[afnog] Relay denied

[Hannigan, Martin]

Looks like it's also affecting  Asseym's email:

The following recipient(s) could not be reached:

      asseym at smartvisions.net on 7/14/2005 12:45 PM
            There was a SMTP communication problem with the recipient's email server.  Please contact your system administrator.
            < ensim.smartvisions.org #5.5.0>


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Martin Hannigan                         (c) 617-388-2663
VeriSign, Inc.                          (w) 703-948-7018
Network Engineer IV                       Operations & Infrastructure
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: afnog-bounces at afnog.org 
> [mailto:afnog-bounces at afnog.org]On Behalf
> Of asseym at smartvisions.net
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 5:40 AM
> To: afnog at afnog.org
> Subject: [afnog] Relay denied
> 
> 
> 
> Recently i started administering a server that has the ensim 
> control panel
> installed on it and uses the sendmail MTA for mailing. 
> However this server
> has persistent relay failures. Mail can be sent normally to any email
> address that belongs to any domain that is also hosted on the same
> machine.
> 
> However mail can not be sent to any account that is not 
> hosted on the same
> server using the desktop MUAs like outlook express, MS Outlook, Eudora
> etc.
> 
> I have found out that mail can be sent easily and normally to 
> any address
> regardless of who hosts that domain with a flawless maillog. 
> However when
> mail is sent by the desktop MTAs the maillog developes errors 
> like quoted
> below---
> 
> -----------------------------------------<quote>
> Jul  4 12:24:22 ensim sendmail[6204]: j649OJqt006204: 
> ruleset=check_rcpt,
> arg1=<asseym at yahoo.com>, relay=[193.108.254.83], re
> ject=550 5.7.1 <asseym at yahoo.com>... Relaying denied. IP name lookup
> failed [193.108.254.83]
> Jul  4 12:24:23 ensim ipop3d[6205]: Login 
> user=jahenda at smartvisions.net
> host=[193.108.254.83] nmsgs=3/3
> Jul  4 12:24:27 ensim sendmail[6204]: j649OJqt006204:
> from=<jahenda at smartvisions.net>, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, 
> proto=ESMTP ,
> daemon=MTA, relay=[193.108.254.83]
> Jul  4 12:24:29 ensim sendmail[6204]: j649OJqu006204: 
> ruleset=check_rcpt,
> arg1=<jharnet at yahoo.com.au>, relay=[193.108.254.83]
> , reject=550 5.7.1 <jharnet at yahoo.com.au>... Relaying denied. IP name
> lookup failed [193.108.254.83]
> Jul  4 12:24:32 ensim sendmail[6204]: j649OJqu006204:
> from=<jahenda at smartvisions.net>, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, 
> proto=ESMTP ,
> daemon=MTA, relay=[193.108.254.83]
> </quote>-----------------------------------------------
> 
> Some MUAs return an error like "Relaying denied ---- Proper 
> authentication
> required"
> 
> others return one like ----
> 
> ---------------------------------<quote>
> 
> Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.
> 
>       Subject:	test
>       Sent:	7/13/2005 9:13 PM
> 
> The following recipient(s) could not be reached:
> 
>       'asseym at cfi.co.ug' on 7/13/2005 9:13 PM
>             550 5.7.1 <asseym at cfi.co.ug>... Relaying denied. IP name
> lookup failed [193.108.254.83]
> 
>       'asseym at yahoo.com' on 7/13/2005 9:13 PM
>             550 5.7.1 <asseym at yahoo.com>... Relaying denied. IP name
> lookup failed [193.108.254.83]
> 
> ------------------------------------</quote>
> 
> Iam really not so familiar with Sendmail and i would 
> appreciate if anyone
> points me in the right direction to solve this problem,
> 
> Thanks,
> --assey.
> 
> 
> 
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