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78ed81a3 3 NEW SENDMAIL CONFIGURATION FILES
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5 Eric Allman <eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU>
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7 @(#)README 8.3 (Berkeley) 7/13/93
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9
10This document describes the sendmail configuration files being used
11at Berkeley. These use features in the new (R6) sendmail, and although
12there is an ``OLDSENDMAIL'' mode, they haven't really been tested on
13old versions of sendmail and cannot be expected to work well.
14
15These configuration files are probably not as general as previous
16versions, and don't handle as many of the wierd cases automagically.
17I was able to simplify by them for two reasons. First, the network
18has become more consistent -- for example, at this point, everyone
19on the internet is supposed to be running a name server, so hacks to
20handle NIC-registered hosts can go away. Second, I assumed that a
21subdomain would be running SMTP internally -- UUCP is presumed to be
22a long-haul protocol. I realize that this is not universal, but it
23does describe the vast majority of sites with which I am familiar,
24including those outside the US.
25
26Of course, the downside of this is that if you do live in a wierd
27world, things are going to get wierder for you. I'm sorry about that,
28but at the time we at Berkeley had a problem, and it seemed like the
29right thing to do.
30
31This package requires a post-V7 version of m4; if you are running the
324.2bsd, SysV.2, or 7th Edition version, I suggest finding a friend with
33a newer version. You can m4-expand on their system, then run locally.
34SunOS's /usr/5bin/m4 or BSD-Net/2's m4 both work. GNU m4 (which is a
35language unto itself) also works, but I don't intend to work so hard
36to keep this up in the future. [Note to GNU folks: the construct
37"define(`FOO')" should work without my having to add a null value.]
38
39IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BERKELEY MAKE, don't despair! Just run
40"m4 foo.mc > foo.cf" -- that should be all you need.
41
42To get started, you may want to look at tcpproto.mc (for TCP-only
43sites) and uucpproto.m4 (for UUCP-only sites). Others are versions
44that we use at Berkeley, although not all are in current use. For
45example, ucbarpa has gone away, but I've left ucbarpa.mc in because
46it demonstrates some interesting techniques.
47
48I'm not pretending that this README describes everything that these
49configuration files can do; clever people can probably tweak them
50to great effect. But it should get you started.
51
52
53+--------------------------+
54| INTRODUCTION AND EXAMPLE |
55+--------------------------+
56
57Configuration files are contained in the subdirectory "cf", with a
58suffix ".mc". They must be run through "m4" to produce a ".cf" file.
59
60Let's examine a typical .mc file (cf/cs-exposed.mc):
61
62 divert(-1)
63 #
64 # Copyright (c) 1983 Eric P. Allman
65 # Copyright (c) 1988 The Regents of the University of California.
66 # All rights reserved.
67 #
68 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
69 # provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
70 # duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
71 # advertising materials, and other materials related to such
72 # distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
73 # by the University of California, Berkeley. The name of the
74 # University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
75 # from this software without specific prior written permission.
76 # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
77 # IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
78 # WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
79 #
80
81The divert(-1) will delete the crud in the resulting output file.
82The copyright notice is what your lawyers require. Our lawyers require
83the one that I've included in my files. A copyleft is a copyright by
84another name.
85
86The next line MUST be
87
88 include(`../m4/cf.m4')
89
90This will pull in the M4 macros you will need to make sense of
91everything else. As the saying goes, don't think about it, just
92do it. If you don't do it, don't bother reading the rest of this
93file.
94
95 VERSIONID(`<SCCS or RCS version id>')
96
97VERSIONID is a macro that stuffs the version information into the
98resulting file. We use SCCS; you could use RCS, something else, or
99omit it completely. This is not the same as the version id included
100in SMTP greeting messages -- this is defined in m4/version.m4.
101
102 DOMAIN(cs.exposed)
103
104This example exposes the host inside of the CS subdomain -- that is,
105it doesn't try to hide the name of the workstation to the outside
106world. Changing this to DOMAIN(cs.hidden) would have made outgoing
107messages refer to "<username>@CS.Berkeley.EDU" instead of using the
108local hostname. Internaly this is effected by using
109"MASQUERADE_AS(CS.Berkeley.EDU)".
110
111 MAILER(smtp)
112
113These describe the mailers used at the default CS site site. The
114local mailer is always included automatically.
115
116
117+--------+
118| OSTYPE |
119+--------+
120
121Note that cf/cs-exposed.mc omits an OSTYPE macro -- this assumes
122default Computer Science Division environment. There are several
123explicit environments available: bsd4.3, bsd4.4, hpux, irix, osf1,
124riscos4.5, sunos3.5, sunos4.1, and ultrix4.1. These change things
125like the location of the alias file and queue directory. Some of
126these files are identical to one another.
127
128Operating system definitions are easy to write. They may define
129the following variables (everything defaults, so an ostype file
130may be empty).
