Sendmail 8.12.11 from FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE ignores many config directives
I just upgraded from Sendmail 8.12.3 (from FreeBSD 4.6) to a brand new FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE install including Sendmail 8.12.11. I tweaked a few pathnames in my .mc file but otherwise tried to use the same one. Many things weren't working. I've found workarounds for some, but they are hacks, and others simply don't work. I don't really know if this is a sendmail problem or something weird about the FreeBSD port of it. What follows is a list of what's broken. FEATURE(dnsbl, `rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org') FEATURE(dnsbl, `sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org') ... Yes, I'm a MAPS subscriber, DNS is working correctly, and I can query the various lists and get the expected answers back. Addresses which are in one or more of the lists I have configured pass right through sendmail with nary a complaint. I've yet to find any evidence that the check_relay rulesets are being called at all. (I also have FEATURE(access_db, ...) enabled and this appears to be working.) define(`confCW_FILE', `-o /etc/mail/sendmail.cw') This has no effect, though I found that /etc/mail/local-host-names is being consulted so that's a viable workaround. I didn't try removing the -o and I can't recall what that does, so perhaps that was the problem. define(`confTRUSTED_USERS', `majordom') This address the appropriate line to the .cf file, but sendmail seems to ignore it as evidenced by lines like X-Authentication-Warning: orion.kls2.com: majordom set sender to [EMAIL PROTECTED] using -f in mail sent to Majordomo's lists. So far this one seems to be harmless albeit annoying. define(`ALIAS_FILE', `/etc/mail/aliases,/etc/mail/aliases.majordomo') The second alias file is ignored, and yes, I have built .db files for both of them. As a workaround, I finally just lumped Majordomo's aliases into the main system file, but I'd rather keep them separate and the doccy says it should work. I found something which said that m4 wants ``foo,bar'' with pairs of quotes if there's a comma but that made no difference. The resulting line in the .cf file (which matched what worked in the old version) was the same in any case. FEATURE(relay_based_on_MX) It appears that this is being ignored. What's going on? I had hoped to close some holes with the upgrade but at this point I'm about ready to dredge the sendmail 8.12.3 stuff out of my backups and revert to that. Any help in m akeing 8.12.11 match what the documentation claims would be most appreciated. -- Karl ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sendmail 8.12.11 from FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE ignores many config directives
On 2004-09-07 13:20, Karl Swartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just upgraded from Sendmail 8.12.3 (from FreeBSD 4.6) to a brand new
FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE install including Sendmail 8.12.11. I tweaked a
few pathnames in my .mc file but otherwise tried to use the same one.
Many things weren't working. I've found workarounds for some, but they
are hacks, and others simply don't work. I don't really know if this
is a sendmail problem or something weird about the FreeBSD port of it.
What follows is a list of what's broken.
FEATURE(dnsbl, `rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org')
FEATURE(dnsbl, `sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org')
The dnsbl macro now takes 3 arguments IIRC (wrapping inserted by me to
avoid posting one huge line):
% grep dnsbl /etc/mail/freebsd.mc
dnl FEATURE(dnsbl, `blackholes.mail-abuse.org',
`550 Mail from ${client_addr} rejected, \
see http://mail-abuse.org/cgi-bin/lookup?; ${client_addr}')
define(`confCW_FILE', `-o /etc/mail/sendmail.cw')
This has no effect, though I found that /etc/mail/local-host-names is
being consulted so that's a viable workaround. I didn't try removing
the -o and I can't recall what that does, so perhaps that was the
problem.
Hmmm, this works perfectly here. Are you sure there isn't something
else that is wrong, i.e. your /etc/mail/sendmail.cf being generated from
the wrong .mc file or something?
FEATURE(relay_based_on_MX)
It appears that this is being ignored.
See above. It's not normal for Sendmail to ``ignore'' all this stuff.
- Giorgos
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Re: Sendmail 8.12.11 from FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE ignores many config directives
FEATURE(dnsbl, `rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org')
FEATURE(dnsbl, `sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org')
The dnsbl macro now takes 3 arguments IIRC (wrapping inserted by me to
avoid posting one huge line):
% grep dnsbl /etc/mail/freebsd.mc
dnl FEATURE(dnsbl, `blackholes.mail-abuse.org',
`550 Mail from ${client_addr} rejected, \
see http://mail-abuse.org/cgi-bin/lookup?; ${client_addr}')
It did before. The third argument defaults to a suitable message, the
text of which changed slightly from 8.12.3 to 8.12.11 though sendmail
doesn't care about that.
Hmmm, this works perfectly here. Are you sure there isn't something
else that is wrong, i.e. your /etc/mail/sendmail.cf being generated from
the wrong .mc file or something?
Argh! My old makefile was doing the install for me; the new one is
not. I did a make install then make restart and now it seems to be
happier. Sigh.
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