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[Warren Block]

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004, David Fleck wrote:

> Sorry for this monumentally stupid-sounding question, but how do you tell
> if the dnsbl feature is *working* or not?  I've got 2 set in my local .mc
> files:
>
> FEATURE(dnsbl, `bl.spamcop.net', `"550 Mail from " $&{client_addr} " rejected, see http://spamcop.net/bl.shtml?" $&{client_addr}')
> FEATURE(dnsbl,`combined.njabl.org',`Message from $&{client_addr} rejected - see http://njabl.org/lookup?$&{client_addr}')
>
> (and yes, I did 'make cf install' afterwards), but I don't see any
> indication of mail being rejected because of these in my maillog.  I do
> see mail being rejected because of settings in /etc/mail/access.db.  Do
> these work silently, or are they not working at all?

After changing the .mc file, you have to restart sendmail:

# cd /etc/mail
# make all install restart

DSNBL rejects look like the ones caused by entries in access.db, but 
with the message from the FEATURE line.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA