[plug] re: Sendmail

[Paul Wilson]

I'm preparing a server to drop off at iinet and I've realised that I need to
get a more up to date copy of sendmail than the RH5.1 release comes with.
The sendmail site is very helpful and, yes, I was aware that m4 played a big
part in the newer versions.

Paul

> People tend to over complicate sendmail.
>
> With the newer version, most of the features you are ever likely to need
> are defined as m4 macros.
>
> On a debian system, you edit the /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file and add in the
> appropriate directives to make sendmail do what you want.  You then run
> the "sendmailconfig" command and regenerate the .cf file.
>
> Also on a debian system, cf.README has all sorts of interesting stuff in
> it.
>
> regards
>
> Gary Allpike
>
>
>
> On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Paul Wilson wrote:
>
> > > At 15:19 14/07/99 +0700, Paul Wilson wrote:
> > >
> > > >Quite ! A config file that looks like line noise is pretty impressive
in
> > an
> > > >odd sort of way.
> > >
> > > I've got a mate that includes on his CV that he understands and can
> > > configure sendmail.  He's earning about $200k/year at the moment.
> >
> > The man deserves it !  My attempts at configuring the beast stop very
early
> > on.
> >
> > Paul
> >
>