Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!rickert From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: Problem with sendmail 5.65 with unqualified names Message-ID: <1991Jun25.215634.10939@mp.cs.niu.edu> Date: 25 Jun 91 21:56:34 GMT References: <1991Jun24.231248.305@Think.COM> <1991Jun25.023129.827@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1991Jun25.212656.19800@Think.COM> Organization: Northern Illinois University Lines: 30 In article <1991Jun25.212656.19800@Think.COM> ellozy@farber.dfci.harvard.edu (Mohamed Ellozy) writes: >In article <1991Jun25.023129.827@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes: >> This is a bug in the Berkeley sendmail. It was reported last October. > >Has anyone fixed the bug in plain sendmail? I know that I will soon need >to learn all about IDA, but right now I want to be able to run a better >plain sendmail. I believe the bug was reported to Berkeley at the same time it was posted here. They have not released 5.66. With a little work you could extract the patch from IDA sources and apply it to Berkeley sources. >How simple is it to go from a standard sendmail to IDA? If it is easy enough >I might do it. I am using Ultrix and I believe the IDA I need is the one >from UIUC? You should normally be able to use the IDA binary with a Berkeley config without problem. However this alone won't completely solve your problem. The IDA version will qualify in your domain, but not in parent domains, as it disables RES_DNSRCH. This is done for good reasons which have from time to time been discussed in this newsgroup, but which are probably not adequately documented in the IDA package. If you use the IDA config you can use a dbm table to selectively qualify however you wish. -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115 +1-815-753-6940