131
132ALIAS_FILE [/etc/aliases] The location of the text version
133 of the alias file(s). It can be a comma-separated
134 list of names.
135HELP_FILE [/usr/lib/sendmail.hf] The name of the file
136 containing information printed in response to
137 the SMTP HELP command.
138QUEUE_DIR [/var/spool/mqueue] The directory containing
139 queue files.
140STATUS_FILE [/etc/sendmail.st] The file containing status
141 information.
142LOCAL_MAILER_PATH [/usr/libexec/mail.local] The program used to
143 deliver local mail.
144LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS [rn] The flags used by the local mailer. The
145 flags lsDFMm are always included.
146LOCAL_MAILER_ARGS [mail -d $u] The arguments passed to deliver local
147 mail.
148LOCAL_SHELL_PATH [/bin/sh] The shell used to deliver piped email.
149LOCAL_SHELL_FLAGS [eu] The flags used by the shell mailer. The
150 flags lsDFM are always included.
151LOCAL_SHELL_ARGS [sh -c $u] The arguments passed to deliver "prog"
152 mail.
153USENET_MAILER_PATH [/usr/lib/news/inews] The name of the program
154 used to submit news.
155USENET_MAILER_FLAGS [rlsDFMmn] The mailer flags for the usenet mailer.
156USENET_MAILER_ARGS [-m -h -n] The command line arguments for the
157 usenet mailer.
158SMTP_MAILER_FLAGS [undefined] Flags added to SMTP mailer.
159UUCP_MAILER_FLAGS [undefined] Flags added to UUCP mailer.
160UUCP_MAILER_ARGS [uux - -r -z -a$f -gC $h!rmail ($u)] The arguments
161 passed to the UUCP mailer.
162UUCP_MAX_SIZE [100000] The maximum size message accepted for
163 transmission by the UUCP mailers.
164HOSTMAP_SPEC [dbm -o /etc/hostmap] The value for the builtin
165 hostmap key definition. You can redefine this
166 to change the class, flags, and filename of
167 the hostmap. The default flag (-o) makes this
168 map optional.
169
170In addition, the following boolean flags may be defined -- the value
171is ignored.
172
173NEED_DOMAIN If set, the $j macro is defined as $w.$D.
174 If not set, $j is defined as $w. If this is
175 set, the domain must be defined using the line
176 DD<domainname> (probably in the domain file,
177 but possibly in the .mc file). You will only
178 need this if you define your system hostname
179 without a domain (type "hostname" -- if it
180 has no dots in the output, you qualify) AND
181 if you are not running the nameserver AND if
182 the first (canonical) name in /etc/hosts for
183 your machine has no domain -- OR if you are
184 running Ultrix or OSF/1 sendmail. Either of
185 these is probably a mistake.
186
187+---------+
188| DOMAINS |
189+---------+
190
191You will probably want to collect domain-dependent defines into one
192file, referenced by the DOMAIN macro. For example, our Berkeley
193domain file includes definitions for several internal distinguished
194hosts:
195
196UUCP_RELAY The host that will forward UUCP-addressed email.
197 If not defined, all UUCP sites must be directly
198 connected.
199BITNET_RELAY The host that will forward BITNET-addressed email.
200 If not defined, the .BITNET pseudo-domain won't work.
201CSNET_RELAY The host that will forward CSNET-addressed email.
202 If not defined, the .CSNET pseudo-domain won't work.
203LOCAL_RELAY The site that will handle unqualified names -- that
204 is, names with out an @domain extension. If not set,
205 they are assumed to belong on this machine. This
206 allows you to have a central site to store a
207 company- or department-wide alias database. This
208 only works at small sites, and there are better
209 methods.
210
211The domain file can also be used to define a domain name, if needed
212(using "DD<domain>") and set certain site-wide features. If all hosts
213at your site masquerade behind one email name, you could also use
214MASQUERADE_AS here.
215
216You do not have to define a domain -- in particular, if you are a
217single machine sitting off somewhere, it is probably more work than
218it's worth. This is just a mechanism for combining "domain dependent
219knowledge" into one place.
220
221+---------+
222| MAILERS |
223+---------+
224
225There are fewer mailers supported in this version than the previous
226version, owing mostly to a simpler world.
227
228local The local and prog mailers. You will almost always
229 need these; the only exception is if you relay ALL
230 your mail to another site. This mailer is included
231 automatically.
232
233smtp The Simple Mail Transport Protocol mailer. This does
234 not hide hosts behind a gateway or another other
235 such hack; it assumes a world where everyone is
236 running the name server. This file actually defines
237 three mailers: "smtp" for regular (old-style) SMTP to
238 other servers, "esmtp" for extended SMTP to other
239 servers, and "relay" for transmission to our
240 RELAY_HOST or MAILER_HUB.
241
242uucp The Unix-to-Unix Copy Program mailer. Actually, this
243 defines two mailers, "uucp" and "suucp". The latter
244 is for when you know that the UUCP mailer at the other
245 end can handle multiple recipients in one transfer.
