Getting user unknown instead of mailer being called

Hello:

I set up a mailer in my sendmail.mc file:

dnl
MAILER_DEFINITIONS
##################################################
### MDCM mail handler specification ###
##################################################

Mmdcm, P=/usr/local/apache-tomcat-6.0.14/webapps/cbsweb/WEB-INF/
bin/com/jammconsulting/mdcm/mailHandler,
F=rDFMhlqSu, U=tomcat:tomcat,
S=EnvFromL, R=EnvToL/HdrToL,
A=$h $u

The mailer feature was already included in the file.

I know the mailHandler program works since I was able to execute it
off the command line.

Then, I added this line to the local-host-names (If I dont have it, I
get a relaying denied error):

mdcm.cbs1.jammconsulting.com

I restarted sendmail (Which built the mailertable db -- I checked the
date).
but when I send email to test@mdcm.cbs1.jammconsulting.com, sendmail
does not invoke my program. Instead, it give me this error in the
mail log:

ec 23 13:36:13 cbs1 sendmail[25034]: lBNJaDNV025034:
... User unknown
Dec 23 13:36:13 cbs1 sendmail[25034]: lBNJaDNV025034:
from=, size=961, class=0, nrcpts=0,
proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=jamm1.jammconsulting.com
[206.123.70.52]

And the mail is returned to me.

I am using sendmail 8.13.8 installed with CentOS 5.

Any ideas why the mailer is not being called?

Thanks,
Neil

Re: Getting user unknown instead of mailer being called

Neil writes:
> I set up a mailer in my sendmail.mc file:
>
> dnl
> MAILER_DEFINITIONS
> ##################################################
> ### MDCM mail handler specification ###
> ##################################################
>
> Mmdcm, P=/usr/local/apache-tomcat-6.0.14/webapps/cbsweb/WEB-INF/
> bin/com/jammconsulting/mdcm/mailHandler,
> F=rDFMhlqSu, U=tomcat:tomcat,
> S=EnvFromL, R=EnvToL/HdrToL,
> A=$h $u
>
> The mailer feature was already included in the file.
>
> I know the mailHandler program works since I was able to execute it
> off the command line.
>
> Then, I added this line to the local-host-names (If I dont have it, I
> get a relaying denied error):
>
> mdcm.cbs1.jammconsulting.com
>
> I restarted sendmail (Which built the mailertable db -- I checked the
> date).
>
> but when I send email to test@mdcm.cbs1.jammconsulting.com, sendmail
> does not invoke my program. Instead, it give me this error in the
> mail log:
>
> ec 23 13:36:13 cbs1 sendmail[25034]: lBNJaDNV025034:
> ... User unknown
> Dec 23 13:36:13 cbs1 sendmail[25034]: lBNJaDNV025034:
> from=, size=961, class=0, nrcpts=0,
> proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=jamm1.jammconsulting.com
> [206.123.70.52]
>
> And the mail is returned to me.
>
> I am using sendmail 8.13.8 installed with CentOS 5.
>
> Any ideas why the mailer is not being called?

Mailertable is *NOT* consulted for local email domains.
Most likely you sendmail selected standard local mailer.

One of possible fixes (variation of "Cyrus Aliases"):
#v+
local-host-names file:
....
mdcm.cbs1.jammconsulting.com

sendmail.mc file:
LOCAL_CONFIG
CPMDCM
undivert(-1)dnl

access file:
to:MDCM REJECT

virtusertable file:
test@mdcm.cbs1.jammconsulting.com %0.MDCM
@mdcm.cbs1.jammconsulting.com error:nouser User Unknown

mailertable file:
..MDCM mdcm:%1

#v-

You can test it using:
echo '3,0 test@mdcm.cbs1.jammconsulting.com' | sendmail -bt -d60.5


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Re: Getting user unknown instead of mailer being called

> Mailertable is *NOT* consulted for local email domains.

If I remove the domain from local-host-names, should it consult
mailertable instead of giving me a relaying denied message?

Re: Getting user unknown instead of mailer being called

On Dec 23, 2:30=A0pm, Neil wrote:
> Mailertable is *NOT* consulted for local email domains.

I tried removing mdcm.cbs1.jammconsulting.com from my local-host-names
file
and then ran

echo '3,0 test@mdcm.cbs1.jammconsulting.com' | sendmail -bt -d60.5

It is consulting the mailertable now:

ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked)
Enter

Re: Getting user unknown instead of mailer being called

Neil writes:

>> Mailertable is *NOT* consulted for local email domains.
>
> If I remove the domain from local-host-names, should it consult
> mailertable instead of giving me a relaying denied message?

Yes but you would need access entry if you want to accept messages to
the domain from anywhere.
to:example.com RELAY

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Re: Getting user unknown instead of mailer being called

On Dec 23, 2:36=A0pm, Andrzej Adam Filip wrote:
> Yes but you would need access entry if you want to accept messages to
> the domain from anywhere.
> to:example.com RELAY

That WORKED.

Thank you.