Re: Data Format Error

From: AJ (no email)
Date: Fri Mar 25 2005 - 12:08:03 EST

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    Are you guys using this?

    http://anfi.homeunix.net/sendmail/rtcyrus2.html

    I think this will do what you want.

    AJ

    Christopher Fisk wrote:
    > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005, Andrew Brink wrote:
    >
    >> Hi All -
    >>
    >> I am getting a bunch of these "Data Format Errors" in my sendmail log
    >> files. These are happening mostly when spam gets sent to a user that
    >> does not actually have a mailbox. Below is an example of one message:
    >>
    >> sendmail[1007]: j2PFXQgM001005: to=<>,
    >> delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=cyrus, pri=512884, dsn=5.6.0,
    >> stat=Data format error
    >>
    >> Any ideas of why I get this instead of just a stat=User Unknown?
    >
    >
    > I've run into the same issue, and as I'm running my messages through
    > MailScanner I've not been able to figure out a solution to get sendmail
    > to check for valid users on the cyrus server until after it's accepted
    > the message. As a workaround, (I have a relatively few number of
    > addresses that are valid on this server) I have begun using
    >
    > FEATURE(blacklist_recipients)dnl
    >
    > in my sendmail.mc file, then, in my /etc/mail/access I do the following
    > for each valid user:
    >
    > To: RELAY
    > To: RELAY
    > To:.yourdomain.tld 550 ERROR: NO SUCH USER
    > To:yourdomain.tld 550 ERROR: NO SUCH USER
    >
    >
    >
    > Hope that helps, and perhaps someone else will have an answer on getting
    > sendmail to check cyrus during the initial connection.
    >
    >
    > Christopher Fisk

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