[OpenIndiana-discuss] Sendmail on oi 151_a9

[Gary Mills]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 12:48:53PM -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> 
> The best information available may be found on your system in the
> file /etc/mail/cf/README, which is provided by the sendmail package.

The other place to look is the documents site:

    http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/docs/

The release notes and the operation guide are useful.

> It is advised to have a good 'm4' program available since the .mc
> file gets converted to a .cf file using m4.
> 
> For example:
> 
>   cd /etc/mail
>   vi myconfig.mc
>   m4 /usr/lib/mail/m4/cf.m4 myconfig.mc > sendmail.cf

There's a Makefile that does that for you.

> You should save your original .mc file in a safe place (e.g. on
> several systems) so that it does not get lost.  Putting it under
> version control is a good idea.

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-Gary Mills-		-refurb-		-Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada-