My Qmail listens to port 25 though the usual tcpserver + rblsmtpd caravan. We use ORDB and SPEWS and SBL and it stops most of the junk. I allow relaying for my other two servers and localhost.
When I telnet to port 25 on this host, qmail-smtpd records a connect from 127.0.0.1, the local interface. I discovered by trial and error that, when it wants to send, Mailman somehow comes in through the external interface. qmail-smtpd sees that IP number. Qmail-smtpd quite properly refuses to relay. It says something polite like "Sorry, you're not in my list of rcpthosts." Mailman fails to record this helpful message anywhere I could find. It just counts a mysterious "bounce." This is a bug in Mailman. A mailing list program needs to preserve *somewhere* the error messages from the MTAs on which it relies. The solution is to add w.x.y.z:allow,RELAYCLIENT="" to tcprules.txt, where w.x.y.z is your external IP address, and rebuild tcprules.cdb. Cameron ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
