From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 24 17:02:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA00334 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 17:02:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA00254 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 17:02:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA16203; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 17:00:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 17:00:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/mail spam filters In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe wrote: > > Hello... i have some questions about the spam filters in /etc/mail > (2.2.6-STABLE). > > What exactly is the difference between /etc/sendmail.cR and > /etc/mail/Relay-Hosts? Do i create the latter and make a copy saved as > /etc/sendmail.cR? I don't seem to see any reference to /etc/sendmail.cR > in my sendmail.cf, except in the comments from the sendmail.cf additions > file in /etc/mail. To enable the antirealy functionality you must modify the stock sendmail.cf with the rules in /etc/mail. Then the aformentioned files will work. > Why, if i put "host1.domain.com" in relay hosts, does mail get bounced > unless i put host1.domain.com's ip in Local-IP? Do i have to put it in > both? Read the README and the comments, they should tell you what does what. > I'm guessing that CNAMEs do not matter as long as the main hostname is in > the file? (ie the one the IP resolves to) All domains must resolve to an IP address. If it doesn't then someone has a nameserver screwup. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message