Bug 3714 – linuxconf (sendmail/'Relay for') fails -- prevents POP serving

Bug 3714 - linuxconf (sendmail/'Relay for') fails -- prevents POP serving

Summary:	linuxconf (sendmail/'Relay for') fails -- prevents POP serving

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	linuxconf (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.0
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Nalin Dahyabhai
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Reported:	1999-06-24 16:22 EDT by John Franks
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2000-02-10 14:30:12 EST
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Description John Franks 1999-06-24 16:22:19 EDT

The linuxconf selection "Mail delivery system / Anti-spam /
Relay for by name" (or Relay to hosts) fails.  It creates
entries in the files /etc/mail/relay_allow and
/etc/mail/name_allow.  The version of sendmail shipped with
6.0 no longer uses these files.  Instead entries must be
created in /etc/mail/access and this file must be used to
build the /etc/mail/access.db database.  I suspect that it
also fails for "relay for by IP" but I have not tested it.
This is more serious than the spam filters designaation
would suggest since it makes it impossible to use the system
as a POP server.

Comment 1 Jay Turner 1999-06-28 10:42:59 EDT

This issue has been forwarded to a developer for further action.

Comment 2 Michael K. Johnson 1999-07-13 11:35:59 EDT

Added Jacques to the CC line

Comment 3 Dale Lovelace 1999-12-03 13:59:59 EST

I'm not sure how anything sendmail does could affect a pop-3 server?? But I
have tested Linuxconf's "Relay for by name" and "Relay for by ip" and they both
work for sending mail, and neither affect pop-3 either way. The versions I
tested were:

sendmail-8.9.3-15.i386.rpm
linuxconf-1.16r10-1.i386.rpm

  If you are running a previous version of sendmail perhaps you should upgrade.

  The version of Linuxconf tested will be issued as an errata in the near future
after further testing. I would suggest upgrading when it is available.

------- Email Received From  John Franks <john@math.nwu.edu> 12/06/99 10:36 -------

Comment 4 Brent Fox 2002-06-05 11:47:16 EDT

Closing because we don't ship linuxconf anymore.

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