How to tell scalix SMTP do NOT lookup sender's addresses?

[akoei]

I alway got 451 4.1.8 error. I have
FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')dnl
FEATURE(`accept_unqualified_senders')dnl
in sendmail.mc file, and re-build sendmail.cf, but doesn't work. need help please.

[grahamk]

Firstly, why do you need to do this? There may be a better solution.

What you have changed is a sendmail config file.. I'm not certain, but I think the issue may be with the scalix smtpd service, and not sendmail. If I am correct, one solution would be to change your system configuration so that sendmail listens on port 25, and not scalix smtpd. Information on how to achieve this is available on the forum.

[akoei]

Firstly, why do you need to do this? There may be a better solution.

What you have changed is a sendmail config file.. I'm not certain, but I think the issue may be with the scalix smtpd service, and not sendmail. If I am correct, one solution would be to change your system configuration so that sendmail listens on port 25, and not scalix smtpd. Information on how to achieve this is available on the forum.

oh, well, it is a long story...

The reason I want to do this is I use fetchmail to connect ISP's pop3 and scalix. But some emails always give me 451 4.1.8 error when they are being fetched. It takes very long time. From fetchmail FAQ, it says SMTP server settings need to be changed, but not fetchmail. Then, you know, I am here.

Scalix smtpd seems just a SMTP relay, right? Does it have strong functions like spam detection? I have setup ClamAV and Spamassassin in scalix. If I skip scalix smtpd, do I need to redo all AV and spam parts?

[adhodgson]

Hi,

In my experience of SMTPD it passes commands to Sendmail, so if Sendmail complains about a non fully qualified domain, SMTPD will return the error. What I would do in this instance is concentrate on Sendmail, by telneting to localhost on port 25, then issuing the commands as if you were going to send an email from an invalid domain.

I could be wrong here - it is just my observations with a few months experience with Scalix.

Andrew.

[akoei]

Hi,

In my experience of SMTPD it passes commands to Sendmail, so if Sendmail complains about a non fully qualified domain, SMTPD will return the error. What I would do in this instance is concentrate on Sendmail, by telneting to localhost on port 25, then issuing the commands as if you were going to send an email from an invalid domain.

I could be wrong here - it is just my observations with a few months experience with Scalix.

Andrew.

You are right - I just check the sendmail log, and found the 451 4.1.8 error logs there.

Sep 5 14:58:01 imcamk-mx01 sendmail[28821]: l85IvWEA028821: ruleset=check_mail, arg1=<craig@craigminch.com>, relay=root@localhost, reject=451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address craig@craigminch.com does not resolve

I am wondering how can I setup sendmail to NOT check sender's address? Or how can I know my sendmail.cf had been configured like that, since I had configured sendmail.mc and use m4 rebuild sendmail.cf.

[adhodgson]

Hi,

What distro are you using? On my Scalix RHEL4 box and a webserver running RHEL5, Sendmail is not actually doing this, and we don't have the relevant lines in the mc file either. Unless the distro's version of Sendmail changes things, the default should be to not do this.

Andrew.

[adhodgson]

Hi,

Also, are you using make to rebuild sendmail.cf? I usually do make all from /etc/mail or make -F /etc/mail, which I think does the same thing - i.e, runs the relevant commands on all the relevant files.

Andrew.

[akoei]

Hi,

What distro are you using? On my Scalix RHEL4 box and a webserver running RHEL5, Sendmail is not actually doing this, and we don't have the relevant lines in the mc file either. Unless the distro's version of Sendmail changes things, the default should be to not do this.

Andrew.

I use CentOS 5. the
FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')dnl
was there by default; and
FEATURE(`accept_unqualified_senders')dnl
is I found from Internet and added by myself, better than no.

[adhodgson]

Hi,

I missed that line - sorry!

If I were you I would try again with removing the line:

FEATURE(`accept_unqualified_senders')dnl

Then running make -F /etc/mail, then restart sendmail.

Thanks.
Andrew.