My very effusive thanks to Sean B. Straw!
You have taught me a lot! I really appreciate it! You have
taken the time to really look at my problem and I am very
happy about it. I even found your sarcasms funny!
Right now though, I am about to fall asleep, it is after 2
a.m here on the East Coast. Here is what I have found so
far:
When I do the host -t MX usa-hosts.com here from the shell,
I get:
[root(_at_)dns1 logs]# host -t MX usa-hosts.com
usa-hosts.com. mail is handled by 10
64.131.176.121.usa-hosts.com.
[root(_at_)dns1 logs]#
However, I get similar results for some of my domains and no
answer at all on others.
Testing whether or not Sendmail is using Procmail as LDA, as
you taught me, I get:
[root(_at_)dns1 logs]# echo = M | sendmail -bt | grep \(local\)
bash: sendmail: command not found
[root(_at_)dns1 logs]# echo =M | /usr/sbin/sendmail -bt | grep
\(local\)
mailer 9 (local): P=/usr/bin/procmail S=EnvFromL/HdrFromL
R=EnvToL/HdrToL M=0 U=
0:0 F=/59:@ADFMPSfhlnqsw| L=0 E=\n T=DNS/RFC822/X-Unix
A=procmail -Y -a $h -d $u
[root(_at_)dns1 logs]#
Here is the content of resolv.conf:
nameserver 64.131.176.121
search usa-hosts.com
domain usa-hosts.com
I did restart named and sendmail after trying each thing,
but I had not checked /var/log/messages, so I deserve
anything you may wish to say, for I think here is the needed
clue, although I still do not understand it.
The syslog /var/log/messages has:
May 22 01:16:55 dns1 named: named shutdown succeeded
May 22 01:16:55 dns1 named[30333]: starting BIND 9.1.3 -u
named
May 22 01:16:55 dns1 named[30333]: using 1 CPU
May 22 01:16:55 dns1 named[30336]: loading configuration
from '/etc/named.conf'
May 22 01:16:55 dns1 named[30336]: the default for the
'auth-nxdomain' option is now 'no'
May 22 01:16:55 dns1 named: named startup succeeded
May 22 01:16:55 dns1 named[30336]: no IPv6 interfaces found
May 22 01:16:55 dns1 named[30336]: listening on IPv4
interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53
May 22 01:16:55 dns1 named[30336]: listening on IPv4
interface eth0, 64.131.176.121#53
May 22 01:16:55 dns1 named[30336]: listening on IPv4
interface eth1, 10.6.1.7#53
May 22 01:16:56 dns1 named[30336]: running
May 22 01:17:03 dns1 gdm[30343]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:17:03 dns1 gdm[30343]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:17:03 dns1 gdm[30343]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
May 22 01:17:15 dns1 sendmail: sendmail shutdown succeeded
May 22 01:17:15 dns1 sendmail: sendmail startup succeeded
May 22 01:17:33 dns1 gdm[30387]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:17:33 dns1 gdm[30387]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:17:33 dns1 gdm[30387]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
May 22 01:18:03 dns1 gdm[30394]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:18:03 dns1 gdm[30394]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:18:03 dns1 gdm[30394]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
May 22 01:18:34 dns1 gdm[30401]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:18:34 dns1 gdm[30401]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:18:34 dns1 gdm[30401]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
May 22 01:19:04 dns1 gdm[30407]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:19:04 dns1 gdm[30407]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:19:04 dns1 gdm[30407]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
May 22 01:19:34 dns1 gdm[30413]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:19:34 dns1 gdm[30413]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:19:34 dns1 gdm[30413]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
May 22 01:20:04 dns1 gdm[30424]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:20:04 dns1 gdm[30424]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:20:04 dns1 gdm[30424]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
There does not seem to be anything of interest in
/var/log/maillog
May 22 01:20:34 dns1 gdm[30430]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:20:34 dns1 gdm[30430]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:20:34 dns1 gdm[30430]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
May 22 01:21:04 dns1 gdm[30436]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:21:04 dns1 gdm[30436]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:21:05 dns1 gdm[30436]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
May 22 01:21:35 dns1 gdm[30443]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:21:35 dns1 gdm[30443]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:21:35 dns1 gdm[30443]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
May 22 01:22:05 dns1 gdm[30450]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:22:05 dns1 gdm[30450]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:22:05 dns1 gdm[30450]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
May 22 01:22:35 dns1 gdm[30456]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:22:35 dns1 gdm[30456]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:22:35 dns1 gdm[30456]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
May 22 01:23:05 dns1 gdm[30462]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:23:05 dns1 gdm[30462]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:23:05 dns1 gdm[30462]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
May 22 01:23:35 dns1 gdm[30485]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:23:35 dns1 gdm[30485]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:23:35 dns1 gdm[30485]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
May 22 01:24:06 dns1 gdm[30491]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:24:06 dns1 gdm[30491]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:24:06 dns1 gdm[30491]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
May 22 01:24:36 dns1 gdm[30497]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:24:36 dns1 gdm[30497]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:24:36 dns1 gdm[30497]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
May 22 01:25:06 dns1 gdm[30505]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:25:06 dns1 gdm[30505]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:25:06 dns1 gdm[30505]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
May 22 01:25:36 dns1 gdm[30511]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:25:36 dns1 gdm[30511]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:25:36 dns1 gdm[30511]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
May 22 01:26:06 dns1 gdm[30517]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:26:06 dns1 gdm[30517]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:26:06 dns1 gdm[30517]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
May 22 01:26:37 dns1 gdm[30523]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm user (gdm). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:26:37 dns1 gdm[30523]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Trying 'nobody'!
May 22 01:26:37 dns1 gdm[30523]: gdm_config_parse: Can't
find the gdm group (nobody). Aborting!
I will continue at it tomorrow and, following your
suggestion, I will download 3.22 and will find out how to
install it. I know that once one knows something, it seems
easy. I am still astonished however, with the amount of
learning I have accomplished with all this business, and
even more with the amount of learning still lying ahead.
You see, this is my second career, I retired after 35 years
in the insurance business which I know fairly well, and
embarked into this fascinating learning experience some time
ago. I am not too slow in learning thank God, but it does
take me a bit longer to read documentations, for I am blind.
You mentioned for instance, nslint and dlint, which I have
no idea what they are, or where to get them. They do not
seem to be in my server. I will find out as soon as I can,
though.
Thanks again for your help, Sean, and although these
problems may not quite fall within the realm of Procmail, I
do not belong to any other list, and I really doubt that I
could find another one as helpful.
Humberto Rodriguez
humrod(_at_)telocity(_dot_)com
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