I'm running Fedora Core 3 and sendmail-8.13.1-2. I'm using SMTP server specifically for my personal use and to my opinion I set up pretty good restriction on who can access my mail server.
/etc/mail/access:
localhost.localdomain RELAY
localhost RELAY
127.0.0.1 RELAY
/etc/host:
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 seregasite.com localhost.localdomain localhost
seregasite.com is fully qualified domain name.
And here is the output I'm getting from my maillog file:
Oct 27 19:43:12 localhost last message repeated 191 times
Oct 27 19:43:13 localhost sendmail[4370]: j9S0hATu004370: ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<chi8888@yam.com>, relay=61-62-186-197-adsl-kao.dynamic.so-net.net.tw [61.62.186.197], reject=550 5.7.1 <chi8888@yam.com>... Relaying denied
Oct 27 19:43:13 localhost sendmail[4370]: j9S0hATu004370: from=<ryan@stv.27south.com>, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=61-62-186-197-adsl-kao.dynamic.so-net.net.tw [61.62.186.197]
Oct 27 19:48:52 localhost sendmail[4390]: Bad line on /etc/mail/service.switch: 68.87.64.19668.87.66.196
Oct 27 19:48:52 localhost last message repeated 191 times
Oct 27 19:48:52 localhost sendmail[4390]: j9S0mqNs004390: from=<serega@seregasite.com>, size=283, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<1130460532.3205.4.camel@seregasite.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=seregasite.com [127.0.0.1]
Oct 27 19:48:55 localhost sendmail[4393]: j9S0mqNs004390: to=<bfhu@hotmail.com>, ctladdr=<serega@seregasite.com> (500/500), delay=00:00:03, xdelay=00:00:03, mailer=esmtp, pri=120283, relay=mx2.hotmail.com. [65.54.252.230], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent ( <1130460532.3205.4.camel@seregasite.com> Queued mail for delivery)
Oct 27 19:50:06 localhost sendmail[4394]: j9S0o5ew004394: 61-62-242-71-adsl-kao.dynamic.so-net.net.tw [61.62.242.71] did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to MTA
Oct 27 19:53:33 localhost sendmail[4396]: Bad line on /etc/mail/service.switch: 68.87.64.19668.87.66.196
Oct 27 19:53:34 localhost last message repeated 191 times
Oct 27 19:53:35 localhost sendmail[4396]: j9S0rWkK004396: ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<chice@yam.com>, relay=61-62-185-29-adsl-kao.dynamic.so-net.net.tw [61.62.185.29], reject=550 5.7.1 <chice@yam.com>... Relaying denied
Oct 27 19:53:35 localhost sendmail[4396]: j9S0rWkK004396: from=<otto@stv.27south.com>, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=61-62-185-29-adsl-kao.dynamic.so-net.net.tw [61.62.185.29]
Oct 27 19:54:40 localhost sendmail[4353]: j9RHUrB8019679: to=<wellco@libra.seed.net>, delay=06:46:01, xdelay=00:12:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=1177160, relay=dmatch.geo.yahoo.akadns.net. [66.218.65.229], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with dmatch.geo.yahoo.akadns.net.
Oct 27 19:54:40 localhost sendmail[4353]: j9RHUrB6019679: to=<ckkao@yahoo.com.tw>,<qrqx@yahoo.com.tw>, delay=06:46:08, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=1177163, relay=mta-v2.mail.vip.tpe.yahoo.com., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred
Oct 27 20:00:28 localhost sendmail[4403]: j9S10RXx004403: 61-62-242-2-adsl-kao.dynamic.so-net.net.tw [61.62.242.2] did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to MTA
Oct 27 20:04:01 localhost sendmail[4417]: j9S13o9p004417: 61-62-187-206-adsl-kao.dynamic.so-net.net.tw [61.62.187.206] did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to MTA
At the very begining of the log file I can see that whoever tries to use my mail server got rejected (which is good) Also, those massages that got dropped contain From and To lines. But then take a look at the last lines of the log file: it seems like my smtp server tries to make a connection to yahoo.com. Does it mean it tries to relay massages?
The interesting thing about it all is that when a massage has to and from part my server automatically reject it but then if it has only "to" part and yahoo.com as destination it tries to establish connection?
