sendmail logs

[Carlo Orecchia]

yes i got the same you wrote

i also realized that sendmail allows relay from any host in /etc/hosts no 
matter if the host is listed in the access file. is this normal?
i mean for all the other hosts (from internet) the relay is not allowed 
isn't it?

Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 numb.darktech.org ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.11/8.12.11; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 
23:52:37 +0200
EHLO localhost
250-numb.darktech.org Hello localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1], pleased to 
meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-PIPELINING
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE
250-DSN
250-ETRN
250-AUTH DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5
250-DELIVERBY
250 HELP
MAIL FROM:<paul at city-fan.org> AUTH=paul
250 2.1.0 <paul at city-fan.org>... Sender ok

and

Sep 23 23:52:37 numb sendmail[4916]: NOQUEUE: connect from 
localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]
Sep 23 23:52:59 numb sendmail[4916]: ruleset=trust_auth, arg1=paul, 
relay=localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1], reject=550 5.7.1 
<paul at city-fan.org>... not authenticated






On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Paul Howarth wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 19:06, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
>> Am Do, den 23.09.2004 schrieb Paul Howarth um 18:49:
>>
>>>> ruleset=trust_auth, arg1=root at numb.darktech.org,
>>>> relay=localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1],
>>>> reject=550 5.7.1 <root at numb.darktech.org>... not authenticated: 1 Time(s)
>>>
>>> This isn't a "real" error, it just says that the AUTH= parameter in the SMTP
>>> MAIL command isn't trusted because the client didn't authenticate, so it's not
>>> going to pass the AUTH= parameter on to the next hop. That's an expected log
>>> message in this case, and you wouldn't get it with logging at the default
>>> level (yours is at 10). It's not preventing delivery of any mail.
>>>
>>> Paul.
>>
>> Paul? It is an error indicating the mail is rejected! DSN 550 is a
>> permanent error.
>
> Not so! It looks like that but the 550 is internal to sendmail and the
> client never sees it. Here's how you can try it yourself:
>
> 1. In one client window, do a "tail -f /var/log/maillog" so you can see
> the messages from sendmail as they happen.
>
> 2. In another window, type in commands like these (>>> denotes your
> typing, <<< denotes responses from sendmail):
>
> $ telnet localhost smtp
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> <<< 220 goalkeeper.city-fan.org ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.1/8.13.1; Thu, 23
> Sep 2004 21:49:04 +0100
>>>> EHLO localhost
> <<< 250-goalkeeper.city-fan.org Hello localhost.city-fan.org
> [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
> <<< 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
> <<< 250-PIPELINING
> <<< 250-8BITMIME
> <<< 250-SIZE
> <<< 250-ETRN
> <<< 250-AUTH CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5
> <<< 250-DELIVERBY
> <<< 250 HELP
>>>> MAIL FROM:<paul at city-fan.org> AUTH=paul
> <<< 250 2.1.0 <paul at city-fan.org>... Sender ok
>
> At this point the mail log will show:
>
> Sep 23 21:49:25 goalkeeper sm-mta[28272]: ruleset=trust_auth, arg1=paul,
> relay=localhost.city-fan.org [127.0.0.1], reject=550 5.7.1
> <paul at city-fan.org>... not authenticated
>
> But note that the client got a 250, not a 550.
>
> (type QUIT to exit the SMTP session).
>
> Paul.
>

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Dott. Carlo Orecchia
E-Mail: carlo at numb.darktech.org
Web: http://numb.darktech.org/carlo/