I tried to set in sendmail.mc file at the LAST line define(`LUSER_RELAY', `local:unknownuser') dnl I did service sendmail restart and got an error on a completely different line. - as a thought I deleted that line and put it on line 2 of the sendmail.mc file. re-ran service sendmail restart and now it worked. I changed nothing else.
Is there something special about the placement of this command???
Thanks,
Jerry
Jerry Geis wrote:
I tried to set in sendmail.mc file at the LAST line define(`LUSER_RELAY', `local:unknownuser') dnl I did service sendmail restart and got an error on a completely different line.
as a thought I deleted that line and put it on line 2 of the sendmail.mc file. re-ran service sendmail restart and now it worked. I changed nothing else.
Is there something special about the placement of this command???
I don't know about all the specific details, but 'defines' have to appear before the features that use the values.
Using a trap-all user may seem like a good method to prevent spammers from determining what user accounts are on a system, but will also trap legitimate mail sent to an incorrect address (e.g. via a typo on the username). I would only user a trap-all on an entire domain dedicated to the purpose.
I have always found that there are better methods to decrease spamming (e.g. grey listing, greet pause, mimedefang).
However, if you really need to you coud try
define(`LUSER_RELAY',`local:someuser@your.domain')
Remember too, that user MUST exist!
Jobst
On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 08:18:28AM -0400, Jerry Geis (geisj@pagestation.com) wrote:
I tried to set in sendmail.mc file at the LAST line define(`LUSER_RELAY', `local:unknownuser') dnl I did service sendmail restart and got an error on a completely different line.
as a thought I deleted that line and put it on line 2 of the sendmail.mc file. re-ran service sendmail restart and now it worked. I changed nothing else.
Is there something special about the placement of this command???
Thanks,
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I tried to set in sendmail.mc file at the LAST line define(`LUSER_RELAY', `local:unknownuser') dnl I did service sendmail restart and got an error on a completely different line.
as a thought I deleted that line and put it on line 2 of the sendmail.mc file. re-ran service sendmail restart and now it worked. I changed nothing else.
Is there something special about the placement of this command???
Thanks,
Jerry
There is nothing special with the LUSER_RELAY definition, but in general the order of the statements is important. Please see
http://www.sendmail.org/documentation/configurationReadme
The general rules are that the order should be:
VERSIONID OSTYPE DOMAIN FEATURE local macro definitions MAILER LOCAL_CONFIG LOCAL_RULE_* LOCAL_RULESETS
Regards
Alexander
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