Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 14:59:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: chad@dcfinc.com Cc: Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@physik.fu-berlin.de>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail in -stable and aliases Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980422145545.17722C-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> In-Reply-To: <199804222133.OAA18835@freebie.dcfinc.com>
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On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Chad R. Larson wrote: > > I cannot say if this is general sendmail related or FreeBSD specific, > > as I only have a FreeBSD box to tamper with. > [snip] > > then localy everything works again, but not for incoming mails from > > outside: Apr 22 22:12:03 rige sendmail[29993]: WAA29993: > > <testing@rige.physik.fu-berlin.de>... User unknown > > The big clue is that it works for outgoing and local mail, but not incoming. > Your mailer spawns a new copy of sendmail for each delivery, and those > will read the alias database(s) as they start. But incoming mail (TCP > to port 25) connects to the daemon sendmail, which loaded it's idea of > aliases at boot time. No. The alias database is queried when necessary. It is only opened when queried. The Bat book has a good dicussion of this, including what sendmail does if it trying to access the aliases database while newaliases is creating it. I think this is a bug in sendmail. It is probably forgetting to close the secondary aliases database, so it does not notice the new version. Remember, the primary aliases database does work properly. > Stop and start the daemon version, and you should be fine. Another tip: make sure your mail server is secured against unauthorized relaying. > -crl > -- > Chad R. Larson (CRL22) Brother, can you paradigm? > 602-953-1392 chad@dcfinc.com chad@anasazi.com larson1@home.com > DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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