sendmail logs

[Paul Howarth]

Carlo Orecchia wrote:
> yes i got the same you wrote
> 
> i also realized that sendmail allows relay from any host in /etc/hosts 
> no matter if the host is listed in the access file. is this normal?
> i mean for all the other hosts (from internet) the relay is not allowed 
> isn't it?

sendmail does not allow relay from any host in /etc/hosts; it allows relay 
from any host with a RELAY tag in the access.db, and to any domain listed in 
/etc/mail/relay-domains

What makes you think it allows relay from any host in /etc/hosts?

Paul.