Sending email with dash script fails OS11.4

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I try toe send a email with a dash sctipt to my own email address.
With openSuse 10.0 i used the commandos:

set smtp=smtp.provider.nl
nail -r “$FROM” -s “$SUBJECT” “$TO” <$BodyTekst

with
$FROM as the email address sender
$SUBJECT as the subject
$TO as the destiantion eMail address

With openSuse 11.4 this will not work
who can help me
Kees

The mail.info file contains the following lines

Sep 24 11:54:01 Hektor postfix/smtp[8376]: connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out
Sep 24 11:54:01 Hektor postfix/smtp[8375]: connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out
Sep 24 11:54:01 Hektor postfix/smtp[8377]: connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out
Sep 24 11:54:01 Hektor postfix/smtp[8379]: connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out
Sep 24 11:54:01 Hektor postfix/smtp[8378]: connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out
Sep 24 11:54:01 Hektor postfix/smtp[8376]: F15FB18064E: to=<info@mydomain.nl>, relay=none, delay=638, delays=608/0.02/30/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out)
Sep 24 11:54:01 Hektor postfix/smtp[8379]: 3F23C18063B: to=<LinuxRoot@mydomain.nl>, relay=none, delay=58238, delays=58208/0.04/30/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out)
Sep 24 11:54:01 Hektor postfix/smtp[8375]: DF38918061A: to=<info@mydomain.nl>, relay=none, delay=65229, delays=65199/0.05/30/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out)
Sep 24 11:54:01 Hektor postfix/smtp[8377]: 3DE0B180616: to=<info@mydomain.nl>, relay=none, delay=45739, delays=45708/0.03/30/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out)
Sep 24 11:54:01 Hektor postfix/smtp[8378]: 31545180634: to=<info@mydomain.nl>, relay=none, delay=65136, delays=65105/0.04/30/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out)
Sep 24 11:54:01 Hektor postfix/error[8391]: 0DA12180617: to=<info@mydomain.nl>, relay=none, delay=45641, delays=45611/30/0/0.04, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (delivery temporarily suspended: connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out)
Sep 24 11:54:01 Hektor postfix/error[8393]: 810BE18061F: to=<info@mydomain.nl>, relay=none, delay=65217, delays=65187/30/0/0.04, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (delivery temporarily suspended: connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out)
Sep 24 11:54:01 Hektor postfix/error[8394]: 77124180637: to=<LinuxRoot@mydomain.nl>, relay=none, delay=60640, delays=60610/30/0/0.04, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (delivery temporarily suspended: connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out)
Sep 24 11:54:01 Hektor postfix/error[8395]: 6FB871805FA: to=<info@mydomain.nl>, relay=none, delay=45818, delays=45788/30/0/0.03, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (delivery temporarily suspended: connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out)
Sep 24 11:54:01 Hektor postfix/error[8392]: 80F7D180638: to=<LinuxRoot@mydomain.nl>, relay=none, delay=60640, delays=60610/30/0/0.06, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (delivery temporarily suspended: connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out)
Sep 24 11:54:01 Hektor postfix/error[8391]: 9F58B180640: to=<info@mydomain.nl>, relay=none, delay=46616, delays=46586/30/0/0.04, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (delivery temporarily suspended: connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out)
Sep 24 11:58:31 Hektor postfix/qmgr[2156]: 668E018064C: from=<root@Hektor.site>, size=435, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Sep 24 11:58:31 Hektor postfix/error[8448]: 668E018064C: to=<info@mydomain.nl>, relay=none, delay=1062, delays=1062/0.01/0/0.05, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (delivery temporarily suspended: connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out)
Sep 24 12:08:31 Hektor postfix/qmgr[2156]: F15FB18064E: from=<root@Hektor.site>, size=435, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Sep 24 12:08:31 Hektor postfix/qmgr[2156]: 76780180647: from=<root@Hektor.site>, size=434, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Sep 24 12:09:01 Hektor postfix/smtp[8592]: connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out
Sep 24 12:09:01 Hektor postfix/smtp[8592]: 76780180647: to=<info@mydomain.nl>, relay=none, delay=2193, delays=2163/0.02/30/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out)
Sep 24 12:09:01 Hektor postfix/smtp[8591]: connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out
Sep 24 12:09:01 Hektor postfix/smtp[8591]: F15FB18064E: to=<info@mydomain.nl>, relay=none, delay=1538, delays=1508/0.02/30/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out)
Sep 24 12:18:31 Hektor postfix/qmgr[2156]: 668E018064C: from=<root@Hektor.site>, size=435, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Sep 24 12:19:01 Hektor postfix/smtp[8716]: connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out
Sep 24 12:19:01 Hektor postfix/smtp[8716]: 668E018064C: to=<info@mydomain.nl>, relay=none, delay=2292, delays=2262/0.01/30/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to mydomain.nl[83.137.194.56]:25: Connection timed out)

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As you can see from the log file, it’s relaying to the local postfix instead of relaying to smtp.provider.nl. I don’t know about dash and nail, but you can achieve the same thing in mailx:

mailx -S smtp=smtp.provider.nl -r “$FROM” -s “$SUBJECT” “$TO” <$BodyTekst

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The way I read the logfile,
You’re correctly passing the message to your local SMTP agent which is Postfix, but it’s timing out attempting to connect to your remote SMTP Smart Relay (mydomain.nl). I assume that “mydomain.nl” is the sanitized name for your actual SMTP Smarthosty… If it’s not, then that’s your likely problem.

Otherwise, I’d consider why the remote SMTP Smarthost isn’t responding. You may need to test connecting to that Server using an alternative app (even telnet port 25) to see if you can at least get a banner response… But if that SMTP Smarthost is configured to just not respond in any way in the event of failure, then troubleshooting is a bit more difficult.

Suggestion:
Try the simple mail commaind to send a test message instead of nail.

HTH,
Tony

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To use mailx en the addition -S smtp=smtp.provider.nl
works

Thanks a lot