Re: [vps-mail] Testing relays.ordb.org

[Steve Yates <steve@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 10:41:07 -0500
Steve Yates <steve@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Secondly, I'm not sure, but I think sendmail always uses DNS and never
> > looks at /etc/hosts.
> 
> 	But its greeting referenced the name I put in /etc/hosts ("Hello
> 34.85.15.24.relays.ordb.org [24.15.85.34], pleased to meet you").

	Well I think I have an answer.  I believe Godwin is correct, and
despite the greeting, Sendmail is ignoring /etc/hosts.  Secondly I found
another testing method - I don't know if this means the ordb.org site's
instructions are flawed, or maybe just not detailed enough, but I got
different results.  From shell, enter the ">" commands and Sendmail will
give responses:

#sendmail -bt -C /etc/mail/your_hostname.cf
[note: puts Sendmail in test mode; apparently you don't have to stop
sendmail first but I did restart_sendmail when done to be safe]

ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked)
Enter <ruleset> <address>
> .D{client_addr}127.0.0.1
> Basic_check_relay <>
Basic_check_rela   input: < >
Basic_check_rela returns: OKSOFAR
> .D{client_addr}127.0.0.2
> Basic_check_relay <>
Basic_check_rela   input: < >
Basic_check_rela returns: $# error $@ 5 . 7 . 1 $: "550 E-mail from " 127 . 0 . 0 . 2 " rejected due to sending server misconfiguration - see http://www.ordb.org/faq/#why_rejected";
> /quit

	I also found a reference that the FEATURE() lines have to be before
the MAILER(smtp) line, but I'm not positive that made a difference.

 - Steve Yates
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