2000-11-10 19:08:06

by Horst H. von Brand

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Subject: Re: [Fwd: sendmail fails to deliver mail with attachments in /var/spool/mqueue]

"Jeff V. Merkey" <[email protected]> SAID:
> "William F. Maton" wrote:

[...]

> > What about sendmail 8.11.1? Is the problem there too?

> Yes. Plus 8.11.1 has problems talking to older sendmails sine it uses
> encryption.

I've been using sendmail-8.11.1 (no encryption) to talk to MTAs all over
the place, many of them so old it is scary. No problems seen at this end.
This is to be expected, BTW: They can't just go in and release an MTA which
doesn't talk to the rest ot the world, now can they.
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2000-11-10 19:10:16

by Jeff Merkey

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Subject: Re: [Fwd: sendmail fails to deliver mail with attachments in /var/spool/mqueue]



Horst von Brand wrote:
>
> "Jeff V. Merkey" <[email protected]> SAID:
> > "William F. Maton" wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > > What about sendmail 8.11.1? Is the problem there too?
>
> > Yes. Plus 8.11.1 has problems talking to older sendmails sine it uses
> > encryption.
>
> I've been using sendmail-8.11.1 (no encryption) to talk to MTAs all over
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Turn on encryption, and try sending attachements > 1MB and tell me if
you see any problems, like emails sitting in /var/spool/mqueue for a day
or two until they go out. I can guarantee you will.

Jeff


> the place, many of them so old it is scary. No problems seen at this end.
> This is to be expected, BTW: They can't just go in and release an MTA which
> doesn't talk to the rest ot the world, now can they.
> --
> Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:[email protected]
> Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431
> Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239
> Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513

2000-11-10 22:32:45

by Igmar Palsenberg

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Subject: Re: [Fwd: sendmail fails to deliver mail with attachments in /var/spool/mqueue]


> > Yes. Plus 8.11.1 has problems talking to older sendmails sine it uses
> > encryption.
>
> I've been using sendmail-8.11.1 (no encryption) to talk to MTAs all over
> the place, many of them so old it is scary. No problems seen at this end.
> This is to be expected, BTW: They can't just go in and release an MTA which
> doesn't talk to the rest ot the world, now can they.

The only things sendmails < 8.10.x all suffer from is the crappy mapper
code. This causes all kinds of weard problems (logging not complete,
undelivered mail), especially if an external problem mucks around with the
mapper files (those .db things for example).

I had no problems with 8.11.x not talking to qmail or any other MTA.



Igmar

2000-11-10 22:33:56

by Igmar Palsenberg

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Subject: Re: [Fwd: sendmail fails to deliver mail with attachments in /var/spool/mqueue]



> Turn on encryption, and try sending attachements > 1MB and tell me if
> you see any problems, like emails sitting in /var/spool/mqueue for a day
> or two until they go out. I can guarantee you will.

Are you talking client -> MTA encryption, or MTA -> MTA encryption ??

> Jeff


Igmar

2000-11-10 22:38:55

by Jeff Merkey

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Subject: Re: [Fwd: sendmail fails to deliver mail with attachments in /var/spool/mqueue]



Igmar Palsenberg wrote:
>
> > Turn on encryption, and try sending attachements > 1MB and tell me if
> > you see any problems, like emails sitting in /var/spool/mqueue for a day
> > or two until they go out. I can guarantee you will.
>
> Are you talking client -> MTA encryption, or MTA -> MTA encryption ??

slow or blocked connection problems with all configs listed above.

Jeff

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2000-11-10 23:38:05

by Igmar Palsenberg

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Subject: Re: [Fwd: sendmail fails to deliver mail with attachments in /var/spool/mqueue]

> > > Turn on encryption, and try sending attachements > 1MB and tell me if
> > > you see any problems, like emails sitting in /var/spool/mqueue for a day
> > > or two until they go out. I can guarantee you will.
> >
> > Are you talking client -> MTA encryption, or MTA -> MTA encryption ??
>
> slow or blocked connection problems with all configs listed above.

Ah. I'll go kick this sendmail setup, and see what it does..


> Jeff


Igmar