HELP ON ACCESS FOR SENDMAIL

[Micheal Patterson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Tim" <timothy at xrx-inc.com>
To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 5:00 PM
Subject: HELP ON ACCESS FOR SENDMAIL


> I have freebsd 4.4 sendmail 8.12.6
>
> when I modify access in etc/mail
> to two simple lines
>
> spammer.com 550 goaway
> 12.13.14 RELAY
>
> do a make
> (*even tried init 6ing)
>
> sendmail happily accepts mail from user at spammer.com
> and refused to relay from 12.13.14.*
>
> it is like it won't 'take' the new access.
>
> WHAT is going on?  any ideas
>
> Please email me back at
> timothy at xrx-inc.com
> thanks in advance

Just out of curiosity, is your sendmail compiled with the access option?
Does your sendmail.cf have any of the following lines (or similar):

#####  $Id: access_db.m4,v 8.15 1999/07/22 17:55:34 gshapiro Exp $  #####
...

# access_db acceptance class
C{Accept}OK RELAY
...

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

If not, then you're probably not compiled to use the access.db file.

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Micheal Patterson
Network Administration
Cancer Care Network
405-733-2230