Re: [vps-mail] order of email rejections

[Chris Edwards <chris.edwards@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bennett Lanford wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Chris Edwards wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > Does the order of features in the sendmail config file dictate which 
> > feature runs first?
>
>
> Sometimes. According to the cf/README, the "general" order of directives 
> in the mc file is:
>
> VERSIONID
> OSTYPE
> DOMAIN
> FEATURE
> local macro definitions
> MAILER
> LOCAL_CONFIG
> LOCAL_RULE_*
> LOCAL_RULESETS
>
> (Different sources have given slightly different versions of the above, 
> but it is generally a good rule of thumb.)
>
> > ex.
> >
> > If I declare FEATURE(`access_db', `hash -T<TMPF> -o /etc/access')dnl
> > before FEATURE(`dnsbl', `bl.spamcop.net', `"SPAM blocked see: 
> > http://spamcop.net/bl.shtml?"$&{client_addr}')dnl
> >
> > Will the access file be checked before the balick list file?
>
>
> No.
>
> In order for that to occur, you need to add the line:
>
> FEATURE(`delay_checks')dnl
>
> *after* the line that begins:
>
> FEATURE(`access_db' ...

if I add the delay_checks, would I still have to put the 
FEATURE(`access_db`... before the FEATURE(`dnsbl`).. lines?

Thanks.

--
Chris Edwards
Web Application Developer
Outer Banks Internet, Inc.
252-441-6698
chris.edwards@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.OuterBanksInternet.com

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