[nycbug-talk] CLI mailing from FreeBSD 6.0 Release Question

[Nikolai N. Fetissov]

On Wed, March 1, 2006 10:09 pm, Kevin Reiter wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I'm trying to script an automagic e-mail alert thingy, and it works
> except when actually sending the e-mail.  Here's the part of the script
> that kicks off the e-mail:
>
> mutt -s "Home IP Update" alerts at unixfun.net < temp_ip.log
>
> I then check my e-mail, and nada.  When I check the current procs, I see
> this (and it runs until I kill it):
>
> kevin at chronos$ ps wax | grep unixfun.net
> 78000  ??  Ss     0:00.00 sendmail: ./k2228Lt9077998 mx.unixfun.net.:
> user open (sendmail)
>
> When I check /var/log/maillog, I see this:
>
> Mar  1 22:01:29 chronos sm-mta[78102]: k221Q93t043799:
> to=<alerts at unixfun.net>, ctladdr=<kevin at chronos.unixfun.net>
> (1001/1001), delay=01:35:20, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=390508,
> relay=mx.unixfun.net., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Operation timed out
> with mx.unixfun.net.
> Mar  1 22:01:29 chronos sm-mta[78102]: k221LZJc043754:
> to=<alerts at unixfun.net>, ctladdr=<kevin at chronos.unixfun.net>
> (1001/1001), delay=01:39:54, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=390508,
> relay=mx.unixfun.net., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Operation timed out
> with mx.unixfun.net.
>
> I was originally using the built-in "mail" command:
>
> cat temp_ip.log | mail -v -s "Home IP Update" alerts at unixfun.net
>
> but that wasn't working either.
>
> This box is only running the standard (non-configured) sendmail.
>
> Is there a setting I need to configure somewhere for the outgoing mail
> server (using either mutt or mail)?
>
> Thanks,
> Kev
>

might it be that you are on the optonline network
and port 25 out is blocked at the isp?
-- 
 nikolai