[CLUE-Tech] sendmail frustrations

[Dave Hahn]

cd /etc/mail
make clean ; make all ; newaliases

Should make everything as it should be.

sendmail.cf should be /etc/mail

but, all of these options are configurable at compile time or in the .cf
file.

On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 10:15, Mike Staver wrote:

    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
    >                                       staver at fimble.com
    >                                       mstaver at globaltaxnetwork.com
    >                                       http://www.fimble.com/staver
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                                    -Mike Staver
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                                     mstaver at globaltaxnetwork.com
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