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

[Marjolein Katsma <tfyj8lv02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

More pieces of the puzzle...

At 01:44 2003-11-21, Bennett Lanford wrote:
>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). 

Correct.

Comment at the top of default.mc says:
# Relayers can authenticate with either POP before SMTP or SMTP AUTH

Except, when Eudora tried that, with sendmail.cf based on default.mc, it was rejected. So, my conclusion now is that somehow, authentication with SMTP AUTH was _not_ allowed, in spite of what this comment states. When I UNchecked "Authentication allowed" in Eudora, mail got through again.

>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.

I see are three lines _apparently_ setting up SMTP AUTH (?):
# SMTP AUTH configuration for relaying through server
define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS',`PLAIN LOGIN')dnl
TRUST_AUTH_MECH(`PLAIN LOGIN')dnl

What notice is:
- in default.mc these lines occur _before_ the lines setting up access.db, while 
- in default-auth-only.mc these lines occur after the access.db definition

(And a comment at the top of default-auth-only.mc states:
# Relayers must authenticate with SMTP AUTH
Must?)

>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

That, too - but the location of the SMTP AUTH configuration is different as well. And the setting up of the relayers map (Krelayers) is also missing in default-auth-only.mc

> ... so RELAY lines in access.db will work.

Looking at default.mc, I think one could accomplish the same (RELAY working in access.db) by merely moving the three lines mentioned above _after_ the access.db lines, just like they are in default-auth-only.mc ?
Comments?

Except, now that Eudora is no longer set up to use AUTH (only) I don't think I need RELAY lines in access.db at all. And if I don't need those, I don't need to change the order in which SMPT AUTH (?) and access.db are set up either.

I think, for now, I'll just continue with my default.mc based config and move on to set up access.db. Unless I'm still missing something really important here...


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Marjolein Katsma

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