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Date:      Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:09:55 -0600
From:      Steve Suhre <tech@nano.net>
To:        Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Steve Suhre <steve@pasta.net>
Subject:   Re: sendmail
Message-ID:  <44F8CBD3.4090908@nano.net>
In-Reply-To: <89202C6E-DA1B-46F9-890E-98DAB58EDC51@dpcsys.com>
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Thanks Dan. I did try putting "name+*@woohoo.com" to catch all of the 
"name123@woohoo.com" addresses, but it didn't seem to help. I'll try 
your suggestions.






Dan Busarow wrote:

>
> On Sep 1, 2006, at 4:23 PM, Peter Jeremy wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2006-Sep-01 15:54:54 -0600, Steve Suhre wrote:
>>
>>> The domain is resolvable. It's a local domain, that's why the server
>>> rejects the message. It can see that the username doesn't exist and
>>> dumps the connection right away. Here's an example, the mail never gets
>>> sent. "woohoo.com" is the local domain:
>>>
>>> Fri Sep 01 17:00:35 GMT+00:00 2006Opening connection to MailServer
>>> Fri Sep 01 17:00:35 GMT+00:00 2006 Sending Mail message
>>> Fri Sep 01 17:00:35 GMT+00:00 2006SMTP msg sent:HELO napserver.DBTDNS
>>> Fri Sep 01 17:00:35 GMT+00:00 2006SMTP response220 mail.domain.com 
>>> ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.10/8.12.10; Fri, 1 Sep 2006 10:59:12 -0600 (MDT)
>>> Fri Sep 01 17:00:35 GMT+00:00 2006SMTP msg sent:MAIL FROM: 
>>> name5612@woohoo.com
>>> Fri Sep 01 17:00:35 GMT+00:00 2006SMTP response250 mail.domain.com 
>>> Hello 123-45-67-150.woohoo.com [123.45.67.150] (may be forged), 
>>> pleased to meet you
>>> Fri Sep 01 17:00:35 GMT+00:00 2006SMTP msg sent:RCPT TO: 
>>> kripton@hoowoo.com
>>> Fri Sep 01 17:00:35 GMT+00:00 2006SMTP response553 5.3.0 
>>> name5612@woohoo.com... User Unknown
>>> Fri Sep 01 17:00:35 GMT+00:00 2006SMTP msg sent:DATA
>>> Fri Sep 01 17:00:35 GMT+00:00 2006SMTP response503 5.0.0 Need MAIL 
>>> before RCPT
>>> Fri Sep 01 17:00:35 GMT+00:00 2006SMTP response503 5.0.0 Need MAIL 
>>> command
>>
>>
>> I can't reproduce this with sendmail 8.13 (though I'm not sure I'm
>> correctly replicating your environment). I suggest you either UTSL or
>> ask on a sendmail list.
>
>
> I was able to duplicate it.
>
> It seems to kick when when the sender domain is in your virtusertable 
> with entries like
>
> a@woohoo.com a
> b@woohoo.com b
> @woohoo.com error:nouser User Unknown
>
> If the domain does not have the error condition, i.e. lets the address 
> fall through as a local user, then sendmail does not complain. With 
> the error condition you'll see behaviour just as described.
>
> This is part of check_mail which you *do not* want to disable. So 
> you'll need to either change your virtusertable to use a catchall
>
> @woohoo.com nobody
>
> or remove the bare @woohoo.com from the virtusertable and let the 
> address fall through as a local user.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Steve Suhre
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