Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 10:47:55 +0000 (GMT) From: Wayne M Barnes <stabilizer@klentaq1.emergingtech.org> To: jtorner@csusb.edu (Javier Torner) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Stable) Subject: Re: mail relaying denied Message-ID: <199904071047.KAA16889@klentaq1.emergingtech.org> In-Reply-To: <199904062249.PAA29956@mail.csusb.edu> from Javier Torner at "Apr 6, 1999 3:49:28 pm"
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Dear Javier,
Thank you very much. This worked.
Now I would like to suggest that the FreeBSD 3.1 install and make
world should have done this for me. Evidently this new 'feature' is
part of an upgraded sendmail that is in 3.1 for the first time recently,
so the install should provide my poor computer with its own domain
authorized in the new file /etc/mail/relay-domains.
Then the user that learns more about the new sendmail
filtering can always tighten it up later, if necessary. Luckily,
I had only two users using Pegasus (I suppose Eudora would have had
the same problem). It could have been dozens. My poor users popped with
their login names and passwords. Who knew that sendmail would now consider
their W95 systems to be real computers?
After a couple of replies to my posting, I was able to find the
error message from the bounced emails in /etc/sendmail.cf. I altered
it to include the name of my computer, so then I knew my computer
was indeed doing the bouncing. These messages should always include which
computer is doing the bouncing, since email goes through countless computers,
does it not?
I have looked at the URL you suggested. Thank you very much.
Eventually that will help a lot. There is no clue on that page
how to turn on the 'FEATURES' (sigh). No clues about any of
this at 'man sendmail', either. .... Hm. It looks like I
would want to implement something called popauth, but it doesn't look
fast.
Wayne M Barnes stabilizer@klentaq1.emergingtech.org
> Look at the sendmail site
> http://www.sendmail.org/tips/relaying.html
>
> Basically you may need to create the file relay-domains
> in /etc/mail specifying the domains that you will
> allow to relay mail.
>
> In your case you will need to have
> .wustl.edu
>
> Once you create the file remember to SIGHUP sendmail.
>
>
> Javier Torner
>
> > Dear Phillip,
> >
> > Thank you for your advice, but I have no such file relay-domains.
> > See the ls /etc/mail below). The README file is all about spam filtering,
> > which I evidently have not enabled. It looks like this directory is
> > expecting a 'make', but I have not done that there, yet.
> >
> > What do you mean by my 'IP classes' and 'secondary level domain' ?
> >
> > Is a make in this directory essential to curing my problem?
> >
> > Wayne M Barnes stabilizer@klentaq1.emergingtech.org
> >
> >
> > > The problem is most likely in sendmail. vi /etc/mail/relay-domains
> > > and add your IP classes and/or secondary level domain.
> > >
> > > --
> > > phillip Salzman
> > >
> > > On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Wayne M Barnes wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear FreeBSD,
> > > >
> > > > Since I have installed 3.0/3.1, one of my mailing systems has been
> > > > refusing to send. Since this system worked fine with the popper on
> > > > FreeBSD 2.2.8, I suspect some problem with my upgrade.
> > > >
> > > > The mailer is Pegasus on Windows95, and the pop mailer is /usr/ports/mail/popper.
> > > > This problem has happened on 2 systems that are quite separate, although
> > > > they both do cross the Washington University network.
> > > >
> > > > Delivery has failed on the enclosed message for the following
> > > > reasons reported either by the mail delivery system on the mail
> > > > relay host or by the local TCP/IP transport module:
> > > >
> > > > 550 <CooperS@msnotes.wustl.edu>... Relaying denied
> > > > 550 <wayne@barnes1.wustl.edu>... Relaying denied
> > > >
> > > > Your original mail message follows:
> > > > --------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > X-PM-Identity: <Default>
> > > > From: wayne@klentaq1.emergingtech.org
> > > > To: CooperS@msnotes.wustl.edu
> > > > Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 16:19:28 -0500
> > > > MIME-Version: 1.0
> > > > Content-type: Multipart/Mixed; boundary=Message-Boundary-9276
> > > > Subject: term sheet
> > > > CC: wayne@barnes1.wustl.edu
> > > > Priority: normal
> > > > X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01d)
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone recognize which computer is issuing "Relaying denied"?
> > > > Could it be my FreeBSD 3.1 system?
> > > >
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