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Date:      Mon, 23 Aug 1999 08:39:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
To:        "Charles A. Peters" <cpeters2@home.com>
Cc:        mremski@bsg-ma-pm1.netcom.net, Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Rejected email messages due to relaying being denied (error 550)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908230839350.15663-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <000001beecf0$058597e0$cb730418@charles.domain>

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I thought the check stopped at the first match, and that all:all:allow
would go last then in the file.

On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Charles A. Peters wrote:

> In looking at my /etc/hosts.allow file, I find the following line:
> 
> 	ALL : ALL : allow
> 
> then later in the file:
> 
> 	sendmail : localhost : allow
> 	sendmail : .nice.guy.example.com : allow
> 	sendmail : .evil.cracker.example.com : deny
> 	sendmail : ALL : allow
> 
> Shouldn't these lines be allowing everything needed for other domains
> to be able to check (those with valid accounts on my server) from my
> server and send mail to my server.
> 
> Also, how does this file interact with sendmail and the
> /etc/mail/relay-domains files.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Charles
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mremski@bsg-ma-pm1.netcom.net
> > [mailto:mremski@bsg-ma-pm1.netcom.net]
> > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 6:13 PM
> > To: cpeters2@home.com
> > Cc: freebsd-question@freebsd.org
> > Subject: Re: Rejected email messages due to relaying being
> > denied (error
> > 550)
> >
> >
> > Hi Charles.
> >
> > Take a look at your /etc/hosts.allow.  You probably need
> > to add "allow"
> > lines for your other hosts.  File is heavily commented, so
> > have at it.
> >
> > mike
> > --
> > "You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike."
> >
> 
> 
> 
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