I am running 3 centos 5.2 servers and I have configured the server for forward all messages to root to be emailed to me via .forward rule.

This is working fine on two of the servers but not on the third.

I have also tried copying the mail config files from the backup server and placing them on the file server and restarting sendmail. I also removed and reinstalled sendmail via yum but the results are the same.

I am not sure what the issue could be they are all standard centos installs.

Here is an example from the backup server which is working and the fileserver which isn't I am also going to include the mail log.

good from backup server

[root@backup ]# sendmail -v [email protected] < test.mail
[email protected]... Connecting to [127.0.0.1] via relay...
220 backup.localhost ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.8/8.13.8; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:23:50 -0700
>>> EHLO backup.localhost
250-backup.localhost Hello backup.localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-PIPELINING
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE
250-DSN
250-ETRN
250-DELIVERBY
250 HELP
>>> MAIL From:<[email protected]> SIZE=73
250 2.1.0 <[email protected]>... Sender ok
>>> RCPT To:<[email protected]>
>>> DATA
250 2.1.5 <[email protected]>... Recipient ok
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
>>> .
250 2.0.0 n9GHNoGC020924 Message accepted for delivery
[email protected]... Sent (n9GHNoGC020924 Message accepted for delivery)
Closing connection to [127.0.0.1]
>>> QUIT
221 2.0.0 backup.localhost closing connection

bad from file server

[root@fileserver bernie]#  sendmail -v [email protected] < test.mail
[email protected]... Connecting to [127.0.0.1] via relay...
220 fileserver.localhost ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.8/8.13.8; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:23:26 -0700
>>> EHLO fileserver.localhost
250-fileserver.localhost Hello fileserver.localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
>>> MAIL From:<[email protected]>
550 5.0.0 Access denied
root... Using cached ESMTP connection to [127.0.0.1] via relay...
>>> RSET
250 2.0.0 Reset state
>>> MAIL From:<>
550 5.0.0 Access denied
postmaster... Using cached ESMTP connection to [127.0.0.1] via relay...
>>> RSET
250 2.0.0 Reset state
>>> MAIL From:<>
550 5.0.0 Access denied
Closing connection to [127.0.0.1]
>>> QUIT
221 2.0.0 fileserver.localhost closing connection

mail log

Oct 16 10:39:13 fileserver sendmail[28059]: n9GHdDom028059: from=root, size=72, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<[email protected]>, relay=root@localhost
Oct 16 10:39:13 fileserver sendmail[28060]: n9GHdDwl028060: tcpwrappers (fileserver.localhost, 127.0.0.1) rejection
Oct 16 10:39:13 fileserver sendmail[28059]: n9GHdDom028059: [email protected], ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30072, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable
Oct 16 10:39:13 fileserver sendmail[28059]: n9GHdDom028059: n9GHdDon028059: DSN: Service unavailable
Oct 16 10:39:13 fileserver sendmail[28059]: n9GHdDon028059: to=root, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=31096, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable
Oct 16 10:39:13 fileserver sendmail[28059]: n9GHdDon028059: n9GHdDoo028059: return to sender: Service unavailable
Oct 16 10:39:13 fileserver sendmail[28059]: n9GHdDoo028059: to=postmaster, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=32120, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable
Oct 16 10:39:13 fileserver sendmail[28059]: n9GHdDon028059: Losing ./qfn9GHdDon028059: savemail panic
Oct 16 10:39:13 fileserver sendmail[28059]: n9GHdDon028059: SYSERR(root): savemail: cannot save rejected email anywhere