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authorglass <glass@NetBSD.org>1994-03-16 02:11:31 +0000
committerglass <glass@NetBSD.org>1994-03-16 02:11:31 +0000
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sendmail 8.6.7. fixes recently discovered security hole
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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).
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- * 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.
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* 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
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-+ * 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.
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