Re: 507 and distributed sendmail

From: Bill Vermillion (bv_at_wjv.comREMOVE)
Date: 11/28/03

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    In article <3fc6e9d6$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au>,
    Stuart J. Browne <stuart@promed.com.au> wrote:
    >
    >"Bill Vermillion" <bv@wjv.comREMOVE> wrote in message
    >news:Hp1qI1.1EFC@wjv.com...
    >> In article <3fc69881$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au>,
    >> Stuart J. Browne <stuart@promed.com.au> wrote:
    >> >Howdy..
    >>
    >> >Well, 507's distribution of sendmail is just broken. Fun really ;)
    >>
    >> >Some things to note:

    >> >Out of the box, it won't accept unresolvable domains. If the
    >> >machine is not on the internet, this causes issues.

    >> Thats part of Sendmail itself - and the assumption is most
    >> machine are on the internet.

    >But there is a "FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')" which
    >comes with Sendmail to disable this.

    >> Since it's not on the internet am I correct in assuming these
    >> are local domains/IPs. If so have you put the IP or IP block
    >> in 'access' file with the word RELAY?

    >It's not a relaying issue. It's relaying where it should. It's
    >just not accepting when it should.

    I just performed 'glimpse' on my source tree and I do see
    the m4 you are refering too. I see that this had been around since
    sendmail 9.? - so I wonder why that if this was included in the
    older versions why it's not in the current versions. Oversight?

    Bill

    -- 
    Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
    

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