[cobalt-users] POP before relay/majordomo problem -- SOLUTION

["Simon Liddicott" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

reposted to start a new thread :-D

It is all in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf


CPREDIRECT                    # Around Line 143

# Access list database (for spam stomping)
Kaccess hash -o /etc/mail/access

# Pop-before-smtp secondary access hash                  #Insert this line
Kpopauth hash -a<MATCH> /etc/mail/popip.db        #And this line

# Virtual user table (maps incoming users)
Kvirtuser hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable

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# wait for alias file rebuild (default units: minutes)
O AliasWait=10

                                        #Around line 171
# location of alias file
O AliasFile=/etc/mail/aliases
O AliasFile=/etc/mail/aliases.majordomo            #Insert this line

# minimum number of free blocks on filesystem
O MinFreeBlocks=100

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######################################################################
###  check_rcpt -- check SMTP `RCPT TO:' command argument
######################################################################

SLocal_check_rcpt
#Around line 1072
# Put the address into cannonical form (even if it doesn't resolve to an
MX).    #Add this line
R$*                     $: $>Parse0 03 $1
#And this line remember to use tab not spaces
R$* < $* > $*           $: $1 < $2 . > $3
#And this line remember to use tab not spaces
R$* < $* . . > $*       $1 < $2 . > $3
#And this line remember to use tab not spaces
# Test against pop-before-relay hash
#And this line
R$*                     $: < $&{client_addr} >
#And this line remember to use tab not spaces
R< $* >                 $(popauth $1 $)
#And this line remember to use tab not spaces
R$* < MATCH >           $#OK
#And this line remember to use tab not spaces

Scheck_rcpt
R$*                     $: $1 $| $>"Local_check_rcpt" $1
R$* $| $#$*             $#$2
R$* $| $*               $@ $>"Basic_check_rcpt" $1
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aside from the majordomo line you may wish to remove the lines we added from
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf.nopopauth

simon