e-mail fails to local root account

Hi,
I have a few qmail servers that act as a relay only; but I need to keep
e-mail to root locally and not send it to the remote server.
When I do this: echo "test 2" | qmail-inject root
I get:
Return-Path: <#@[]>
Delivered-To: log@pp03spem40.
Delivered-To: root@pp03spem40.
Delivered-To: postmaster@pp03spem40.
Date: 22 Jul 2004 13:40:26 -0000
To: postmaster@pp03spem40.
Subject: failure notice

Hi. This is the qmail-send program at pp03spem40..
I tried to deliver a bounce message to this address, but the bounce bounced!

<root@pp03spem40.>:
This message is looping: it already has my Delivered-To line. (#5.4.6)
....

then I get:

Return-Path: <#@[]>
Delivered-To: log@pp03spem40.
Delivered-To: postmaster@pp03spem40.
Date: 22 Jul 2004 13:40:26 -0000
To: postmaster@pp03spem40.
Subject: failure notice

and:

Return-Path: <#@[]>
Delivered-To: log@pp03spem40.
Date: 22 Jul 2004 13:40:26 -0000
To: postmaster@pp03spem40.
Subject: failure notice

and:

Return-Path: <>
Delivered-To: log@pp03spem40.
Delivered-To: root@pp03spem40.
Date: 22 Jul 2004 13:40:25 -0000
To: root@pp03spem40.
Subject: failure notice

and at last:

Return-Path: <>
Delivered-To: log@pp03spem40.
Date: 22 Jul 2004 13:40:25 -0000
To: root@pp03spem40.
Subject: failure notice

I do not use DNS on this machine at all.
Here is the output of qmail-showctl:

qmail home directory: /var/qmail.
user-ext delimiter: -.
paternalism (in decimal): 2.
silent concurrency limit: 120.
subdirectory split: 23.
user ids: 30001, 30002, 30003, 0, 30004, 30005, 30006, 30007.
group ids: 100, 101.

badmailfrom: (Default.) Any MAIL FROM is allowed.

bouncefrom: (Default.) Bounce user name is MAILER-DAEMON.

bouncehost: (Default.) Bounce host name is pp03spem40..

concurrencylocal: (Default.) Local concurrency is 10.

concurrencyremote: (Default.) Remote concurrency is 20.

databytes: (Default.) SMTP DATA limit is 0 bytes.

defaultdomain: Default domain name is pp03spem40.

defaulthost: (Default.) Default host name is pp03spem40..

doublebouncehost: (Default.) 2B recipient host: pp03spem40..

doublebounceto: (Default.) 2B recipient user: postmaster.

envnoathost: (Default.) Presumed domain name is pp03spem40..

helohost: (Default.) SMTP client HELO host name is pp03spem40..

idhost: (Default.) Message-ID host name is pp03spem40..

localiphost: (Default.) Local IP address becomes pp03spem40..

locals: (Default.) Messages for me are delivered locally.

me: My name is pp03spem40..

percenthack: (Default.) The percent hack is not allowed.

plusdomain: Plus domain name is .

qmqpservers: (Default.) No QMQP servers.

queuelifetime: (Default.) Message lifetime in the queue is 604800 seconds.

rcpthosts: (Default.) SMTP clients may send messages to any recipient.

morercpthosts: (Default.) No rcpthosts; morercpthosts is irrelevant.

morercpthosts.cdb: (Default.) No effect.

smtpgreeting: SMTP greeting: 220 pp03spem40 -=NO UNSOLICITED BULK E-MAIL=-.

smtproutes:
SMTP route: :[10.160.230.183]

timeoutconnect: (Default.) SMTP client connection timeout is 60 seconds.

timeoutremote: (Default.) SMTP client data timeout is 1200 seconds.

timeoutsmtpd: (Default.) SMTP server data timeout is 1200 seconds.

virtualdomains:

defaultdelivery: I have no idea what this file does.

concurrencyincoming: I have no idea what this file does.

