# Configuring Server Mail Address

**URL:** <https://community.openpbs.org/t/configuring-server-mail-address/1153>\
**Category:** Users/Site Administrators\
**Created:** [August 24, 2018, 10:16am UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/configuring-server-mail-address/1153 "2018-08-24T10:16:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![boboshaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@boboshaq](https://community.openpbs.org/u/boboshaq)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 10:16am UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/configuring-server-mail-address/1153/1 "2018-08-24T10:16:27Z")

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Hi!  
In chaper 2.2.1 of PBS Professional 14.2 Big Book is explained how to set e-mail address that is used to both send and receive administrative mail. How to check that is working properly?  
I set mail\_from server attribute to some address, eg.: `name@pbs.dom.ain.com`  
but I’am not sure is this OK, because in my company mail server are used SPF’s. So when I try send test-mail via /usr/lib/sendmail on that e-mail address, it returned with error message: _“Sender address rejected: unverified address: …”_  
That means that mail server can receive mails only from domain: `dom.ain.com` but from `pbs.dom.ain.com` it can’t.  
Now I set PBS\_MAIL\_HOST\_NAME parameter in pbs.conf (`dom.ain.com`) and I want to check is it working. How can I check it?

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**Author:** ![adarsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@adarsh](https://community.openpbs.org/u/adarsh)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/configuring-server-mail-address/1153/2 "2018-08-24T12:40:12Z")

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[pbsdata@opencent ~]$ qstat -Bf | grep mail  
mail\_from = [adarsh@opencent.com](mailto:adarsh@opencent.com)

[pbsdata@opencent ~]$ qsub -m abe – /bin/sleep 10  
475.opencent

[pbsdata@opencent ~]$ qstat

> [pbsdata@opencent ~]$ mail  
> Heirloom Mail version 12.4 7/29/08. Type ? for help.  
> “/var/spool/mail/pbsdata”: 43 messages 43 new  
> \> N 42 root Fri Aug 24 13:37 16/536 “PBS JOB 475.opencent”  
> N 43 root Fri Aug 24 13:37 23/715 “PBS JOB 475.opencent”  
> & 43  
> Message 43:  
> From [adarsh@opencent.com](mailto:adarsh@opencent.com) Fri Aug 24 13:37:51 2018  
> Return-Path: [adarsh@opencent.com](mailto:adarsh@opencent.com)  
> X-Original-To: pbsdata@opencent  
> Delivered-To: pbsdata@opencent.localdomain  
> To: pbsdata@opencent.localdomain  
> Subject: PBS JOB 475.opencent  
> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:37:51 +0100 (BST)  
> From: [adarsh@opencent.com](mailto:adarsh@opencent.com) (root)  
> Status: R
> 
> PBS Job Id: 475.opencent  
> Job Name: STDIN  
> Execution terminated  
> Exit\_status=0  
> resources\_used.cpupercent=0  
> resources\_used.cput=00:00:00  
> resources\_used.mem=0kb  
> resources\_used.ncpus=1  
> resources\_used.vmem=0kb  
> resources\_used.walltime=00:00:10