Message-Id: &lt;199701090757.BAA28548@complete.complete.org&gt;
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug in Sendmail, v. 8.8.4
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 01:57:20 -0600
From: John Goerzen &lt;jgoerzen@complete.org&gt;

Package: sendmail
Version: 8.8.4-1

[ NOTE: I tried sending this previously but the bug-handling system apparently 
choked on the MIME that I used.  I'm trying again with it.  -- JG ]

Hello,

I recently upgraded my Debian system from 1.2 to 1.2.1 and the new version had 
a new Sendmail.  (8.8.4 instead of 8.7.6)  This required me to re-create a cf 
file, which I did from the mc file included below.

My computer is connected to mail (and news) via UUCP.  This I of course am 
using the nodns option.  However, sendmail does not seem to recognize it or 
act on it appropriately.

For instance, when I type:

mail -s test jgoerzen

And type a short message, sendmail will go out to my PPP connection and look 
up something on DNS before delivering the message.  (At least that's the best 
I can determine).  My hostname (complete.org) is defined in /etc/hosts with an 
appropriate loopback address, and hostname -f dpes return a proper address.  
The previous version of Sendmail worked fine.

This behavior has serious implications since I am running diald on this 
machine.  Whenever a message is delivered to somebody on the local machine, 
Sendmail brings up the PPP link!  This, of course, should not happen.

I have tried several difference mc files.  Below is one the explicitly defines 
my own domain and includes the nocanonify option -- I have tried it without 
those two things as well.  Nothing I can think of seems to work.

-------------------------- my .mc file -------------- cut here --------
divert(-1)
#
# Copyright (c) 1983 Eric P. Allman
# Copyright (c) 1988, 1993
#	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
# are met:
# 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
# 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
#    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
# 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
#    must display the following acknowledgement:
#	This product includes software developed by the University of
#	California, Berkeley and its contributors.
# 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
#    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
#    without specific prior written permission.
#
# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
# ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
# ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
# FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
# DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
# OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
# HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
# LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
# OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
# SUCH DAMAGE.
#

#
# This file is used to configure sendmail for use with Debian systems.
#

divert(0)
VERSIONID(`@(#)sendmail.mc	8.7 (Linux) 3/5/96')
OSTYPE(debian)dnl
DOMAIN(generic)dnl
FEATURE(nodns)dnl
FEATURE(nocanonify)dnl
FEATURE(local_procmail)dnl
FEATURE(use_ct_file)dnl
FEATURE(always_add_domain)dnl
define(`SMART_HOST', uucp-dom:onyx)dnl
Dmcomplete.org
define(`confDOMAIN_NAME', `$w.$m')dnl
MAILER(local)dnl
MAILER(procmail)dnl
MAILER(smtp)dnl
MAILER(uucp)dnl

------------ end of my .mc file ---------- cut here --------------


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