[Mailman-Users] Problems with undeliverable mail

Michelle Brownsworth michelle at primelogic.com
Mon Dec 31 08:48:21 CET 2001


>On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 14:37:08 -0800
>Michelle Brownsworth <michelle at primelogic.com> wrote:
>
>>  That makes good sense, Charlie.  Only problem is, I don't know how
>>  to accomplish it in sendmail without enabling
>>  FEATURE(relay_local_from), something I am loath to do for security
>>  reasons.  According to cf/README in the sendmail source:
>
>You have just found one of the larger reasons Sendmail is well
>thought on these lists.
>
>>  If anyone on the list can tell me how to configure sendmail to
>>  accept mail from localhost without checking for a valid domain
>>  either without using FEATURE(relay_local_from) or using it without
>>  compromising security, I would greatly appreciate it.
>
>Chuq Von Rospach has posted extensive details on the area to the
>-developers list.  Search the archives (it may also have been copied
>to the FAQ by now).
>
>Best advice: Install a decent MTA.
>
>--
>J C Lawrence               
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>claw at kanga.nu               He lived as a devil, eh?		 
>http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/  Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.
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Okay, okay...  I know when to throw in the towel.  :^)  I'll 
investigate Postfix, with the hope that it's better than Qmail. 
After running it on a server for a couple of years, I don't care for 
Qmail at all.

.\\ichelle






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