Thanks Thomas, Works like a dream.... and it even makes sense!
> -----Original Message----- > From: thomas lakofski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14 March 1999 11:19 > To: Simon Martin > Cc: Debian-user list > Subject: Re: Version 2.0 to 2.1 upgrade > > > On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Simon Martin wrote: > > > 1) sendmail.cf has been moved from /etc to /etc/mail, but the script > > /etc/init.d/sendmail checks for the existence if the /etc/sendmail.cf > > command before it executes anything. > > There should be a file /etc/init.d/sendmail.dpkg-new -- you might want to > replace the /etc/init.d/sendmail file with this one so that it looks in > the right place. > > > 2) I found that submitting mail from the Linux box worked but > submitting it > > from a workstation did not, giving an error about "relaying". > The only way I > > could get round this was to add domain names for all my clients into the > > /etc/mail/relay-domains file. This seems to work, but it is a real drag. > > Thank God I did the upgrade over the weekend. > > This relaying protection is actually something that you definitely DO > want. If you're running sendmail open to all relaying on the Internet, > before long some spammer will discover it and happily steal your bandwidth > and cpu to send their crap all over the Internet, possibly resulting in > the blacklisting of your mailhost stopping you from mailing about 30% of > the net. > > You should be able to use appropriate wildcards in the relay-domains file > so you don't have to do it by host, but by IP ranges (172.16.*) or whole > domains (*.example.com). Yes it's more of a pain than unrestricted > access, but having your mailer exploited by spammers is more of a pain > than anything (and many people will dislike you for it.) > > hope this helps, > > -thomas > > ...... > please forgive my abrupt ending hre - but my conection is > xtrememleyyhiclmelyey BAD hiccuppy etc must sign off - > EF D8 33 68 B3 E3 E9 D2 C1 3E 51 22 8A AA 7B 98 umbra (!) --------------------------------------------------------------- | Simon Martin | "By definition, all software is faulty. | | Project Manager | It is just a mere coincidence if it | | Isys | ever seems to work" ;-) | --------------------------------------------------------------- mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian Linux
