Re: [mlmmj] testing mlmmj using Sendmail on a CentOS server

[G Stansfield <gstansfield@isat.co.za>]

On 08-Oct-14 7:00 PM, webmaster@vlsc.org wrote:
> I looked through the documentation, and installed mlmmj per the readme
> and install documents on a virtual CentOS server.
>
> I have created a test email list - sail2@vlsc.org - and added 2
> subscribers using mlmmj-sub. All appears to be setup properly, but when
> I send an email to the list using one of the subscribed addresses
> (webmaster@vlsc.org), my mail log file shows the following:
>
> Oct    7 23:14:21 cloud sendmail[1390]: s97NEL7Z001390: from=<webmaster@vlsc.org>, size\x1250, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<54347310.8030905@vlsc.org>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MSA, relay=c-24-22-61-28.hsd1.or.comcast.net [24.22.61.28]
>
> Oct    7 23:14:22 cloud sendmail[1390]: s97NEL7Z001390: Milter insert (1): header: DKIM-Signature:    v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=vlsc.org; sÞfault;\n\tt\x1412723662; bh=SrfRFSC5LbQjGOAy8L6/MImtgtMNuon//Nkbtb0XVZI=;\n\thÚte:From:To:Subject;\n\tb=oKK6sefKYUbo7sC8oIAK0bnVA92vas8lkpOYQsVd//ru+cu5Eyg13wGRlZ+vyAUH2\n\t ko/f+ma6dQdizl1mVIq35h62m1tS+THd8LMZtadOFT1kiyG2HHyasmiqK1UuVjCbxO\n\t 6RfbPTriyZKsXnZfDK4y4pcoAqRextw+ZdKOrDU8>
> Oct    7 23:14:22 cloud opendkim[771]: s97NEL7Z001390: DKIM-Signature field added (sÞfault, d=vlsc.org)
>
> Oct    7 23:14:22 cloud sendmail[1392]: s97NEL7Z001390: to=/dev/null, ctladdr=<sail2@vlsc.org>  (8/0), delay\0:00:01, xdelay\0:00:00, mailer=*file*, pri1824, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
>
>
> The entry "to=/dev/null, ctladdr=<sail2@vlsc.org>" seems suspicious,
> like the email is being dumped to /dev/null instead of being delivered
> to the list.
>
> Can anyone help me by letting me know if I've missed some piece in my
> setup, or at least how to interpret this log entry correctly?
>
> I'm a refugee from majordomo who is trying to get our new server running
> with mlmmj so our organization can continue to run several small
> in-house email lists.
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Philip
Hi Philip!
Did you come right with this? If so, please tell me how!

I tried this some years ago in a home / test environment (using 
OpenSUSE) before rolling out to a small production LAN - and failed 
miserably! The only documentation I found was from mlmmj. Asked the 
mlmmj list and still did not come right. Perhaps I was misunderstanding 
something on the sendmail side of things.

I toyed with the idea of switching to postfix, but have some custom 
rules in sendmail so did not want to take on a new learning curve for 
what was essentially a functionality for which the users were not 
clamouring at that time.

Regards,
Geoff