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

[Larry Smith <lesmith@xxxxxxxxx>]

INRE Re: [cobalt-users] Pop before SMTP - I've had enough.:
> > > It's not about relaying, that's the whole point!
> >
> > It is about relaying!
>
> No, it's not about relaying. Read his and my emails,
>
> You're confusing the POP before SMTP option errors

Gentlemen,

   This "could" be interesting, but..... now I've had enough....

It is much easier to go to the "source" and resolve the issue.

If you would care to connect to your RAQ (ssh, telnet, mind-probe or however 
you connect) and change directory to /etc/mail.  There you should find two or 
more "sendmail.cf" files - primarily sendmail.cf and sendmail.cf.nopopauth.  
The sendmail.cf is the currently active file (one being used if you have 
pop-before-smtp turned on); the sendmail.cf.nopopauth is "supposed" to be the 
one that does _not_ have the "pop-before-smtp" relay option 
enabled/set/whatever you call it.  (If your files are the "same" then 
sendmail.cf.master should be the "other" copy).

If you will kindly do a "diff" of these two files I "highly" suspect that you 
WILL NOT see the following line as a "difference":

+++
R$*   $#error $@ 5.7.1 $: "550 Relaying denied.  Please check your mail 
first."
+++

Conversely you can "grep "check your" from your current sendmail.cf file and 
it should show up.  If you "less" the file, you should find it at the end of 
the Basic_check_relay subroutine section.

I have tested this on both an RAQ3 and RAQ4 and "once" pop-before-smtp is 
set, this line is added at the end of the "Basic_check_relay" 
subroutine/section - and apparently "left" there regardless of what you do 
later.  What this means is since it is the "last" line of that routine, all 
else being "ok" or equal - the routine will "finish" here - - meaning it will 
send that message (and reject) - IF NOTHING ELSE FAILS - and/or nothing else 
tells the sendmail program that the message is "ok".....

Larry Smith
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