Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 17:35:03 +0000 From: Michael Doyle <relyod@co-operation-ireland.ie> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Help with sendmail Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000126173503.00845710@199.107.2.1>
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I need help to configure sendmail on my server not to use DNS by default. From the sendmail FAQ: >In situations where you're behind a firewall, or across a dial-up line, >there are times when you need to make sure that programs (such as >sendmail) do not use the DNS at all. >With version 8.8, you change the service switch file to omit "DNS" and >use only NIS, files, and other map types as appropriate. Here's what I've tried: However, creating a file "/etc/service.switch" (and uncommenting the service switch file in /etc/sendmail.cd so that it reads O ServiceSwitchFile=/etc/service.switch and taking the other steps (HoldExpensive=True, and adding "e" to the "F=" lines for SMTP and RELAY, etc. mailer definitions) The /etc/service.switch file contains a single line with the entry hosts What (if anything) have I done wrong or left out? Since upgrading to FreeBSD 3.2 (from 2.2.7) the server rejects all local email if it cannot phone the ISP - so if the ISP is busy, no-one can even add mail to the queue - with FreeBSD 2.2.7, when the ISP was unavailable, messages were queued. - It's probably the new anti-spam rules causing the problem - but I need some way of "fixing" it. Please contact me directly with suggestions (I'm not subscribed to the list - too many messages) <>< ============================================================ ><> Michael Doyle email: relyod@co-operation-ireland.ie Network Administrator personal email: relyod@indigo.ie Co-operation Ireland http://www.co-operation-ireland.ie/ Phone: +353-1-661 0588 Fax: +353-1-661 8456 ********************************************************************* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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