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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY sendmail-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/sendmail.&sendmail-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY sendmail-download-http "http://www.sendmail.org/ftp/sendmail.&sendmail-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY sendmail-size "1.9 MB">
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10 | <!ENTITY sendmail-buildsize "18.8 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY sendmail-time "0.38 SBU">
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12 | ]>
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13 |
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14 | <sect1 id="sendmail-package" xreflabel="Sendmail-&sendmail-version;">
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15 | <sect1info>
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16 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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17 | <date>$Date$</date>
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18 | </sect1info>
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19 | <?dbhtml filename="sendmail.html"?>
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20 | <title>Sendmail-&sendmail-version;</title>
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21 | <indexterm zone="sendmail-package">
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22 | <primary sortas="a-Sendmail">Sendmail</primary></indexterm>
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23 |
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24 | <sect2>
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25 | <title>Introduction to <application>Sendmail</application></title>
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26 |
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27 | <para>The <application>Sendmail</application> package contains a Mail
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28 | Transport Agent (<acronym>MTA</acronym>).</para>
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29 |
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30 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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31 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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32 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
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33 | <ulink url="&sendmail-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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34 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP):
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35 | <ulink url="&sendmail-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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36 | <listitem><para>Download size: &sendmail-size;</para></listitem>
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37 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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38 | &sendmail-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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39 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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40 | &sendmail-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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41 | </sect3>
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42 |
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43 | <sect3><title><application>Sendmail</application> dependencies</title>
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44 |
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45 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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46 | <para><xref linkend="db"/> and <xref linkend="procmail"/>
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47 | </para></sect4>
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48 |
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49 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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50 | <para><xref linkend="openssl-package"/>,
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51 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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52 | <xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/>,
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53 | <xref linkend="pcre"/>,
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54 | <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
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55 | <ulink url="http://www-dev.cites.uiuc.edu/ph/nph/">nph</ulink>, and
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56 | <xref linkend="gs"/> or <xref linkend="espgs"/> (for creating
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57 | <acronym>PDF</acronym> documentation)
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58 | </para></sect4>
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59 | </sect3>
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60 |
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61 | </sect2>
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62 |
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63 | <sect2>
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64 | <title>Installation of <application>Sendmail</application></title>
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65 |
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66 | <para>Before building <application>Sendmail</application>, create the users,
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67 | groups and directories that <application>Sendmail</application> requires
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68 | with the following commands:</para>
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69 |
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70 | <screen><userinput><command>groupadd smmsp &&
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71 | groupadd mail &&
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72 | useradd -c "Sendmail Daemon" -g smmsp -G mail smmsp &&
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73 | chmod 1777 /var/mail &&
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74 | mkdir /var/spool/mqueue</command></userinput></screen>
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75 |
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76 | <para>Install <application>Sendmail</application> with the following
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77 | commands:</para>
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78 |
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79 | <screen><userinput><command>cat > devtools/Site/site.config.m4 << "EOF"</command>
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80 | define(`confMANGRP',`root')
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81 | define(`confMANOWN',`root')
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82 | define(`confSBINGRP',`root')
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83 | define(`confUBINGRP',`root')
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84 | define(`confUBINOWN',`root')
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85 | <command>EOF
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86 | cd sendmail &&
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87 | sh Build &&
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88 | cd ../cf/cf &&
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89 | cp generic-linux.mc sendmail.mc &&
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90 | sh Build sendmail.cf &&
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91 | mkdir /etc/mail &&
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92 | sh Build install-cf &&
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93 | cd ../../ &&
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94 | sh Build install &&
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95 | cp -R cf/* /etc/mail &&
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96 | cp cf/cf/{submit,sendmail}.mc /etc/mail &&
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97 | for manpage in sendmail editmap mailstats makemap praliases smrsh
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98 | do
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99 | install -m444 $manpage/$manpage.8 /usr/share/man/man8
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100 | done &&
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101 | install -m444 sendmail/aliases.5 /usr/share/man/man5 &&
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102 | install -m444 sendmail/mailq.1 /usr/share/man/man1 &&
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103 | install -m444 sendmail/newaliases.1 /usr/share/man/man1 &&
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104 | install -m444 vacation/vacation.1 /usr/share/man/man1</command></userinput></screen>
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105 |
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106 | <para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> See the source tree
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107 | <filename>sendmail/README</filename> file for information on linking optional
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108 | packages into the build. Use the example below, which adds support for
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109 | <application>tcpwrappers</application>, <acronym>SASL</acronym> and
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110 | Start<acronym>TLS</acronym> as a starting point. Of course, modify it to suit
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111 | your particular needs.</para>
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112 |
