Topic: Mail Bounces with a 55o does not like recipient

[GlitchFreak]

Hey guys

Brand new server, fresh install.

When I try send a mail from the command line or server mails are sent I get a:

2008-09-05 21:21:36.405267500 delivery 32546: failure: 196.26.208.193_does_not_like_recipient./Remote_host_said:_550_<#@[]>:Sender_address_rejected:_Domain_not_found/Giving_up_on_196.26.208.193./

Any ideas why the address that is being sent from is #@[]?

Thanks!

[mercyh]

How are you sending the mail?

Edit:
Sorry, I didn't read this:

When I try send a mail from the command line or server mails are sent

would this help?
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ#How_do_I_get_my_e-mail_to_show_the_correct_From_Address

My server mails show they come from the domain that was set up on this screen:

http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter5#Configuring_Your_System_Name_and_Domain_Name

[CharlieBrady]

How are you sending the mail?

Edit:
Sorry, I didn't read this:  
...

GlitchFreak still didn't say how he/she was sending emails "from the command line".  Mails sent via the 'mail' command on the command line (as root) should have a sender address of root@domain.name. That can be changed to something else via:

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QMAILUSER=dubya QMAILHOST=in.the.whitehouse mail -s "subject of test mail" < /tmp/text

#@[] suggests a bounce message. GlitchFreak needs to further study qmail log and work out where the bounce is coming from.

[GlitchFreak]

Thanks Charlie.

Is it possible to change all root@domain to send as admin@domain because I'm getting bounced due to the upstream SMTP server not liking root@domain?

Thanks for the help gents!

[mercyh]

Is it really the user name that is the problem? I have worked with 550 before and it has always been a domain issue.

There are many things I don't know but it seems a bit odd to me. Can you send mail to the other server with admin@domain. (using the same domain name as the root mail is using now?)

[CharlieBrady]

Is it really the user name that is the problem? I have worked with 550 before and it has always been a domain issue.

550 can mean anything the recipient site wants - it just means a permanent rejection.

I've already told GlitchFreak how to change the sender address, so I don't understand why we are asked whether it is possible. In any case, it is a bounce message which is not being accepted, not mail with sender address of root@ or admin@.

GlitchFreak needs to do more homework, or hire a competent consultant.

[GlitchFreak]

Hi Mercyh

The problem comes in where root@domain is not configured on the webhosts server. Now the SME is only a local server in an office that provides local mail boxes and downloads mail using multidrop boxes. So I don't have the means to add root@domain onto the webhosts server.

So when I try send a mail using root@domain, the SMTP server first checks if that account exists at the webhost (to combat spam I think), finds out it doesn't and gives me a 550 does_not_like_recipient because it is an unrouteable address. So to combat the issue, I need to replace root@domain with admin@domain which is configured at the webhost. I think its the best/easiest option to take?

Hope this makes sense

[GlitchFreak]

550 can mean anything the recipient site wants - it just means a permanent rejection.

I've already told GlitchFreak how to change the sender address, so I don't understand why we are asked whether it is possible. In any case, it is a bounce message which is not being accepted, not mail with sender address of root@ or admin@.

GlitchFreak needs to do more homework, or hire a competent consultant.

Hi Charlie

I understand what you are saying but by default, the SME server sends as root@domain. Now I would just like to know if I can tell SME server to send all system mails as admin@domain instead of root@domain. I just used the commandline option to test, I don't use it for anything else.

BTW, I am doing homework, and I am the consultant.

Thanks for the help guys. I appreciate it!

[mercyh]

Hope this makes sense 

It does, Sorry I can't help

[GlitchFreak]

Its okay thanks Mercyh.

I ended up just having to collect mail directly from the server indtead of forwarding it.

Do you know if by default, root mails are sent to admin locally?

Thanks!!

[mercyh]

Do you know if by default, root mails are sent to admin locally?

all mails sent from the SME operating system are sent to admin on the local machine by default.

[GlitchFreak]

Thanks for all the help Mercyh!

Keep well!