleshooting purposes, I shut off iptables.  I even unloaded the
> kernel
> > > > modules just to be sure.
> > >
> > > Hi everyone..I'm kinda new to the group. I've been reading a lot and not
> > > writting...
> > >
> > > Anyway Dave, are you sure sendmail is listening on the externel
> interface?
> > > Does netstat -a show smtp listening?
> > >
> > > Brett
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > David Thomas Dudek     http://www.buffalo.edu/~dudek/
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Mark T. Valites wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 19:13:59 -0500 (EST)
> > > > > From: Mark T. Valites <valites at geneseo.edu>
> > > > > Reply-To: nflug at nflug.org
> > > > > To: nflug at nflug.org
> > > > > Subject: Re: Problem with mailman
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, David Dudek wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Are there any mailman process running (ps auwwx | grep
> > > > > > <your_mailman_username>)?
> > > > >
> > > > > You didn't answer this.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Have you regenerated the aliases (newaliases)?
> > > > >
> > > > > > Yes.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just checking - did you also first add the lists to your alias file?
> > > > >
> > > > > > telnet localhost 25
> > > > > > expn <a-test-list-name>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > (assuming you have expn turn on...)
> > > > >
> > > > > > I don't have expn.  what's that?
> > > > >
> > > > > vrfy and expn are two command specified in the smtp rfc that help
> you
> > > > > verify that an address is vaild. See section 3.3 of rfc 821 for
> > > additional
> > > > > information:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.sendmail.org/rfc/0821.html
> > > > >
> > > > > (Don't worry, it's very readable)
> > > > >
> > > > > Unless you've tweaked your sendmail, I doubt you're missing it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Here's what I would do to test it:
> > > > >
> > > > > prompt$ telnet <your_mailman_server> 25
> > > > > Trying <your_mail_server_ip>...
> > > > > Connected to <your_mail_server>.
> > > > > Escape character is '^]'.
> > > > > 220 <your_mail_server> ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.9/8.12.9; Tue, 28 Oct
> 2003
> > > 18:54:12 -0500 (EST)
> > > > > expn listname-l
> > > > > 250 2.1.5 <"|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post listname-l">
> > > > >
> > > > > Let us know where that leaves you.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Mark T. Valites
> > > > > Unix Systems Analyst
> > > > > CIT - SUNY Geneseo
> > > > > >--))> >--))>
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> > > > This message has been scanned for viruses and
> > > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> > > > believed to be clean.
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> > > believed to be clean.
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