Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 16:15:20 +0200 From: Stefano Riva <sriva@alice.it> To: "James C. Durham" <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail check_rcpt fix Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990420161520.009e4e40@relay.alice.it> In-Reply-To: <199904201152.LAA20066@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
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At 11.52 20/04/99 GMT, you wrote: >The "check_rcpt" ruleset as shipped with the >sendmail.cf file that comes with the 3.1-RELEASE >appears to be broken. It does not allow machines >on a local LAN with unregistered IP addresses to >relay mail through a server running 3.1-RELEASE with >the stock sendmail.cf file. The mail is rejected with >"relaying denied" from the check_rcpt ruleset. AFAIK, it's not a bug, it's a feature... Sendmail >= 8.9.x changed the previous default "open" relaying policy to deny "foreign" systems relaying mail to other "foreign" systems (anti-spam rule). I guess local machines with unregistered IPs are "foreign" from the sendmail's point of view. --- Stefano Riva Software Engineer - Systems Administrator Informazioni Editoriali I.E. Srl Phone +39-027528400, Fax +39-027528451 Email sriva@alice.it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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