A little help please ;)

Andre Cameron acameron at CYBERGNOSTIC.COM
Wed Sep 24 02:40:00 IST 2003


Juan C. Quesada wrote:

>I don't mean to offend, but just to make sure. Did you
>do a makemap hash /etc/mail/mailertable <
>/etc/mail/mailertable and restart MailScanner/sendmail
>processes?
>
No offense taken, Yes I did that, remember I said everything works fine
EXCEPT when MailScanner scans a virus infected email.

>
>also, make your the domain in question isnt in the
>local-host names file.
>--- Andre Cameron <acameron at CYBERGNOSTIC.COM> wrote:
>
>
>>Leonard Hermens wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>Was your test message generated from the local box
>>>
>>>
>>or from the "outside?"
>>
>>
>>>-- Leonard
>>>
>>>
>>It was sent from an outside account to an account on
>>a server that
>>MailScanner/Sendmail relay for.
>>
>>
>>
>>>At 02:50 PM 9/23/2003, Andre Cameron wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hello,
>>>>
>>>>Ok I setup a clean RH8 box as a mail relay
>>>>
>>>>
>>running sendmail, f-prot, and
>>
>>
>>>>mailscanner.  As this is a relay box it has no
>>>>
>>>>
>>users and all mail is
>>
>>
>>>>simply scanned and sent off to another box for
>>>>
>>>>
>>delivery using the
>>
>>
>>>>sendmail mailertable.  Outgoing mail is sent out
>>>>
>>>>
>>by using LDAP
>>
>>
>>>>authentication against our LDAP server as again
>>>>
>>>>
>>there are no local
>>
>>
>>>>users.
>>>>
>>>>Everything is up and working 100% except for one
>>>>
>>>>
>>little snag.  I sent a
>>
>>
>>>>test virus in which mailscanner and f-prot found
>>>>
>>>>
>>and cleaned but after
>>
>>
>>>>it tried to deliver the mail locally instead of
>>>>
>>>>
>>mailing out according to
>>
>>
>>>>the mailertable, and since there is no local user
>>>>
>>>>
>>it errord and said
>>
>>
>>>>user not found and simply bounced back.
>>>>
>>>>This is the ONLY problem I am having and if I can
>>>>
>>>>
>>correct it we will
>>
>>
>>>>implement this server.  Anyone else had this
>>>>
>>>>
>>problem and or is it a bug?
>>
>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>Andre Cameron
>>>>
>>>>
>>>--
>>>Leonard Hermens
>>>Manager, Information Systems Security (GIAC
>>>
>>>
>>Analyst #1230)
>>
>>
>>>Potlatch Corporation
>>>805 Mill Road, Lewiston, ID 83501
>>>Voice:  208.799.2031
>>>Leonard.Hermens at potlatchcorp.com
>>>http://www.potlatchcorp.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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