RE: [Sheflug] Re: QMail and AMAVIS

["David Morris" <nospam [at] allvac.co.uk>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: shef-lug-admin [at] list.sheflug.org.uk
> [mailto:shef-lug-admin [at] list.sheflug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Steve Brown
> Sent: 23 August 2001 12:29
> To: shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Sheflug] Re: QMail and AMAVIS
>
>
>
>
> David Morris wrote:
>
> > What I was particularly concerned about is that the "open
> relay" check on
> > qmail relies on RELAYCLIENT getting set when qmail-smtpd is
> started under
> > tcpserver
>
> Yes indeed, mail is not relayed unless RELAYCLIENT is set.
>
> The amavis patch (assuming you're using the saeme one as I)
> checks to see
> where the incoming connection is from (local, external etc)
> and if local
> forks straight to qmail-queue. It's only the incoming
> connections from the
> external interface that get scanned. Whichever, the state of
> RELAYCLIENT is
> preserved?

That's excellent. Thanks.

Out of curiosity, which version of AMAVIS are you running? I've just seen a
comment on amavis.org that mentioned that the daemonized version would be
standard "once the qmail support had been completed".


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David Morris
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