[BlueOnyx:00582] Re: Strange BQ Sendmail behavior - fixed in BO?

[Jeff Jones]

Yes I have DNS on the box disabled - so that's the strange thing I'm  
wondering why it's trying to deliver locally.

I hate doing fudgy fixes without actually knowing the reasons /  
consequences behind what Im doing (because stuff like that usually  
comes back to bite you!) - so that's the reason why I posted this up.

Although - if someone else has the same problem - at least they will  
know the dirty fix!

Cheers,

Jeff

On 19 Feb 2009, at 20:54, Steve Howes wrote:

> You missed the point entirely. He wants to have a site, that does not
> have mail processed locally at all (disable makes it proccessed as
> 'user unknown' rather than like any other email originating locally).
> He just set it to relay as a 'quick fix'. Read the post agaiin.
>
> On 19 Feb 2009, at 20:50, Lucas Peyatt - Ohio Web Hosting &
> Development wrote:
>
>> The setting is "disable email for domain" not relay to another
>> location. You may have better luck with
>> the relay mail for domains setting in the system email area, I use
>> it in a similar setup. just make sure
>> the dns on your server does not resolve the MX for foo.com to a
>> local IP address.
>>
>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:27:43 +0000, Jeff Jones wrote
>>> Hi BO-mrades,
>>>
>>> Had a re-occurrence of an age old issue with one of my BQ boxes
>>> today,
>>> and as I am soon to migrate this to BO - I was wondering if I'm  
>>> going
>>> to be in for the same fun and games?
>>>
>>> But it's highly likely that something went screwy with BQ - I would
>>> just like to understand why it happened so I can perhaps avoid  
>>> making
>>> the same mistake again.
>>>
>>> So I have a site - yes it's www.foo.com (you wonder why these guys
>>> are
>>> still customers - they have so many problems) but it's just a
>>> website,
>>> there is no email locally. I checked the 'disable email for domain'
>>> checkbox on the site - so I think it's all cool.
>>>
>>> Next thing I know the boys at www.foo.com are on the phone, saying
>>> that email from the website (via php mail) is bouncing. I take a  
>>> look
>>> in the mail logs, and sure enough I can see "contact at foo.com - user
>>> unkown". So I figure out that email from the site is trying to be
>>> delivered locally, even though I have checked that 'disable' email
>>> check box for the site.
>>>
>>> Struggling for a solution - I take a look in /etc/mail and look at
>>> the
>>> access file. I see the following:
>>>
>>> ### Start Block Email for Virtual Site: www.foo.com   ###
>>> www.foo.com             ERROR:5.1.1:550 User unknown
>>>
>>> ### END Block Email for Virtual Site: www.foo.com  ###
>>>
>>> I then manually change it to this:
>>>
>>> ### Start Block Email for Virtual Site: www.foo.com   ###
>>> www.foo.com             RELAY
>>>
>>> ### END Block Email for Virtual Site: www.foo.com  ###
>>>
>>> Restart sendmail - and hey presto - foo.com are getting email from
>>> the
>>> site again.
>>>
>>> So I've found a work around - why am I bugging you all?
>>>
>>> I guess I'm worried it might happen again with BO - could it?
>>>
>>> How / why did this happen?
>>>
>>> It's a real drag!
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
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>>
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