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OSX: rejects faxes submitted to CGP from same machine
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2006-11-03 14:14:39
>Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:39:17 +0300
>From: "Technical Support, Stalker Labs"
<supportstalker.com>
>Subject: Re: OSX: rejects faxes submitted to CGP from
same machine
>
>Hello,
>  Gib Henry on 03.11.2006 3:25 wrote:
>>On 10/15/06 at 4:00 AM -0700, CommuniGate Pro
Discussions wrote:
>>>Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 06:53:56 -0700
>>>From: John Rudd <jrudducsc.edu>
>>>Subject: Re: OSX: rejects faxes submitted to CGP
from same machine
>>>
>>>Gib Henry wrote:
>>>>I've been using Mac OS X's built-in fax
receiving software to 
>>>>e-mail incoming faxes to me (fax-to-e-mail
gateway).  However, 
>>>>with the update to 10.4.7, it appears OS X
no longer e-mails the 
>>>>fax using Apple Mail, but instead uses some
built-in, low-level 
>>>>SMTP daemon. Unfortunately, CGP will not
accept the "incoming" 
>>>>message, even though it's from the same
machine, because it wants 
>>>>authentication, and I don't see any way to
provide it.
>>>>
>>>>Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>Which IP address is fax software connecting
through?  Is it 
>>>connectingthrough 127.0.0.1?  And if so, is
127.0.0.1 in your 
>>>client or lan IPsettings in CGP?
>>
>>BOTH its fixed address AND 127.0.0.1 are listed in
BOTH client AND 
>>LAN IP settings.  But the SMTP module complains:
>>
>>18:09:31.87 1 SMTPI-11374([24.73.176.117])
Return-Path 
>>'FaxNotifymail.realpeople.com' rejected: sender
requires 
>>authentication
>
>It looks like you have the "Force AUTH" turned
on, so it will 
>require everyone pretending to be form your domain to
authenticate. 
>See if in you fax program you can change from mail.realpeople.com 
>to something else.

Unfortunately, I don't even KNOW how OS X is sending the
e-mail, so I 
don't know how to control it (perhaps some Terminal
command?). 
However, I could try turning off "Force AUTH"--if
I could find it! 
Where is it in 5.0.12?

>>To add confusion, testing the address on the
Network/Client IPs 
>>page gives " Local:[127.0.0.1] is Trusted
"; testing address 
>>faxnotify on the Router page gives " Routed to
LOCAL host gib() 
>>(can relay) "...but it can't!
>>
>>>And, is it emailing a local address (on the same
machine it 
>>>connects to)or an address on another
host/server?
>>
>>"It" is e-mailing my address, which is
served by CGP on the machine 
>>"it" is on.
>>
>>>From: David Colville <davidkeyoptions.com.au>
>>>Subject: Re: OSX: rejects faxes submitted to CGP
from same machine
>>>Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:58:12 +1000
>>>X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2)
>>>
>>>Could it perhaps be that the CommuniGate
"sendmail" symlink has 
>>>been written over by the "sendmail"
executable that OSX's built-in 
>>>postfix creates?
>>>
>>>See if
>>>
>>>ls -al /usr/sbin/sendmail
>>>
>>>gives:
>>>
>>>lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  33 Sep 14 12:43
sendmail -> 
>>>/usr/sbin/CommuniGatePro/sendmail
>>
>>No, it just showed "sendmail".
>>>if not.... see if a reinstall of the CGPro
installer does it for 
>>>you (or you could just recreate that symlink)...
>>
>>No, a re-install of CGPro didn't change anything. 
There's this 
>>note in the Mac version install package:
>>
>>     The Installer renames the /usr/bin/mail program
into the
>>     /usr/bin/LegacyMail.
>>
>>     If you decide to uninstall the CommuniGate Pro
system, the legacy
>>     mail program
>>
>>     will be renamed back to /usr/bin/mail.
>>
>>
>>     The Installer creates the new /usr/bin/mail
application -
>>
>>     a drop-in substitution for the legacy mail
program.
>>
>>
>>However, I think as of Mac OS X.4, they changed from
mail to 
>>sendmail, and hence the CGP installer may not make
the necessary 
>>change.
>>
>>Can anyone help me to get this working?  Thanks! 
Cheers,


-- 
Gib

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