Glynn,
Glynn Clements wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I've made every attempt to rectify the sendmail routing safely (avoiding
> > any major changes to sendmail). The problem started when I configured
> > the /etc/sendmail.cw to pull-down every local host, domain, and aliases
> > at the server. When I made an attempt to send mail to a local host,
> > instead of the mail forwarding to the local host - the server accepted
> > the mail for the local host.
>
> Yep. If a domain is listed in sendmail.cw, it is deemed to refer to
> the local host. If you don't want sendmail to treat the domain as
> local, don't add it to sendmail.cw.
>
I was referring to local as any host within the same domain. The reasons were
to download all mail to the server, then move it on to the local hosts.
>
> > I looked into many possible scenarios; first there was mailertable,
> > pathtable, and ... Each time nothing resulted in any differences. The
> > book refers to /usr/lib/local/mail as the default sendmail installment
> > directory, but it was properly installed in /usr/lib/sendmail-cf by Red
> > Hat 4.2 with a kernel 2.0.30. Someone mentioned looking into
> > /etc/mail/relay_allo, but their is no mention of /etc/mail/relay_allo in
> > any documentation that I could find.
>
> ip_allow, name_allow and relay_allow are RedHat hacks. You won't find
> them mentioned in any sendmail documentation.
>
Where can I find documentation on Red Hat hacks?
>
> > The reasons for the initial changes create faster routing, posting, and
> > sending. Without the changes, sendmail meanders around until it stumbles
> > onto the answers correctly. In addition to the above, I also checked
> > into crontab, but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the
> > routing (I... could be wrong). What is the best approach to take in a
> > case like this?
>
> What exactly are you trying to achieve?
I'm trying to achieve control over the mail, avoid meandering (which may
result in lost mail or unknown host), and provide correct directional paths.
Any advice?
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