Re: [vps-mail] Sendmail - going from spammers.db to access.db

["Bennett Lanford" <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Weldon Whipple <weldon@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:

> On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Marjolein Katsma wrote:
> > 3. For some accounts/personalities I've set up in my client Eudora, I
> > had the smtp server set to that on the server (smtp.mydomain.com)
> > instead of that of my access provider (used to be dial-up; ADSL now).
> > This has always worked - until the new sendmail.cf was put into place;
> > now this is rejected with a message like: <nodeaddress.tld> [IP] did not
> > issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to stdin
> 
> Eudora is connecting but not talking to sendmail. Increase sendmail's
> loglevel to (say) 15 in your mc file:
> 
> define(`confLOG_LEVEL',`15')
> 
> Then check ~/var/log/messages for clues ...
> 
> > It looks like teh new sendmail (config) is mor estrict in this (which is
> > good) - but I'd like to continue use my old method fo rat least some
> > accounts.
> 
> > - Am I correct in thinking this could be resolved by added a Connect:IP
> > RELAY rule in access.db (where IP is the fixed IP address for my ADSL
> > node)? Or is there some other problem?
> 
> If that doesn't work, try it without the "Connect:" and see what happens
> ... or try a "From:" (???)

If I remember correctly, the default.mc file (on VPS1) includes a rule set 
named Local_check_rcpt (under the LOCAL_RULESETS section of the mc file). 
Those rules include a pop-before-smtp-relay check of the relayers database, 
which short circuits (and prevents from happening) sendmail's check for RELAY 
lines in access.db.

If you don't use pop-before-smtp-relay, then you can use switch to the mc file 
named default-auth-only.mc. I think the only difference between it and the 
default.mc file is that the Local_check_rcpt ruleset is deleted ... so RELAY 
lines in access.db will work.

(Using SMTP authentication only (without POP before SMTP) gives a bit tighter 
control over relayers using your server for relays.)

Speaking of SMTP AUTH: Your Eudora problems might be solved if you can get 
Eudora to authenticate (with a valid VPS user name and password) to sendmail. 
(I don't use Eudora; maybe someone with more experience knows configuration 
details ...)

-- 
Bennett Lanford
ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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