Well, I wrote too soon. There's a pretty good explanation of how 'accept' works and why messages get re-routed through the SMTP server for delivery.
http://mla.libertine.org/tmda-users/2002-02/threads.html#00227 This thread mentions plans to put MDA functionality into TMDA (it does, after all, have 'mail delivery agent' in its name, right? ;) Are there still plans to support that at some point? While we're here, does anyone have suggestions for dealing with the ISP setup that I have? Joe On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 06:31:02PM -0700, Joe Matarazzo wrote: > Hi there. I've looked at the FAQ, and searched the archives, but can't > find a good answer to this. > > First, the basic question - why can't the "release" action, whether > from tmda-pending or from an incoming confirmation, simply deliver the > queued message to the DELIVERY maildrop? Why does it rely on resending > the message though sendmail/SMTP? Doesn't the "accept" path through > TMDA deliver it directly to the maildrop? Why not use that path? > > The reason I ask relates to the more complicated question. I have a > local MTA (qmail) accepting messages from several forwarded accounts. > However, crackdowns on dynamic IP ranges have forced me into using my > ISP's server (verizon) for outgoing mail. So I used msmtp previously, > and then switched to TMDA's internal SMTPHOST support when I started > using TMDA. Now, the rub - my ISP does checking on the From header (or > sender envelope? not sure) to see if I'm trying to send mail as some > other verizon user. It refuses to accept the message if I appear to be > spoofing as another verizon user. Granted, this is dumb (as it doesn't > reject "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" as the From field), but how am I > supposed to work around it? If someone sends me email from a > verizon.net account, and they're not in my whitelist, it creates this > nasty mail tornado where tmda keeps trying to relase the message when > the confirm, verizon rejects it, but tmda still sends a "message > delivered" update to the other verizon user. I got an angry mail from > a verizon user saying he got like 50 of these over 24 hours after > confirming his message. > > I'd like to hear suggestions for a better way of setting up > qmail/sendmail under these constraints, if you have them. > > Thanks, > Joe > _____________________________________________ > tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users _____________________________________________ tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users