Beside that, everything else is working just fine.
Thanks,
Vahid.

Vahid <NOSPAM-sunman@ureach.com> writes:

> When I do this: echo "test 2" | qmail-inject root
> I get:
> Return-Path: <#@[]>
> Delivered-To: log@pp03spem40.
> Delivered-To: root@pp03spem40.
> Delivered-To: postmaster@pp03spem40.
> Date: 22 Jul 2004 13:40:26 -0000
> To: postmaster@pp03spem40.
> Subject: failure notice
>
> Hi. This is the qmail-send program at pp03spem40..
> I tried to deliver a bounce message to this address, but the bounce bounced!
>
> <root@pp03spem40.>:
> This message is looping: it already has my Delivered-To line. (#5.4.6)
> ...

What do you have in ~alias/.qmail-root?

> defaulthost: (Default.) Default host name is pp03spem40..

You've either got a trailing dot or no top-level domain...for local
use that's OK.

> rcpthosts: (Default.) SMTP clients may send messages to any recipient.

You're an open rely. That's OK for non-Internet-accessible systems.

--
Dave Sill Oak Ridge National Lab, Workstation Support
Author, The qmail Handbook <http://web.infoave.net/~dsill>
<http://lifewithqmail.org/>: Almost everything you always wanted to know.

Dave Sill wrote:

> Vahid <NOSPAM-sunman@ureach.com> writes:
>
>
>>When I do this: echo "test 2" | qmail-inject root
>>I get:
>>Return-Path: <#@[]>
>>Delivered-To: log@pp03spem40.
>>Delivered-To: root@pp03spem40.
>>Delivered-To: postmaster@pp03spem40.
>>Date: 22 Jul 2004 13:40:26 -0000
>>To: postmaster@pp03spem40.
>>Subject: failure notice
>>
>>Hi. This is the qmail-send program at pp03spem40..
>>I tried to deliver a bounce message to this address, but the bounce bounced!
>>
>><root@pp03spem40.>:
>>This message is looping: it already has my Delivered-To line. (#5.4.6)
>>...
>
>
> What do you have in ~alias/.qmail-root?
root
>
>
>>defaulthost: (Default.) Default host name is pp03spem40..
>
>
> You've either got a trailing dot or no top-level domain...for local
> use that's OK.
yes, I have pp03spem40. in me.
>
>
>>rcpthosts: (Default.) SMTP clients may send messages to any recipient.
>
>
> You're an open rely. That's OK for non-Internet-accessible systems.
Server is not on internet, also I have :
167.113.19.31:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
172.19.110.172:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
:deny

in /etc/tcp.smtp
Am I still an open relay?
Thanks,
Vahid.
>

Vahid <NOSPAM-sunman@ureach.com> writes:

>> What do you have in ~alias/.qmail-root?
>
> root

And you're wondering why mail to root is looping? Try forwarding it to
a real person or saving it in a mailbox.

>>>rcpthosts: (Default.) SMTP clients may send messages to any
>>>recipient.
>>
>> You're an open rely. That's OK for non-Internet-accessible systems.
>
> Server is not on internet, also I have :
> 167.113.19.31:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
> 172.19.110.172:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
> :deny
>
> in /etc/tcp.smtp
> Am I still an open relay?

No. BTW, setting RELAYCLIENT is unnecessary if you don't have a
rcpthosts file.

--
Dave Sill Oak Ridge National Lab, Workstation Support
Author, The qmail Handbook <http://web.infoave.net/~dsill>
<http://lifewithqmail.org/>: Almost everything you always wanted to know.