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113 | <screen><userinput><command>cat >> devtools/Site/site.config.m4 << "EOF"</command>
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114 | APPENDDEF(`confENVDEF',`-DSTARTTLS -DTCPWRAPPERS -DSASL')
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115 | APPENDDEF(`confLIBS', `-lssl -lcrypto -lwrap -lsasl2')
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116 | APPENDDEF(`confINCDIRS', `-I/usr/include/sasl')
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117 | <command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
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118 |
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119 | <para>Install the <application>Sendmail</application> Installation and
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120 | Operations Guide with the following commands:</para>
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121 |
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122 | <screen><userinput><command>cd doc/op &&
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123 | sed -i -e 's/groff/GROFF_NO_SGR=1 groff/' Makefile &&
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124 | make op.txt op.pdf &&
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125 | install -d -m 755 /usr/share/doc/sendmail-&sendmail-version; &&
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126 | install -m 644 op.ps op.txt op.pdf /usr/share/doc/sendmail-&sendmail-version; &&
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127 | cd ../../</command></userinput></screen>
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128 |
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129 | <para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> remove <filename>op.pdf</filename> from the
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130 | <command>make</command> and <command>install</command> commands if you don't
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131 | have <application>Ghostscript</application> installed.</para>
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132 |
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133 | </sect2>
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134 |
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135 | <sect2>
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136 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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137 |
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138 | <para><command>cat > devtools/Site/site.config.m4 << "EOF"</command>:
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139 | This creates a configuration file changing some of the default settings.</para>
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140 |
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141 | <para><command>sh Build; sh Build sendmail.cf; sh Build install-cf;
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142 | sh Build install</command>: <application>Sendmail</application> uses an
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143 | <application>m4</application> based build script to create the various
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144 | <filename>Makefile</filename>'s. These commands build and install the
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145 | package.</para>
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146 |
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147 | <para><command>for manpage in...;do...;done; install ...</command>: The man
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148 | pages are installed already formatted and <command>man</command> displays them
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149 | somewhat garbled. These commands replace the formatted pages with
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150 | pages <command>man</command> can display properly.</para>
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151 |
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152 | </sect2>
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153 |
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154 | <sect2>
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155 | <title>Configuring <application>Sendmail</application></title>
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156 |
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157 | <sect3 id="sendmail-config"><title>Config files</title>
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158 | <para><filename>/etc/mail/*</filename></para>
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159 | <indexterm zone="sendmail-package sendmail-config">
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160 | <primary sortas="e-etc-mail">/etc/mail/*</primary></indexterm>
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161 | </sect3>
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162 |
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163 | <sect3><title>Configuration information</title>
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164 |
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165 | <para>Create the <filename>/etc/mail/local-host-names</filename> and
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166 | <filename>/etc/mail/aliases</filename> files using the following
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167 | commands:</para>
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168 |
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169 | <screen><userinput><command>echo $(hostname) > /etc/mail/local-host-names
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170 | cat > /etc/mail/aliases << "EOF"</command>
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171 | postmaster: root
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172 | MAILER-DAEMON: root
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173 |
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174 | <command>EOF
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175 | newaliases -v</command></userinput></screen>
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176 |
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177 | <para><application>Sendmail</application>'s primary configuration file,
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178 | <filename>/etc/mail/sendmail.cf</filename>, is complex and not meant to be
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179 | directly edited. The recommended method to make changes is to modify
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180 | <filename>/etc/mail/sendmail.mc</filename>, and various
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181 | <application>m4</application> files, then run the <command>m4</command>
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182 | macro processor from within <filename class='directory'>/etc/mail</filename>
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183 | as follows:</para>
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184 |
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185 | <screen><userinput><command>m4 m4/cf.m4 sendmail.mc > sendmail.cf</command></userinput></screen>
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186 |
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187 | <para>A full explanation of the files to modify, and the available parameters
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188 | can be found in <filename>/etc/mail/README</filename>.</para>
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189 |
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190 | <para id="sendmail-init">To automate the running of
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191 | <application>Sendmail</application> at startup, install the
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192 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail</filename> init script included in the
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193 | <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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194 | <indexterm zone="sendmail-package sendmail-init">
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195 | <primary sortas="f-sendmail-init">sendmail</primary></indexterm>
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196 |
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197 | <screen><userinput><command>make install-sendmail</command></userinput></screen>
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198 |
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199 | <note><para>The -qNm option to <command>sendmail</command>, where N is number
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200 | of minutes, controls how often <application>Sendmail</application> will process
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201 | the mail queue. A default of 5 minutes is used in the init script. Individual
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202 | workstation users may want to set this as low as 1 minute, large installations
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203 | handling more mail may want to set it higher.</para></note>
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204 |
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205 | </sect3>
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206 | </sect2>
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207 |
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208 | <sect2>
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209 | <title>Contents</title>
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210 |
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211 | <segmentedlist>
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212 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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213 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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214 | <seglistitem>