Here is also my sendmail.mc file:
divert(-1)dnl
dnl #
dnl # This is the sendmail macro config file for m4. If you make changes to
dnl # /etc/mail/sendmail.mc, you will need to regenerate the
dnl # /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file by confirming that the sendmail-cf package is
dnl # installed and then performing a
dnl #
dnl # make -C /etc/mail
dnl #
include(`/usr/share/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4')dnl
VERSIONID(`setup for Red Hat Linux')dnl
OSTYPE(`linux')dnl
dnl #
dnl # default logging level is 9, you might want to set it higher to
dnl # debug the configuration
dnl #
dnl define(`confLOG_LEVEL', `9')dnl
dnl #
dnl # Uncomment and edit the following line if your outgoing mail needs to
dnl # be sent out through an external mail server:
dnl #
dnl define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp.your.provider')
define(`confDEF_USER_ID',``8:12'')dnl
dnl define(`confAUTO_REBUILD')dnl
define(`confTO_CONNECT', `1m')dnl
define(`confTRY_NULL_MX_LIST',true)dnl
define(`confDONT_PROBE_INTERFACES',true)dnl
define(`PROCMAIL_MAILER_PATH',`/usr/bin/procmail')dnl
define(`ALIAS_FILE', `/etc/aliases')dnl
define(`STATUS_FILE', `/var/log/mail/statistics')dnl
define(`UUCP_MAILER_MAX', `2000000')dnl
define(`confUSERDB_SPEC', `/etc/mail/userdb.db')dnl
define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `authwarnings,novrfy,noexpn,restrictqrun')dnl
define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dnl
dnl #
dnl # The following allows relaying if the user authenticates, and disallows
dnl # plaintext authentication (PLAIN/LOGIN) on non-TLS links
dnl #
define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A p')dnl
dnl #
dnl # PLAIN is the preferred plaintext authentication method and used by
dnl # Mozilla Mail and Evolution, though Outlook Express and other MUAs do
dnl # use LOGIN. Other mechanisms should be used if the connection is not
dnl # Please remember that saslauthd needs to be running for AUTH.
dnl #
dnl TRUST_AUTH_MECH(`EXTERNAL DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN')dnl
dnl define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `EXTERNAL GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN')dnl
dnl #
dnl # Rudimentary information on creating certificates for sendmail TLS:
dnl # cd /usr/share/ssl/certs; make sendmail.pem
dnl # Complete usage:
dnl # make -C /usr/share/ssl/certs usage
dnl #
dnl define(`confCACERT_PATH',`/usr/share/ssl/certs')
dnl define(`confCACERT',`/usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt')
dnl define(`confSERVER_CERT',`/usr/share/ssl/certs/sendmail.pem')
dnl define(`confSERVER_KEY',`/usr/share/ssl/certs/sendmail.pem')
dnl #
dnl # This allows sendmail to use a keyfile that is shared with OpenLDAP's
dnl # slapd, which requires the file to be readble by group ldap
dnl #
dnl define(`confDONT_BLAME_SENDMAIL',`groupreadablekey file')dnl
dnl #
dnl # define(`confDONT_BLAME_SENDMAIL',`groupreadablekey file')dnl
dnl #
dnl define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN', `4h')dnl
dnl define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN', `5d')dnl
dnl define(`confQUEUE_LA', `12')dnl
dnl define(`confREFUSE_LA', `18')dnl
define(`confTO_IDENT', `0')dnl
dnl FEATURE(delay_checks)dnl
FEATURE(`no_default_msa',`dnl')dnl
FEATURE(`smrsh',`/usr/sbin/smrsh')dnl
FEATURE(`mailertable',`hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable.db')dnl
FEATURE(`virtusertable',`hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable.db')dnl
FEATURE(redirect)dnl
FEATURE(always_add_domain)dnl
FEATURE(use_cw_file)dnl
FEATURE(use_ct_file)dnl
dnl # CUSTOM MODIFICATIONS
FEATURE(`dnsbl', `ipwhois.rfc-ignorant.org',`"550 Mail from " $&{client_addr} " refused. Rejected for bad WHOIS info on IP of your SMTP server - see http://www.rfc-ignorant.org/"')
FEATURE(`dnsbl', `proxies.blackholes.easynet.nl', `"550 5.7.1 ACCESS DENIED to OPEN PROXY SERVER "$&{client_name}" by easynet.nl DNSBL (http://proxies.blackholes.easynet.nl/errors.html)"', `')dnl
FEATURE(`dnsbl', `relays.ordb.org', `"550 Email rejected due to sending server misconfiguration - see http://www.ordb.org/faq/\#why_rejected"')dnl
FEATURE(`dnsbl', `bl.spamcop.net', `"450 Mail from " $`'&{client_addr} " refused - see http://spamcop.net/bl.shtml"')
FEATURE(`dnsbl',`sbl.spamhaus.org',`Rejected - see http://spamhaus.org/')dnl
dnl # END OF MODIFICATIONS
dnl # The following limits the number of processes sendmail can fork to accept
dnl # incoming messages or process its message queues to 12.) sendmail refuses
dnl # to accept connections once it has reached its quota of child processes.
