mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) (08/08/90)
Sites that run sendmail usually have things set up so that bounced
mail, in addition to being returned to the sender, is sent to the
Postmaster. This lets the Postmaster clear up small problems, identify
config troubles, etc.
How do you do this with Smail 3.1.19? Can it be done with the
{directors,routers} files, or will I have to write a new router?
Any help appreciated...
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...!umich!leebai!mudos!mju |brian@motcsd.csd.mot.com (Brian Smithson) (08/10/90)
mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes: >Sites that run sendmail usually have things set up so that bounced >mail, in addition to being returned to the sender, is sent to the >Postmaster. This lets the Postmaster clear up small problems, identify >config troubles, etc. >How do you do this with Smail 3.1.19? Can it be done with the >{directors,routers} files, or will I have to write a new router? >Any help appreciated... This doesn't answer your question about smail 3.1, but it might be of interest to smail 2.5 users: In deliver.c, make the following changes to return_mail: 446c435 < (void) sprintf(r, "%s %s postmaster", SMAIL, VFLAG); --- > (void) sprintf(r, "%s %s", SMAIL, VFLAG); 476c465 < (void) fprintf(out, "To: postmaster, %s\n", from); --- > (void) fprintf(out, "To: %s\n", from); Your line numbers may vary, since I have some other crude hacks in smail. Note: Make sure that you *have* a deliverable address for postmaster defined on your system, else you'll bounce messages endlessly. I speak from experience :-) -- -Brian Smithson, Manager, ISV Engineering Motorola Inc., Computer Group, Computer Systems Division 10700 N. De Anza Boulevard, Cupertino, CA 95014 USA, (408)366-4104 brian@csd.mot.com, {apple | pyramid}!motcsd!brian
tron@tolerant.com (Ron Karr) (08/10/90)
In article <u6NkN4w162w@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes: >Sites that run sendmail usually have things set up so that bounced >mail, in addition to being returned to the sender, is sent to the >Postmaster. This lets the Postmaster clear up small problems, identify >config troubles, etc. > >How do you do this with Smail 3.1.19? Can it be done with the >{directors,routers} files, or will I have to write a new router? >Any help appreciated... Gee, and I was somewhat worried that Smail was sending to much to the postmaster. Anyway, the answer to your question depends on what it is that you want. Thus, rather than try to answer your specific question, I will discuss what smail3.1 does. Internally, when Smail3 detects an error, it will categorize the possible recipient of an error message into one or more of the following buckets: ERR_NSENDER notify the sender ERR_NPOSTMAST notify the postmaster ERR_NSOWNER notify the sender or address owner ERR_NPOWNER notify the postmaster or address owner The ERR_NSENDER bucket is used for errors that result from the message itself. The two primary examples are address syntax errors in the message envelope, and a maximum-hop-count-exceeded error. The ERR_NPOSTMAST is used for errors that derive purely from errors in the configuration of smail itself. The ERR_NSOWNER is used for messages that could derive from an incorrectly specified address in the message, or that could derive from an incorrectly specified address in an alias or mailing list File. In such cases, mail will be sent to an address of the form owner-aliasname or owner-listname, except that if no such address can be found, then the message is returned to the sender. The ERR_NPOWNER this is used for problems dealing with perceived security problems in aliases or mailing lists, or for problems in actually parsing a mailing list or aliases file. In such cases, the address owner is notified, if one exists, or the postmaster is notified if no address owner address exists. The specific cases where one value is used over another are all hard coded into Smail (admittedly a short-sighted solution). As a result, the only way to really do what you want (send more stuff to the postmaster) is to physically modify the sources themselves. -- tron |-<=>-| ARPAnet: veritas!tron@apple.com tron@veritas.com UUCPnet: {amdahl,apple,pyramid}!veritas!tron