[email protected]:
> Hi all,
>
> I can reproduce this on a "stock" openBSD 5.6 with default main.cf (except
> for the smtpd_client_restrictions, of course).
>
> /var/spool/postfix/etc/resolv.conf contains
>
> lookup file bind
> nameserver 172.16.161.2
Does the problem go away with:
lookup bind
i.e. remove "file" lookups.
Wietse
> and /var/spool/postfix/etc/hosts contains
>
> # $OpenBSD: hosts,v 1.12 2009/03/10 00:42:13 deraadt Exp $
> #
> # Host Database
> #
> # RFC 1918 specifies that these networks are "internal".
> # 10.0.0.0 10.255.255.255
> # 172.16.0.0 172.31.255.255
> # 192.168.0.0 192.168.255.255
> #
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> ::1 localhost
>
> But NOT on a stock Ubuntu with the same config.
>
> I guess this means that I have to ak openBSD?
>
> cheers
> Steven
>
>
> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> From: Wietse Venema
> Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2014 8:01 PM
> To: A. Schulze
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Problem with reject_rbl_client when a wildcard entry for
> mydomain exists
>
> A. Schulze:
> >
> > Viktor Dukhovni:
> >
> > >> general advice: check your /etc/resolv.conf
> > >> usually there is no need for other lines then "nameserver
> > >> $NAMESERVER_IP"
> > >> especially check if "searchdomain" is present and needed and should be
> > >> removed.
> > >
> > > This advice is not right, Postfix works ...
> >
> > Yes, BUT:
> >
> > I had not only postfix in mind. Other server software does not so many
> > things
> > right as postfix does. For that reason "general" ...
> >
> > A server should generally be well configured to use only fully
> > qualified domainnames.
> > As a consequence a server does not need a searchdomain in /etc/resolv.conf
> > and therefor it could be removed.
> > I do so for many years and saw some strange things went away.
> > That's simply my experience running numerous different server over the
> > years.
>
> If some vendor appends domains despite Postfix turning that off,
> please file a complaint. That vendor is not helping.
>
> Wietse
>
>