dnl #
dnl define(`confMAX_DAEMON_CHILDREN', 12)dnl
dnl #
dnl # Limits the number of new connections per second. This caps the overhead
dnl define(`confMAX_DAEMON_CHILDREN', 12)dnl
dnl #
dnl # Limits the number of new connections per second. This caps the overhead
dnl # incurred due to forking new sendmail processes. May be useful against
dnl # DoS attacks or barrages of spam. (As mentioned below, a per-IP address
dnl # limit would be useful but is not available as an option at this writing.)
dnl #
dnl define(`confCONNECTION_RATE_THROTTLE', 3)dnl
dnl #
dnl # The -t option will retry delivery if e.g. the user runs over his quota.
dnl #
FEATURE(local_procmail,`',`procmail -t -Y -a $h -d $u')dnl
FEATURE(`access_db',`hash -T<TMPF> -o /etc/mail/access.db')dnl
FEATURE(`blacklist_recipients')dnl
EXPOSED_USER(`root')dnl
dnl #
dnl # The following causes sendmail to only listen on the IPv4 loopback address
dnl # 127.0.0.1 and not on any other network devices. Remove the loopback
dnl # address restriction to accept email from the internet or intranet.
dnl #
dnl # DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=0.0.0.0, Name=MTA')dnl
dnl #
dnl # DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=0.0.0.0, Name=MTA')dnl
dnl #
dnl # The following causes sendmail to additionally listen to port 587 for
dnl # mail from MUAs that authenticate. Roaming users who can't reach their
dnl # preferred sendmail daemon due to port 25 being blocked or redirected find
dnl # this useful.
dnl #
dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=submission, Name=MSA, M=Ea')dnl
dnl #
dnl # The following causes sendmail to additionally listen to port 465, but
dnl # starting immediately in TLS mode upon connecting. Port 25 or 587 followed
dnl # by STARTTLS is preferred, but roaming clients using Outlook Express can't
dnl # do STARTTLS on ports other than 25. Mozilla Mail can ONLY use STARTTLS
dnl # and doesn't support the deprecated smtps; Evolution <1.1.1 uses smtps
dnl # when SSL is enabled-- STARTTLS support is available in version 1.1.1.
dnl #
dnl # For this to work your OpenSSL certificates must be configured.
dnl #
dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtps, Name=TLSMTA, M=s')dnl
dnl #
dnl # The following causes sendmail to additionally listen on the IPv6 loopback
dnl # device. Remove the loopback address restriction listen to the network.
dnl #
dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`port=smtp,Addr=::1, Name=MTA-v6, Family=inet6')dnl
dnl #
dnl # enable both ipv6 and ipv4 in sendmail:
dnl #
dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Name=MTA-v4, Family=inet, Name=MTA-v6, Family=inet6')
dnl #
dnl # We strongly recommend not accepting unresolvable domains if you want to
dnl # protect yourself from spam. However, the laptop and users on computers
dnl # that do not have 24x7 DNS do need this.
dnl #
dnl #FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')dnl
dnl #
dnl FEATURE(`relay_based_on_MX')dnl
dnl #
dnl # Also accept email sent to "localhost.localdomain" as local email.
dnl #
LOCAL_DOMAIN(`localhost.localdomain')dnl
dnl #
dnl # The following example makes mail from this host and any additional
dnl # specified domains appear to be sent from mydomain.com
dnl #
MASQUERADE_AS(`PoopyPants.com')dnl
dnl #
dnl #
dnl # masquerade not just the headers, but the envelope as well
dnl #
FEATURE(masquerade_envelope)dnl
dnl #
dnl # masquerade not just @mydomainalias.com, but @*.mydomainalias.com as well
dnl #
FEATURE(masquerade_entire_domain)dnl
dnl # CUSTOM CONFIGURATION#1
MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(localhost)dnl
MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(localhost.localdomain)dnl
MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(PoopyPants.com)dnl
dnl MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(mydomain.lan)dnl
dnl # END OF CUSTOM CONFIGURATION#1
MAILER(smtp)dnl
MAILER(procmail)dnl
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