Sendmail
Contents
Overview
Sendmail is used on Swivel appliances to send out emails. It is configured through the CMI. Sendmail is used by the following processes:
Prerequisites
Swivel Hardware or Virtual Appliance
SMTP gateway
DNS entry for Swivel hostname
Configuring Sendmail
On the CMI select Sendmail
Select Configure
Enter the Hostname for the SMTP server
Stop then start Sendmail
Testing
To test Sendmail use from the command line mail <email@domain>. Enter the subject, content, then enter a '.' on a new line, it will them prompt for a CC address, press enter and the email should be sent. Example:
mail support@swivelsecure.com Subject: test test . Cc:
check the /var/log/maillog for sent email
tail /var/log/maillog
Sample output
Oct 24 14:40:09 single sendmail[27940]: s9ODe9om027938: to=<support@swivelsecure.com>, ctladdr=<root@gswiveltest.swivelsecure.net> (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=120365, relay=mail-demo.swivelsecure.com. [172.16.1.250], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Ok: queued as D863A1420C4)
Known Issues
Troubleshooting
On Swivel hardware and Virtual appliances sendmail emails are logged under /var/log/maillog, to view the logs use;
tail /var/log/maillog
Ensure Sendmail was restarted after configuring it.
Error Messages
Sender address rejected: Domain not found
The source source DNS is not configured correctly, i.e. the Swivbel server needs a DNS record for a reverse DNS lookup.
