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Date:      Thu, 8 Aug 2013 13:35:40 +0400
From:      Pavel Timofeev <timp87@gmail.com>
To:        Gregory Shapiro <gshapiro@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sendmail-8.14.7 doesn't work with MS DNS in IPv4 network
Message-ID:  <CAAoTqfvxwFkPb_MVKEPeRW4s2S5oGUO-s0TFQR%2Bq5BvBUGTKyQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130807160528.GC13555@minime.local>
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I tried to revert mentioned patch, i.e. applied this

--- sendmail/conf.c.orig        2013-08-08 12:28:40.000000000 +0400
+++ sendmail/conf.c     2013-08-08 12:31:17.000000000 +0400
@@ -4294,12 +4294,7 @@
 #else /* (SOLARIS > 10000 && SOLARIS < 20400) || (defined(SOLARIS) &&
SOLARIS < 204) || (defined(sony_news) && defined(__svr4)) */
        int nmaps;
 # if NETINET6
-#  ifndef SM_IPNODEBYNAME_FLAGS
-    /* For IPv4-mapped addresses, use: AI_DEFAULT|AI_ALL */
-#   define SM_IPNODEBYNAME_FLAGS       AI_ADDRCONFIG
-#  endif /* SM_IPNODEBYNAME_FLAGS */
-
-       int flags = SM_IPNODEBYNAME_FLAGS;
+       int flags = AI_DEFAULT|AI_ALL;
        int err;
 # endif /* NETINET6 */
        char *maptype[MAXMAPSTACK];

Sendmail started to work

2013/8/7 Gregory Shapiro <gshapiro@freebsd.org>:
>> I found a problem in new FreeBSD 9.2-{BETA2,RC1} which uses Sendmail-8.14.7.
>> If you try to send email from FreeBSD 9.2 in IPv4 network with MS DNS
>> you won't receive it.
>> But in same time email passes from FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE which uses
>> Sendmail-8.14.5.
>
> The recent release made the following change:
>
> --- sendmail/conf.c     25 Jan 2011 18:31:30 -0000      8.1168
> +++ sendmail/conf.c     5 Apr 2013 17:39:09 -0000       8.1182
> @@ -4726,7 +4726,12 @@
>  #else /* (SOLARIS > 10000 && SOLARIS < 20400) || (defined(SOLARIS) && SOLARIS < 204) || (defined(sony_news) && defined(__svr4)) */
>         int nmaps;
>  # if NETINET6
> -       int flags = AI_DEFAULT|AI_ALL;
> +#  ifndef SM_IPNODEBYNAME_FLAGS
> +    /* For IPv4-mapped addresses, use: AI_DEFAULT|AI_ALL */
> +#   define SM_IPNODEBYNAME_FLAGS       AI_ADDRCONFIG
> +#  endif /* SM_IPNODEBYNAME_FLAGS */
> +
> +       int flags = SM_IPNODEBYNAME_FLAGS;
>         int err;
>  # endif /* NETINET6 */
>         char *maptype[MAXMAPSTACK];
>
> Which is described in this release note:
>
>         Drop support for IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses to prevent the MTA
>                 from using a mapped address over a legitimate IPv6 address
>                 and to enforce the proper semantics over the IPv6
>                 connection.  Problem noted by Ulrich Sporlein.
>
> It looks like that SERVFAIL from Microsoft's DNS server is getting
> in the way of that.  I can look at adding this exception to
> WorkAroundBrokenAAAA as a possibility for a future release.
>
> I'd also like to hear feedback on whether the above change (changing
> getipnodebyname() flags from 'AI_DEFAULT | AI_ALL' to 'AI_ADDRCONFIG' went
> too far and what the accepted norm is for getipnodebyname().
>



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