[BlueOnyx:14501] Re: Mail delivery failing as "user unknown"

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

On 2/7/2014 9:43 PM, Michael Stauber wrote:

> If the sitename is "www.site.com" and the name of the user is "user",
> then please send an email to ...
>
> user at www.site.com
>
> ... from the shell of the server.
>
> Like this:
>
> /usr/sbin/sendmail user at www.site.com < /root/.bashrc
>
> That will email the file /root/.bashrc to that user in case it works.
>
> Doing this takes a few unknowns out of the loop: Server Alias, alias of
> the user and so on.
>
> See if that works. If it does, then remove the "www" from the email
> address and try again. If that fails, then we have a DNS issue or an
> alias problem.
>

That worked, in both instances (ie: with & without the hostname) when I 
used /usr/sbin/sendmail.

But if I telnet localhost 25 and go through a manual smtp transaction, 
no dice.
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