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| author | glass <glass@NetBSD.org> | 1994-03-16 02:11:31 +0000 |
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| committer | glass <glass@NetBSD.org> | 1994-03-16 02:11:31 +0000 |
| commit | 3fb497653d34cde8706b0e446e52182df5bc4ae7 (patch) | |
| tree | 378207336652cf6132b6412b0e6c3f105621d985 /usr.sbin/sendmail/FAQ | |
| parent | c0ae496079e5f8f6af13afb704a68b285f4d14b4 (diff) | |
sendmail 8.6.7. fixes recently discovered security hole
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/sendmail/FAQ')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/sendmail/FAQ | 65 |
1 files changed, 38 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sendmail/FAQ b/usr.sbin/sendmail/FAQ index 43e02f6e1e1..dac98534741 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/sendmail/FAQ +++ b/usr.sbin/sendmail/FAQ @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Sendmail Version 8 Frequently Asked Questions - Last Update: January 12, 1994 + Version 8.2 of 2/28/94 This FAQ is specific to Version 8 of sendmail. @@ -70,15 +70,6 @@ This FAQ is specific to Version 8 of sendmail. Avolio & Vixie, _Sendmail Theory and Practice_. Digital Press (release date unknown). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Why does the Costales book have a bat on the cover? - - Do you want the real answer or the fun answer? The real - answer is that Bryan Costales was presented with a choice - of three pictures, and he picked the bat because it appealed - to him the most. The fun answer is that, although sendmail - has a reputation for being scary, like a bat, it is really - a rather friendly and intelligent beast. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * How do I make all my addresses appear to be from a single host? Using the V8 configuration macros, use: @@ -302,21 +293,41 @@ This FAQ is specific to Version 8 of sendmail. uucp-dom somehost!wolf somehost!wolf@grasp.insa-lyon.fr uucp-uudom somehost!wolf grasp.insa-lyon.fr!somehost!wolf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -+ * I'm trying to to get my mail to go into queue only mode, and it -+ delivers the mail interactively anyway. (Or, I'm trying to use -+ the "don't deliver to expensive mailer" flag, and it doesn't -+ delivers the mail interactively anyway.) I can see it does it: -+ here's the output of "sendmail -v foo@somehost" (or Mail -v or -+ equivalent). -+ -+ The -v flag to sendmail (which is implied by the -v flag to -+ Mail and other programs in that family) tells sendmail to -+ watch the transaction. Since you have explicitly asked to -+ see what's going on, it assumes that you do not want to to -+ auto-queue, and turns that feature off. Remove the -v flag -+ and use a "tail -f" of the log instead to see what's going on. -+ -+ If you are trying to use the "don't deliver to expensive mailer" -+ flag (mailer flag "e"), be sure you also turn on global option -+ "c" -- otherwise it ignores the mailer flag. + * I'm trying to to get my mail to go into queue only mode, and it + delivers the mail interactively anyway. (Or, I'm trying to use + the "don't deliver to expensive mailer" flag, and it doesn't + delivers the mail interactively anyway.) I can see it does it: + here's the output of "sendmail -v foo@somehost" (or Mail -v or + equivalent). + + The -v flag to sendmail (which is implied by the -v flag to + Mail and other programs in that family) tells sendmail to + watch the transaction. Since you have explicitly asked to + see what's going on, it assumes that you do not want to to + auto-queue, and turns that feature off. Remove the -v flag + and use a "tail -f" of the log instead to see what's going on. + + If you are trying to use the "don't deliver to expensive mailer" + flag (mailer flag "e"), be sure you also turn on global option + "c" -- otherwise it ignores the mailer flag. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + * I'm getting "Local configuration error" messages, such as: + + 553 relay.domain.net config error: mail loops back to myself + 554 <user@domain.net>... Local configuration error + + How can I solve this problem? + + You have asked mail to the domain (e.g., domain.net) to be + forwarded to a specific host (in this case, relay.domain.net) + by using an MX record, but the relay machine doesn't recognize + itself as domain.net. Add domain.net to /etc/sendmail.cw + (if you are using FEATURE(use_cw_file)) or add "Cw domain.net" + to your configuration file. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + * I want to run Sendmail version 8 on my DEC system, but you don't + have MAIL11V3 support in sendmail. How do I handle this? + + Get Paul Vixie's reimplementation of the mail11 protocol + from gatekeeper.dec.com in /pub/DEC/gwtools. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
