From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Feb 6 07:02:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA23807 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 07:02:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from crh.cl.msu.edu (crh.cl.msu.edu [35.8.1.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA23635 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 07:01:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from henrich@localhost) by crh.cl.msu.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA22239; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 10:01:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from henrich) Message-ID: <19980206100158.50669@crh.cl.msu.edu> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 10:01:58 -0500 From: Charles Henrich To: Terry Lambert Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mail.local quota fix References: <19980205161613.28272@crh.cl.msu.edu> <199802060025.RAA28760@usr09.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <199802060025.RAA28760@usr09.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Fri, Feb 06, 1998 at 12:25:16AM +0000 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE X-PGP-Fingerprint: 1024/F7 FD C7 3A F5 6A 23 BF 76 C4 B8 C9 6E 41 A4 4F Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" On the subject of Re: mail.local quota fix, Terry Lambert stated: > > With the mail.local quota fix, and indeed sendmail in general, if in the > > Mlocal conifugration in /etc/sendmail.cf, the m option causes a message to > > fail for all (large chunk) recipients if any one fails. This is really > > bad in the quota case, one failed quota, message is bounced for all > > recips, and generally really annoying when sending outbound mail and you > > typo one address. > > > > The solution is to remove the m option from the F= on Mlocal, and I > > believe we should do this for the general FreeBSD case, and perhaps make a > > note that if you are planning on extremely high volume mail services you > > might want to put it back. (Although in that case, I would think one > > would deliver to the queue first anyway, and let sendmail do its thing, in > > which case it shouldnt hurt too badly). > > > > Thoughts, opinions, tar'n'feathering? > > Put a '1' in the "F=" for the "Mlocal" mailer in sendmail.cf, and sendmail > will deliever only one address per message to the mail.local programat a > time. This will also have the side effect of putting valid 'for > " values on your "Received:" timestamp lines (truly a win if you > are using a multidrop mailbox accessed via popper or fetchmail, and a > necessary part of virtual domain hosting without serious hacks to support > "X-Envelope-To:"). I believe that is equivilant to removing the small m. -Crh Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich