Re: [vps-mail] order of email rejections

[Bennett Lanford <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Chris Edwards wrote:

> 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?

The documentation doesn't mention any requirement like that. (It just 
mentions that delay_checks should go in the mc file after access_db.)

In checking my own mc file (FWIW), I see that my dnsbl features come after 
the access_db and delay_checks features. ... But I don't think it matters.

Ben
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