RE: Sendmail issue

From: Jason Dixon (jason_at_dixongroup.net)
Date: 08/01/03

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    On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 09:44, Mark Haney wrote:
    > > 3) When you telnet to your system, where are you telnetting from? By
    > > default, the redhat supplied access file should allow relaying from
    > > e-mail sumitted locally. i.e. localhost.
    > >
    > Jason and Steve, I think you are right on allowing relaying through
    > localhost. I bet that's exactly why I can get the web interface to send
    > email to outside addresses, but not send one to the list from an outside
    > email and have it sent. But now, I've hit a wall. I've read the docs
    > suggested by Jason, but the relaying issue isn't mentioned. In answer
    > to Steve's question above, I was telnetting to the box from my laptop,
    > ie not localhost. That being said, if the mailing list is sent an email
    > from an outside email to 'weather@myserver.com' the list won't relay it
    > will it? Even if mailman relays to localhost?

    Well, IIRC, you're sending mail to a list which is actually a Mailman
    system alias. Once Mailman receives the mail, it then sends mail out to
    the list members. Since Mailman sends the mail from localhost, you need
    the ability to relay from localhost. It's not as if you have to allow
    relay inbound from other hosts.

    I wasn't pointing you at the docs regarding the relay issue. The docs
    contain information on setting up your aliases properly. That's the
    part most folks usually trip up on. I really don't think relaying is an
    issue. It's likely that your user aliases aren't set up properly.
    Since sendmail doesn't recognize the user for inbound mail, it considers
    it to be an attempted relay. But don't hold me to that. ;-) 

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Jason Dixon, RHCE
DixonGroup Consulting
http://www.dixongroup.net
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