[CLUE-Tech] sendmail frustrations

[Mike Staver]

Really?  I've never heard of that before, that would be good to know! 
So, I edit the file like I have... then how do I do a make?  And where
would my sendmail config be located?

> Dave Hahn wrote:
> 
> Does your config file say that /etc/mail/access or /etc/mail/access.db
> is a has file?  If so, you will need to either do the makemap yourself
> or, with newer sendmail versions, just to a make.  This will generate
> the hash db files sendmail actually uses for this function.  It
> ignores the text files.
> 
> On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 09:42, Mike Staver wrote:
> 
>      All I've done for the last 5 years is this:
> 
>      /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail restart
> 
>      I do that after I make the appropriate changes to:
> 
>      /etc/mail/access
> 
>      Is sendmail using some other file now, or is my ip address
>      216.150.207.155 not being detected right by sendmail?  I'm clueless on
>      this one, and totally confused as to why entering in my ip address like
>      I showed you doesn't work.  But, like I said, this is the second time
>      this has happened to me, and I never did find a solution for the other
>      guy because I just thought he didn't know how to determine his ip
>      address :)
> 
>      rjohnston at techangle.com wrote:
>      >
>      > Are you doing a make and restarting sendmail after you edit your access file?
>      >
>      > > -----Original Message-----
>      > > From: clue-tech-admin at clue.denver.co.us
>      > > [mailto:clue-tech-admin at clue.denver.co.us]On Behalf Of Mike Staver
>      > > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 10:52 PM
>      > > To: clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
>      > > Subject: [CLUE-Tech] sendmail frustrations
>      > >
>      > >
>      > > Ugh, I can't seem to figure this out.  I have been editing
>      > > /etc/mail/access to look like so:
>      > >
>      > > #Mike & Jen's DSL
>      > > 216.150.207.155                 RELAY
>      > >
>      > > That's my ip address... I then restart sendmail, and expect to be able to
>      > > send email through smtp from my new DSL ip address with Viawest.  I've
>      > > added ip addresses to /etc/mail/access a million times before, and this
>      > > has always worked - except one time.  I had a friend who had DSL with
>      > > earthlink before, and I added his ip only to get the same error about
>      > > relaying being denied.  Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong??
>      --
> 
>                                      -Mike Staver
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>                                       mstaver at globaltaxnetwork.com
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