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215 | <seg>editmap, hoststat, mailstats, mailq, makemap, newaliases, praliases,
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216 | purgestat, sendmail, smrsh and vacation</seg>
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217 | <seg>/etc/mail and /usr/share/doc/sendmail-&sendmail-version;</seg>
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218 | </seglistitem>
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219 | </segmentedlist>
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220 |
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221 | <variablelist>
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222 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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223 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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224 |
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225 | <varlistentry id="editmap">
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226 | <term><command>editmap</command></term>
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227 | <listitem><para>queries and edits <application>Sendmail</application> map
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228 | files.</para>
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229 | <indexterm zone="sendmail-package editmap">
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230 | <primary sortas="b-editmap">editmap</primary></indexterm>
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231 | </listitem>
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232 | </varlistentry>
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233 |
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234 | <varlistentry id="hoststat">
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235 | <term><command>hoststat</command></term>
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236 | <listitem><para>prints <application>Sendmail</application>'s persistent host
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237 | status.</para>
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238 | <indexterm zone="sendmail-package hoststat">
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239 | <primary sortas="b-hoststat">hoststat</primary></indexterm>
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240 | </listitem>
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241 | </varlistentry>
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242 |
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243 | <varlistentry id="mailstats">
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244 | <term><command>mailstats</command></term>
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245 | <listitem><para>displays <application>Sendmail</application> statistics.</para>
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246 | <indexterm zone="sendmail-package mailstats">
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247 | <primary sortas="b-mailstats">mailstats</primary></indexterm>
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248 | </listitem>
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249 | </varlistentry>
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250 |
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251 | <varlistentry id="mailq-sendmail">
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252 | <term><command>mailq</command></term>
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253 | <listitem><para>prints a summary of outbound mail messages waiting for
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254 | delivery.</para>
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255 | <indexterm zone="sendmail-package mailq-sendmail">
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256 | <primary sortas="b-mailq">mailq</primary></indexterm>
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257 | </listitem>
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258 | </varlistentry>
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259 |
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260 | <varlistentry id="makemap">
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261 | <term><command>makemap</command></term>
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262 | <listitem><para>creates <application>Sendmail</application> map files.</para>
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263 | <indexterm zone="sendmail-package makemap">
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264 | <primary sortas="b-makemap">makemap</primary></indexterm>
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265 | </listitem>
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266 | </varlistentry>
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267 |
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268 | <varlistentry id="newaliases-sendmail">
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269 | <term><command>newaliases</command></term>
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270 | <listitem><para>rebuilds <filename>/etc/mail/aliases.db</filename> from the
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271 | contents of <filename>/etc/mail/aliases</filename>.</para>
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272 | <indexterm zone="sendmail-package newaliases-sendmail">
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273 | <primary sortas="b-newaliases">newaliases</primary></indexterm>
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274 | </listitem>
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275 | </varlistentry>
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276 |
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277 | <varlistentry id="praliases">
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278 | <term><command>praliases</command></term>
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279 | <listitem><para>displays current <application>Sendmail</application>
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280 | aliases.</para>
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281 | <indexterm zone="sendmail-package praliases">
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282 | <primary sortas="b-praliases">praliases</primary></indexterm>
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283 | </listitem>
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284 | </varlistentry>
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285 |
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286 | <varlistentry id="purgestat">
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287 | <term><command>purgestat</command></term>
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288 | <listitem><para> causes <application>Sendmail</application> to clear (purge)
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289 | all its host-status information.</para>
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290 | <indexterm zone="sendmail-package purgestat">
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291 | <primary sortas="b-purgestat">purgestat</primary></indexterm>
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292 | </listitem>
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293 | </varlistentry>
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294 |
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295 | <varlistentry id="sendmail-sendmail">
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296 | <term><command>sendmail</command></term>
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297 | <listitem><para>is the <application>Sendmail</application> mail transport
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298 | agent.</para>
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299 | <indexterm zone="sendmail-package sendmail-sendmail">
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300 | <primary sortas="b-sendmail">sendmail</primary></indexterm>
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301 | </listitem>
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302 | </varlistentry>
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303 |
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304 | <varlistentry id="smrsh">
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305 | <term><command>smrsh</command></term>
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306 | <listitem><para>is a restricted shell for
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307 | <application>Sendmail</application>.</para>
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308 | <indexterm zone="sendmail-package smrsh">
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309 | <primary sortas="b-smrsh">smrsh</primary></indexterm>
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310 | </listitem>
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311 | </varlistentry>
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312 |
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313 | <varlistentry id="vacation-sendmail">
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314 | <term><command>vacation</command></term>
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315 | <listitem><para>is an email auto responder.</para>
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316 | <indexterm zone="sendmail-package vacation-sendmail">
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317 | <primary sortas="b-vacation">vacation</primary></indexterm>
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318 | </listitem>
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319 | </varlistentry>
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320 | </variablelist>
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321 |
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322 | </sect2>
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323 |
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324 | </sect1>
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