[nflug] Adaptec StorMan Software - Need solution

[Justin Bennett]

accept_unqualified_senders

That's what I was looking for! I was looking for a dnl entry that was 
relevant but it wasn't there. We have a spam firewall appliance that is 
our external gateway, so opening it up on the local Lan isn't a major 
concern, this machine only accepts mail from our spam appliance anyways. 

Thanks!

Justin Bennett
Network Administrator
Dynabrade, Inc.
8989 Sheridan Dr.
Clarence, NY 14031
 



Roelant Ossewaarde wrote:
> Do you have access to the sendmail-server? Maybe you can rewrite the 
> address via sendmail rules *before* it is checked to be valid for the 
> MAIL FROM:-address to something like 
> raid@(whateverthethingfillsinhere)? Probably part of ruleset 3.
>
> Alternative solution 2:
> From http://www.wkeys.com/articles/swol/Apr_99.html:
>
> "accept_unqualified_senders
> By default, if the sender's address isn't fully qualified, sendmail 
> will refuse the connection. For example:
>
> mail from:
> 553 ... Domain name required
> Use of this feature overrides the default so the connection will be 
> accepted.
>
> Advantage: I recommend always using fully qualified addresses. 
> However, on an internal mail gateway, you may not be able to control 
> how the other local systems send you mail, and this will allow you to 
> accept mail with unqualified sender addresses.
> Disadvantage: You lose some ability to track where mail is coming 
> from. Don't use this on a firewall."
>
> (this refers to a spam-control flag in sendmail configuration)
>
> If you can adequately lock off the mailserver so that it only accepts 
> unqualified senders for this domain (either through sendmail rulesets 
> or magic), I would probably trust it.
>
> On May 3, 2006, at 11:07 AM, Justin Bennett wrote:
>
>> Hey guys,
>>      I have a system I bought from penguin computing. It's running an 
>> adaptec 2130S raid card with the Adaptec Storman software to monitor 
>> hardware events on the Raid card. The software lets me set a smtp 
>> server, reply, and to address for the email notifications. When it 
>> goes to send an email, it puts the Reply address in the header as a 
>> 'From: xxxx', but doesn't use it when sending the MAIL FROM: command 
>> during the SMTP session. It sends MAIL FROM: xxx.dynabrade.com (where 
>> xxx is the hostname). So sendmail on my smtp server bounces it with a 
>> ' Domain name required for sender address' error and wont accept my 
>> email. I contacted Penguin and they tell me:
>>
>>   " I really wish I could be more help, but as far as configuring the 
>> email notifications in redhat using StorMan, I never had much
>> luck. This email notification feature not is supported in RedHat as 
>> per Adaptec tech. support. We tried our level best with
>> Adaptec to make it work, but they never came up with a solution."
>>
>> I can't blame them, It looks like Adaptec's Storman has an issue with 
>> it's software's formulation of a FROM address for the email 
>> notificaiton.
>>
>> I can' find a way to let sendmail accept these messages, and do away 
>> with the error. If someone has a solution please let me know!
>>
>> My idea is : I can set an SMTP port on the StorMan software. So I'm 
>> thinking I can write a perl or bash script to listen on a specific 
>> port, and have the script 'receive' the message from the storman 
>> software, repackage the message, and email it to the appropriate 
>> person (with a from address).
>>
>>
>> Let me know if you think I'm over killing it.
>>
>>
>> Justin
>>
>> --Justin Bennett
>> Network Administrator
>> Dynabrade, Inc.
>> 8989 Sheridan Dr.
>> Clarence, NY 14031
>>
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