[CentOS] Need a sendmail help mail list
Christopher Chan
christopher at ias.com.hk
Thu Dec 6 07:26:49 UTC 2007
Steven Haigh wrote:
> 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.
yeah, yeah, tabs and what not...
>
>>From experience, this will save you LOTS of hassle in the future.
>
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