Dave Sill <MaxFreedom@sws5.ornl.gov> wrote in message news:<wx0smbi2a4l.fsf@sws5.ornl.gov>...
> Vahid <NOSPAM-sunman@ureach.com> writes:
>
> >> What do you have in ~alias/.qmail-root?
> >
> > root
>
> And you're wondering why mail to root is looping? Try forwarding it to
> a real person or saving it in a mailbox.
>
> >>>rcpthosts: (Default.) SMTP clients may send messages to any
> >>>recipient.
> >>
> >> You're an open rely. That's OK for non-Internet-accessible systems.
> >
> > Server is not on internet, also I have :
> > 167.113.19.31:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
> > 172.19.110.172:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
> > :deny
> >
> > in /etc/tcp.smtp
> > Am I still an open relay?
>
> No. BTW, setting RELAYCLIENT is unnecessary if you don't have a
> rcpthosts file.


I have changed ~alias/.qmail-root to a local address, but I still see
bounces, it seems that all my local mails are being forwarded to my
smtproutes.
I do not have DNS running on my machine (server or client), is it
still possible to have qmail to deliver local account locally (not to
check smtproutes)?

Also, in the bounce I see "root@hostname.hostname" :
Return-Path: <#@[]>
Delivered-To: log@pp03spem40
Delivered-To: root@pp03spem40
Delivered-To: postmaster@pp03spem40
Date: 25 Jul 2004 16:16:46 -0000
To: postmaster@pp03spem40
Subject: failure notice

Hi. This is the qmail-send program at pp03spem40.
I tried to deliver a bounce message to this address, but the bounce
bounced!

<root@pp03spem40.pp03spem40>:
65.160.230.183 does not like recipient.
Remote host said: 550 5.7.1 <root@pp03spem40.pp03spem40>... Relaying
denied. IP name lookup failed [167.113.109.37]
Giving up on 65.160.230.183.
....
65.160.230.183 is my smtproutes.
Thanks,
Vahid.

Vahid wrote:
> Dave Sill <MaxFreedom@sws5.ornl.gov> wrote in message news:<wx0smbi2a4l.fsf@sws5.ornl.gov>...
>
>>Vahid <NOSPAM-sunman@ureach.com> writes:
>>
>>
>>>>What do you have in ~alias/.qmail-root?
>>>
>>>root
>>
>>And you're wondering why mail to root is looping? Try forwarding it to
>>a real person or saving it in a mailbox.
>>
>>
>>>>>rcpthosts: (Default.) SMTP clients may send messages to any
>>>>>recipient.
>>>>
>>>>You're an open rely. That's OK for non-Internet-accessible systems.
>>>
>>>Server is not on internet, also I have :
>>>167.113.19.31:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
>>>172.19.110.172:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
>>>:deny
>>>
>>>in /etc/tcp.smtp
>>>Am I still an open relay?
>>
>>No. BTW, setting RELAYCLIENT is unnecessary if you don't have a
>>rcpthosts file.
>
>
>
> I have changed ~alias/.qmail-root to a local address, but I still see
> bounces, it seems that all my local mails are being forwarded to my
> smtproutes.
> I do not have DNS running on my machine (server or client), is it
> still possible to have qmail to deliver local account locally (not to
> check smtproutes)?
>
> Also, in the bounce I see "root@hostname.hostname" :
> Return-Path: <#@[]>
> Delivered-To: log@pp03spem40
> Delivered-To: root@pp03spem40
> Delivered-To: postmaster@pp03spem40
> Date: 25 Jul 2004 16:16:46 -0000
> To: postmaster@pp03spem40
> Subject: failure notice
>
> Hi. This is the qmail-send program at pp03spem40.
> I tried to deliver a bounce message to this address, but the bounce
> bounced!
>
> <root@pp03spem40.pp03spem40>:
> 65.160.230.183 does not like recipient.
> Remote host said: 550 5.7.1 <root@pp03spem40.pp03spem40>... Relaying
> denied. IP name lookup failed [167.113.109.37]
> Giving up on 65.160.230.183.
> ...
> 65.160.230.183 is my smtproutes.
> Thanks,
> Vahid.
Missed a little "Note" in LWQ document. Added ".local" to my me and
defaultdomain and locals, /etc/hosts,... and things seem to be working.
I am not sure what file really need the .local ext.
I looked at the config-fast.sh file and followed it (partially).
Thanks,
Vahid.