On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > At 07:08 3/20/2004, you wrote: > >I implemented each of your suggestions one at a time. Still the same > >behavior. (I restarted sendmail after each change, even though I knew > >that wasn't necessary) Each time an e-mail arrives, it still goes through > >26 hops (25 max) before being delivered by default. > > So maybe it's not a name resolution issue. Put in on the back burner, come > back to it later. Can you post the contents of these files? > > /etc/mail/local-host-names > /etc/mail/relay-domains > /etc/mail/virtusertable > /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > > I don't know if I missed any. The point is to check the sendmail files that > control local delivery. What version of Red Hat Linux are you using, by the > way, and am I correct in assuming that you've updated to the latest stable > sendmail for that version? > I'm using RH 7.3, sendmail 8.11.6 (I know its not the latest, but I believe it to be stable and I don't want to break what is currently working (more or less) until I have this problem sorted out. Anyway... Here are the files: # local-host-names - include all aliases for your machine here. neidorff.com mark.neidorff.com justanswers.prv ja.neidorff.com localhost localhost.localdomain #virtusertable bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx neidorff@xxxxxx mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx mark #This is sendmail.mc (obviously) divert(-1) dnl This is the sendmail macro config file. If you make changes to this file, dnl you need the sendmail-cf rpm installed and then have to generate a dnl new /etc/sendmail.cf by running the following command: dnl dnl m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/sendmail.cf dnl include(`/usr/share/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4') VERSIONID(`linux setup for Red Hat Linux')dnl OSTYPE(`linux') dnl Uncomment and edit the following line if your mail needs to be sent out dnl through an external mail server: dnl define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp.your.provider') define(`confDEF_USER_ID',``8:12'')dnl undefine(`UUCP_RELAY')dnl undefine(`BITNET_RELAY')dnl define(`confAUTO_REBUILD')dnl define(`confTO_CONNECT', `1m')dnl define(`confTRY_NULL_MX_LIST',true)dnl define(`confDONT_PROBE_INTERFACES',true)dnl define(`PROCMAIL_MAILER_PATH',`/usr/bin/procmail')dnl define(`ALIAS_FILE', `/etc/aliases')dnl dnl define(`STATUS_FILE', `/etc/mail/statistics')dnl define(`UUCP_MAILER_MAX', `2000000')dnl define(`confUSERDB_SPEC', `/etc/mail/userdb.db')dnl define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `authwarnings,novrfy,noexpn,restrictqrun')dnl define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dnl dnl TRUST_AUTH_MECH(`DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN')dnl dnl define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN')dnl dnl define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN', `4h')dnl dnl define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN', `5d')dnl dnl define(`confQUEUE_LA', `12')dnl dnl define(`confREFUSE_LA', `18')dnl dnl FEATURE(delay_checks)dnl FEATURE(`no_default_msa',`dnl')dnl FEATURE(`smrsh',`/usr/sbin/smrsh')dnl FEATURE(`mailertable',`hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable.db')dnl FEATURE(`virtusertable',`hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable.db')dnl FEATURE(redirect)dnl FEATURE(always_add_domain)dnl FEATURE(use_cw_file)dnl FEATURE(use_ct_file)dnl dnl The '-t' option will retry delivery if e.g. the user runs over his quota. FEATURE(local_procmail,`',`procmail -t -Y -a $h -d $u')dnl FEATURE(`access_db',`hash -o /etc/mail/access.db')dnl FEATURE(`blacklist_recipients')dnl EXPOSED_USER(`root')dnl dnl This changes sendmail to only listen on the loopback device 127.0.0.1 dnl and not on any other network devices. Comment this out if you want dnl to accept email over the network. dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA') dnl NOTE: binding both IPv4 and IPv6 daemon to the same port requires dnl a kernel patch dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`port=smtp,Addr=::1, Name=MTA-v6, Family=inet6') dnl We strongly recommend to comment this one out if you want to protect dnl yourself from spam. However, the laptop and users on computers that do dnl not have 24x7 DNS do need this. dnl FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')dnl dnl FEATURE(`relay_based_on_MX')dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl MAILER(procmail)dnl Cwneidorff.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
