Changeset 12d871a for server/mail/sendmail.xml

Timestamp:

07/23/2004 03:51:03 AM (20 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

5c04633

Parents:

5fef0f97

Message:

Updated to Nail-10.8 and added an optional dependency and additional configuration instructions to Sendmail

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@2490 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• server/mail/sendmail.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

server/mail/sendmail.xml

@@ -41 +41 @@
 <para><xref linkend="openssl"/>, <xref linkend="openldap"/>, 
 <xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/>, <xref linkend="pcre"/>, 
-<ulink url="http://www-dev.cites.uiuc.edu/ph/nph/">nph</ulink> and 
-<ulink url="http://asg.web.cmu.edu/sasl/">Cyrus SASL</ulink>
+<ulink url="http://www-dev.cites.uiuc.edu/ph/nph/">nph</ulink>, 
+<ulink url="http://asg.web.cmu.edu/sasl/">Cyrus SASL</ulink> and 
+<xref linkend="gs"/> (for creating <acronym>PDF</acronym> documentation)
 </para></sect4>
 </sect3>
@@ -82 +83 @@
 sh Build install</command></userinput></screen>
 
+<para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> See the source tree 
+<filename>sendmail/README</filename> file for information on linking optional 
+packages into the build.</para>
+
 <para>Install the <application>Sendmail</application> Installation and
 Operations Guide with the following commands:</para>
@@ -112 +117 @@
 newaliases -v</command></userinput></screen>
 
+<para><application>Sendmail</application>'s primary configuration file, 
+<filename>/etc/mail/sendmail.cf</filename>, is complex and not meant to be 
+directly edited. The recommended method to make changes is to modify 
+<filename>/etc/mail/sendmail.mc</filename>, and various
+<application>m4</application> files, then run the <command>m4</command> 
+macro processor from within <filename class='directory'>/etc/mail</filename> 
+as follows:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput><command>m4 m4/cf.m4 sendmail.mc > sendmail.cf</command></userinput></screen>
+
+<para>A full explanation of the files to modify, and the available parameters 
+can be found in <filename>/etc/mail/README</filename>.</para>
+
 <para>To automate the running of <application>Sendmail</application> at 
 startup, install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail</filename>
 init script included in the 
 <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
-                                                                                                                
+
 <screen><userinput><command>make install-sendmail</command></userinput></screen>
 
 <note><para>The -qNm option to <command>sendmail</command>, where N is number 
-of minutes, controls how often Sendmail will process the mail queue. A default 
-of 5 minutes is used in the init script. Individual workstation users may want 
-to set this as low as 1 minute, large installations handling more mail may
-want to set it higher.</para></note>
+of minutes, controls how often <application>Sendmail</application> will process 
+the mail queue. A default of 5 minutes is used in the init script. Individual 
+workstation users may want to set this as low as 1 minute, large installations 
+handling more mail may want to set it higher.</para></note>
 
 </sect3>