Re: Sendmail?

[Rick Stevens <ricks nerd com>]

Karl Pearson wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Rick Stevens wrote:
>
> > Karl Pearson wrote:
> > > What can I do so email from my server that fails doesn't have
> > > MAILER_DAEMON NODOMAIN as the return address.
> > >
> > > The problem is these emails get hammered by Spamassassin... I 
> > > probably missed
> > > something in setting up this new server because this wasn't an issue 
> > > on the
> > > old one. I thought it was something in /etc/mail/sendmail.mc but 
> > > can't see
> > > it...
> > >
> > > Fedora Core 4 vs Fedora 8
> > > Sendmail
> > > Majordomo
> >
> > The "MAILER-DAEMON" stuff in error messages comes from the "Dn" option
> > in sendmail.cf.  I can't recall what the .mc thing is called and I don't
> > have my bat book handy.
>
> And I can't find mine... I guess that's about the same thing as not 
> having it 'handy' for me.

I put mine in a box in the garage when I changed jobs and haven't had a
need for it here.  Guess it's time to plow through that stuff again.

The "Dn" option is the user name for error reporting.

> > The "NODOMAIN" stuff sounds like the domain isn't set for the mailer.
>
> All other emails generated at the OS level have the correct domain. I'll 
> go check and if I have to, I'll just modify sendmail.cf...

I'll find ye ol' bat book and report back tomorrow.
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