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Date:      Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:47:13 +1200
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
To:        Richard Shea <freebsdQ0@richardshea.fastmail.fm>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: sendmail_enable="NO" /"YES"/"MAYBE" ?
Message-ID:  <20030811224713.GB80897@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
In-Reply-To: <20030811224206.5AEE876790@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com>
References:  <20030811093337.M742-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> <3F377B26.6060004@401.cx> <20030811224206.5AEE876790@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com>

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On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 10:42:06AM +1200, Richard Shea wrote:

> Well I discovered I think that if I don't use /etc/mail/access in fact I
> cannot send mail through the FBSD box. (I get "550 5.7.1 ... Relaying
> denied"). So I went an looked at /etc/mail and there is a access.sample
> but not a plain access file so I copied and edited access.sample to
> include a line ...
> 
> 192.168.10.4 OK
> 
> ... and rebooted but still I get the same error.

What you should have done was:

    # cd /etc/mail
    # cp access.sample access
    # vi access                 (edit to your heart's content)
    # make                      (rebuild's the access database)

and sendmail will pick up your changes. You don't need to reboot.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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                                         "Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck" - Curly



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