Re: Sendmail Quandry

[Danny Sauer <cloudmaster@cloudmaster.com>]

First, go here
http://postfix.energybeam.com/source/index.html

Then, go here
http://postfix.energybeam.com/basic.html

All of your sendmail problems will magically disappear, and your mail 
system will work better to boot. :)

--Danny, who hates sendmail (or, more specifically, M4)

On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 09:05 AM, Todd Davis wrote:

> Assuming that you are using a RedHat-type sendmail.mc configuration, 
> you
> need to add the domain by which you wish to receive the mail to
> /etc/mail/local-host-names.  To allow relaying add the subnet rule to
> /etc/mail/access.  eg: 64.0.0.0  RELAY
>
> Then restart sendmail.
>
> Other than that, you've stated what you want it to do, but not what
> results you're getting.
>
>
> On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 08:33, Erving Blake wrote:
>> I have been 'trying' to get sendmail to do what I want so long that I 
>> dont
>> know just how messed up I have it.. I have seen some of the strangest 
>> things
>> lately...
>> What I want it to do is this:
>> 1) Accept incomming email for people on my net ie...  
>> theboss@64.198.89.220
>> or al@64.198.89.220 (I currently dont have my domain name pointing to 
>> this
>> server)..
>> 2) relay mail comming from my internal network to the internet.
>> 3) REJECT others sending mail FROM the internet TO the internet. 
>> Tired of
>> being a spam server.
>>
>> I have made too many attempts at this to even begin to explain my 
>> current
>> config. I am just lucky to have it allow me to send this mail out.... 
>> Most
>> of the howto's I have read are so brief on the subject or so complex
>> (involving things that dont apply to my config) that I have really 
>> screwed
>> it up.. I am about ready to trash it all and go back to the default 
>> config,
>> but I cant remember what all I did to block the spam pipe.
>>
>> I only have two hairs that aint been pulled. Someone wanna throw me a 
>> bone
>> (or a .conf file) and save their lives?
>> Thanks.. Jorj
>>
>>
>>
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> Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE #807101281603181)
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