Hi,
I'm using 'mailx' well in Solaris 8 environment, however, it occurred problem when I want to do the same job in Solaris9 like such command:
tstsvr# mailx -v testuser@mailsvr.com
And it will show
tstsvr: Name server timeout
:
:
550 5.7.1 Unable to relay for testuser@mailsvr.com
:
:
p.s. The mailsvr is MS Exchange server 2003
> Hi,
>
> Is your solairs 9 server a new server i.e. new IP
> address? I am wondering if the 'Unable to relay'
> message is coming from Exchange. In which case you
> need to configure Exchange to allow the solaris 9
> server to send mail for that domain.
>
> Regards
No, it's not a new server.
And I am trying to send system message to the user at Exchange mail server.
even though 9 uses the surrogate mail submission, have you compared any of the key variables in your sendmail.cf and submit.cf files?
try an easier test -
/usr/lib/sendmail -bv testuser@mailsvr.com
or
for a local test -
mailx -v <some local user not externally aliased> < /etc/hosts
to see if even local mail delivery is working
if either of these tests don't yield results as hoped for, then you really need to look at your setup - jeff
edit - you may also wish to check some other files -
/etc/nsswitch.conf
/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/hosts
try pinging "mailsvr.com" exactly as you would normally have in your mailx example and see if it works. If not, it's either a name resolution issue on your side, or you want to check the mx record for that machine in DNS
