[CentOS] Need a sendmail help mail list

Steven Haigh netwiz at crc.id.au
Thu Dec 6 05:41:42 UTC 2007


On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 01:33:12PM +0800, Christopher Chan wrote:
>>>
>>> The ruleset in the cf file that calls the fax mailer expects the domain 
>>> portion to be ext.fax and not ext.fax.foo.com. The rule looks for 
>>> anything .FAX.
>>>
>>> # resolve fake top level domains by forwarding to other hosts
>>> R$+ < @ $+ .FAX. > $#fax $@ $2 $: $1 user at host.FAX 
>> How do I correct this?
>
> Editing sendmail.cf directly.
>
>>
>> sendmail.mc:define(`FAX_MAILER_PATH',`/usr/bin/faxmail')dnl
>> sendmail.mc:define(`FAX_MAILER_ARGS',`faxmail -d -n -p 12pt $u@$h $f')dnl
>> sendmail.mc:MAILER(`fax')dnl
>>
>> Where did that ruleset come from? And what should I use in the ARGS in 
>> place of $h to get just the host portion of the FQDN?
>>
>
> I really do not know. I have not been through sendmail mc/cf files in quite 
> a while. Let me see if we can pass parameters via mailertable...
>
> If you could edit the sendmail.cf itself, we could dispense with the 
> mailertables too...

I would highly advise against editing the sendmail.cf file directly.
Spend a little extra time and install the sendmail-doc package, then consult
the file /usr/share/doc/README.cf.

>From experience, this will save you LOTS of hassle in the future.

-- 
Steven Haigh

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