This is a problem as you specified it. You need to modify vpopmail to add
the RBLSMTPD="" entry and things will work as you want them to.
On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Mark Tippetts wrote:
> Hey,
>
>
> I've been distracted from developing a qmail test-bed with the following
> Sendmail problem, and I'm concerned about the same problem in qmail.
>
> We're using the popauth hack (for roaming users) and the DUL-RBL. This
> works great, unless a popauth-OK'ed address is in the DUL. The DUL is
> checked first. Since checks end with a reject on matches to the rbl, the OK
> in popauth.db is never seen, and all outgoing mail from the user bounces,
> even though they've authenticated via POP.
>
> I understand that things flow in the opposite direction here, but it seems
> like the problem remains-- at least according to my rudimentary knowledge of
> qmail. First, tcpserver checks tcp.smtp.cdb and passes the connection with
> x.x.x.x:allow,RELAYCLIENT="". Later in the pipe we encounter instances of
> rblsmtpd. $RBLSMTPD is not set, so a lookup is done, and matched against
> the DUL, and the mail is rejected. rblsmtpd doesn't care about the status
> of $RELAYCLIENT, and the message never reaches qmail-smtpd, because the pipe
> has already closed.
>
> If I were using a simple /etc/tcp.smtp file, I'd gather the answer would be
> to modify lines to read x.x.x.:allow,RELAYCLIENT="",RBLSMTPD="". Perhaps
> this is a solution for customers using our dial-ups. But I'm concerned with
> roaming users. I'm using Vpopmail with --enable-roaming-users, and this
> adds its own lines to the cdb.
>
> Would I need to modify the Vpopmail source to add the RBLSMTPD=""
> assignment? Am I imagining bogymen and there's no problem? Or is there a
> problem, but with a simple solution I've missed?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark Tippetts
>
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