ORBIT-USER: sendmail, mails deferred

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

One last note: just use postfix, it'll make you smile more than sendmail

  Luis

On 10/16/06, Vanessa Frias-martinez <vf2001 at cs.columbia.edu> wrote:
>
> Ok! no problem Pandurang. Thanks for the reply!
>
>
> vanessa
>
> On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Pandurang Kamat wrote:
>
> > Vanessa,
> >
> > I don't think there is a "mail.orbit-lab.org" and even if there was; any
> > connection to it from the testbed or sandox nodes would be firewalled
> > for obvious security reasons.
> >
> > You should be setting up your own mailservers on node1-1 and node1-2 and
> > any problems in doing that should be addressed to the sendmail mailing list.
> >
> > To the best of my knowledge, there is nothing in the orbit setup that
> > regulates or restricts any activity between the two nodes over their
> > wireless interfaces. so please check your configurations and refer to
> > sendmail documentation on how to setup the service correctly.
> >
> > -Pandurang
> >
> > Vanessa Frias-martinez wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I installed sendmail in the two nodes of sb1 and tried sending emails
> > > among them, but for some reason, the connection is refused by
> > > mail.orbit-lab.org. do you know why?
> > >
> > > the command line i use for testing is:
> > >
> > > node1-1:~# echo "test"|sendmail root at node1-2.sb1.orbit-lab.org
> > >
> > > and mailq says:
> > >
> > > k9GG47pE003166        5 Mon Oct 16 12:04 <root at node1-1.sb1.orbit-lab.org>
> > >                  (Deferred: Connection refused by mail.orbit-lab.org.)
> > >                                          <root at node1-2.sb1.orbit-lab.org>
> > >
> > >
> > > thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Vanessa Frias-martinez wrote:
> > >
> > >> i just realized :)
> > >>
> > >> thanks!
> > >>
> > >> vanessa
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Ivan Seskar wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Hi Vanessa,
> > >>>
> > >>> You have to first do:
> > >>>
> > >>> apt-get update
> > >>>
> > >>> before issuing "apt-get install ..." (to sync apt with the repository).
> > >>>
> > >>> Ivan.
> > >>>
> > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>> From: owner-orbit-user at winlab.rutgers.edu
> > >>> [mailto:owner-orbit-user at winlab.rutgers.edu] On Behalf Of Vanessa
> > >>> Frias-martinez
> > >>> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 10:30 AM
> > >>> To: orbit-user at winlab.rutgers.edu
> > >>> Subject: Re: ORBIT-USER: telnet and ssh to nodes
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Hello,
> > >>>
> > >>> I'd like to have the nodes in the sandbox to exchange emails.
> > >>> I'm trying to install the sendmail packet in each of the nodes but i get
> > >>> not found errors. Is sendmail the best option? also, which would be each
> > >>> nodes recipient name? (or should i use their ips 10.1.101.17/18?
> > >>>
> > >>> The output of apt-get is:
> > >>>
> > >>> node1-1:/etc/apt# apt-get install sendmail Reading package lists... Done
> > >>> Building dependency tree... Done The following extra packages will be
> > >>> installed:
> > >>>   liblockfile1 procmail rmail sendmail-base sendmail-bin sendmail-cf
> > >>>   sensible-mda
> > >>> Suggested packages:
> > >>>   sendmail-doc mail-reader logcheck logrotate sasl-bin
> > >>> libsasl-modules-plain
> > >>>   libsasl-digestmd5-plain libsasl-digestmd5-des openssl ca-certificates
> > >>>   sasl2-bin libsasl2-modules libsasl2-modules-plain
> > >>> libsasl2-digestmd5-plain
> > >>>   libsasl2-digestmd5-des
> > >>> Recommended packages:
> > >>>   exim4 mail-transport-agent fetchmail resolvconf The following NEW
> > >>> packages will be installed:
> > >>>   liblockfile1 procmail rmail sendmail sendmail-base sendmail-bin
> > >>> sendmail-cf
> > >>>   sensible-mda
> > >>> 0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 153 not upgraded.
> > >>> Need to get 2225kB/2240kB of archives.
> > >>> After unpacking 5501kB of additional disk space will be used.
> > >>> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> > >>> WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
> > >>>   liblockfile1 procmail sendmail-base sendmail-cf sendmail-bin rmail
> > >>>   sensible-mda sendmail
> > >>> Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y Err http://apt
> > >>> testing/main procmail 3.22-15
> > >>>   404 Not Found
> > >>> Err http://apt unstable/main sendmail-base 8.13.6-1
> > >>>   404 Not Found
> > >>> Err http://apt unstable/main sendmail-cf 8.13.6-1
> > >>>   404 Not Found
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> and it goes on like this for a while....
> > >>>
> > >>> thanks so much!
> > >>>
> > >>> vanessa
> > >>>
> > >>> On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 drastogi at eden.rutgers.edu wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Hey Vanessa.
> > >>>> You need to turn on the nodes first before you can ssh into them. Use
> > >>>> the following command to turn on each node separately - wget -O - -q
> > >>>> 'http://cmc:5012/cmc/on?x=#&y=#'.
> > >>>> Then you should be able to ssh into the nodes.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Devashish.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Hello,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I am using the sandbox 1, and have problems both telneting and
> > >>>>> sshing to the consoles of the nodes: node1-1 and node1-2.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> If I try to ssh I get the error:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> vanessa at console.sb1:~$ ssh root at node1-1
> > >>>>> ssh: connect to host node1-1 port 22: No route to host
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> If I run telnet 10.1.101.17 3025, it connects, but then hangs up and
> > >>>>> I can't do anything...
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> vanessa at console.sb1:~$ telnet 10.1.101.17 3025 Trying 10.1.101.17...
> > >>>>> Connected to 10.1.101.17.
> > >>>>> Escape character is '^]'.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> thanks!
> > >>>>> vanessa
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> >
>