RE: [cobalt-users] RE: Pop before SMTP - I've had enough.

["Dan Kriwitsky" <webhosting@xxxxxxxxx>]

>    So that error is _completely_ understandable (reasonable, 
> even), assuming that you have a misconfiguiration, and the 
> domain throwing the error very likely isn't listed in 
> /etc/sendmail.cw (which contains, "names of hosts for which 
> we receive email" in 8.9.3; could be elsewhere for later 
> versions, but I didn't notice which Cobalt you're seeing the 
> error on), and is thus considered BY SENDMAIL (regardless of 
> your DNS) to be non-local.
> 

Actually, it's not that understandable. The error message would not say
"check mail first". It would just say "Relaying Denied" Here's an
example of a domain that only points in DNS to an IP on my RaQ4 to park
the domain. No MX record is set up, nor is the domain an email alias.

The maillog:

Mar 29 21:14:45 admin sendmail[2429]: g2U3Ej002429: ruleset=check_rcpt,
arg1=<dan@xxxxxxxx>, relay=some.server.com [206.555.555.555], reject=550
5.7.1 <dan@xxxxxxxx>... Relaying denied

The bounced message:

Remote host said: 550 5.7.1 <dan@xxxxxxxx>... Relaying denied Giving up
on 216.xx.xxx.xxx.

The only thing I would guess is that somehow the default "Relaying
denied" message got messed up so it's tacking on the "Check mail first"
message too.

-- 
Dan Kriwitsky

 


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