Getting pounded .. sigh

[Stephen Swaney]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of José Ferradeira
> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 12:03 PM
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: Getting pounded .. sigh
> 
> Stephen Swaney wrote:
> 
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> >>bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Matt Hampton
> >>Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 1:58 PM
> >>To: MailScanner discussion
> >>Subject: Re: Getting pounded .. sigh
> >>
> >>Stephen Swaney wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>"How Split a Multiple Recipient Message in Single Messages" under:
> >>>
> >>>http://wiki.mailscanner.info/doku.php?id=maq:index#misc._questions
> >>>
> >>>I've added the sendmail instructions.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>When I added these bits to my config I get these errors in my maillog
> >>
> >>NOQUEUE: Authentication-Warning: d2210.servadmin.com: Processed from
> >>queue /var/spool/mqueue.in
> >>
> >>And no mail delivered - any ideas?
> >>
> >>I have always used this:
> >>
> >>define(`confMAX_RCPTS_PER_MESSAGE',`1')
> >>
> >>to get the same result but I hadn't thought of doing it with queue
> >>groups. The down side to max_recpts_per_message is that depending on the
> >>remote server they might not send for 20 minutes (or try the secondary).
> >>
> >>matt
> >>
> >>
> >
> >The method described in the wiki should work with any client software
> since
> >the MTA (sendmail) accepts the entire message and then splits it into
> >individual messages, one for each recipient.
> >
> >define(`confMAX_RCPTS_PER_MESSAGE',`1') will reject any email addressed
> to
> >more than one recipient. If this feature is defined it's typically set to
> a
> >much higher threshold; something like:
> >
> >define(`confMAX_RCPTS_PER_MESSAGE',`20')
> >
> >In fact you can use both together. With the setting just above and with
> >mqueue defined and r=1, messages to more than 20 recipients will be
> rejected
> >and messages to 20 or less will be split into individual messages.
> >
> >I hope this helps to explain the issue.
> >
> >Steve
> >

Did you add the following three lines to the very end of your sendmail.mc
file?

LOCAL_RULESETS
# LOCAL_RULESETS
Squeuegroup R$* @ $* $# mqueue R$* $# mqueue

Then regenerate a new sendmail.cf file

Steve

Stephen Swaney
Fort Systems Ltd.
stephen.swaney at fsl.com
www.fsl.com