Re: [vps-mail] order of email rejections

[Bennett Lanford <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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' ...

Ben
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