246 When you invoke this, sendmail looks for all names in
247 the $=U class and sends them to the uucp mailer; all
248 names in the $=Y class are sent to suucp. Note that
249 this is a function of what version of rmail runs on
250 the receiving end, and hence may be out of your control.
251
252usenet Usenet (network news) delivery. If this is specified,
253 an extra rule is added to ruleset 0 that forwards all
254 local email for users named ``group.usenet'' to the
255 ``inews'' program. Note that this works for all groups,
256 and may be considered a security problem.
257
258fax Facsimile transmission. This is experimental and based
259 on Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software. For more information,
260 see below.
261
262
263+----------+
264| FEATURES |
265+----------+
266
267Special features can be requested using the "FEATURE" macro. For
268example, the .mc line:
269
270 FEATURE(use_cw_file)
271
272tells sendmail that you want to have it read an /etc/sendmail.cw
273file to get values for class $=w. The FEATURE may contain a single
274optional parameter -- for example:
275
276 FEATURE(mailertable, dbm /usr/lib/mailertable)
277
278Available features are:
279
280use_cw_file Read the file /etc/sendmail.cw file to get alternate
281 names for this host. This might be used if you were
282 on a host that MXed for a dynamic set of other
283 hosts. If the set is static, just including the line
284 "Cw<name1> <name2> ..." is probably superior.
285 The actual filename can be overridden by redefining
286 confCW_FILE.
287redirect Reject all mail addressed to "address.REDIRECT" with
288 a ``551 User not local; please try <address>'' message.
289 If this is set, you can alias people who have left
290 to their new address with ".REDIRECT" appended.
291nouucp Don't do anything special with UUCP addresses at all.
292nocanonify Don't pass addresses to $[ ... $] for canonification.
293 This would generally only be used by sites that only
294 act as mail gateways or which have user agents that do
295 full canonification themselves.
296notsticky By default, email sent to "user@local.host" are marked
297 as "sticky" -- that is, the local addresses aren't
298 matched against UDB and don't go through ruleset 5.
299 This features disables this treatment. It would
300 normally be used on network gateway machines.
301mailertable Include a "mailer table" which can be used to override
302 routing for particular domains. The argument of the
303 FEATURE may be the key definition. If none is specified,
304 the definition used is:
305 hash /etc/mailertable -o
306 Keys in this database are fully qualified domain names
307 or partial domains preceded by a dot -- for example,
308 "vangogh.CS.Berkeley.EDU" or ".CS.Berkeley.EDU".
309 Values must be of the form:
310 mailer:domain
311 where "mailer" is the internal mailer name, and "domain"
312 is where to send the message. These maps are not
313 reflected into the message header.
314domaintable Include a "domain table" which can be used to provide
315 full domains on unqualified (single word) hosts. The
316 argument of the FEATURE may be the key definition. If
317 none is specified, the definition used is:
318 hash /etc/domaintable -o
319 The key in this table is the unqualified host name; the
320 value is the fully qualified domain. Anything in the
321 domaintable is reflected into headers; that is, this
322 is done in ruleset 3.
323bitdomain Look up bitnet hosts in a table to try to turn them into
324 internet addresses. The table can be built using the
325 bitdomain program contributed by John Gardiner Meyers.
326 The argument of the FEATURE may be the key definition; if
327 none is specified, the definition used is:
328 hash /etc/bitdomain.db -o
329 Keys are the bitnet hostname; values are the corresponding
330 internet hostname.
331uucpdomain Similar feature for UUCP hosts. The default map definition
332 is:
333 hash /etc/uudomain.db -o
334 At the moment there is no automagic tool to build this
335 database.
336always_add_domain
337 Include the local host domain even on locally delivered
338 mail. Normally it is not added unless it is already
339 present.
340allmasquerade If masquerading is enabled (using MASQUERADE_AS), this
341 feature will cause recipient addresses to also masquerade
342 as being from the masquerade host. Normally they get
343 the local hostname. Although this may be right for
344 ordinary users, it can break local aliases. For example,
345 if you send to "localalias", the originating sendmail will
346 find that alias and send to all members, but send the
347 message with "To: localalias@masqueradehost". Since that
348 alias likely does not exist, replies will fail. Use this
349 feature ONLY if you can guarantee that the ENTIRE
350 namespace on your masquerade host supersets all the
351 local entries.
352
353Other FEATUREs should be defined, but I was trying to keep these
354config files fairly lean and mean.
355
356
357+-------+
358| HACKS |
359+-------+
360
361Some things just can't be called features. To make this clear,
362they go in the hack subdirectory and are referenced using the HACK
363macro. These will tend to be site-dependent. The release
364includes the Berkeley-dependent "cssubdomain" hack (that makes
365sendmail accept local names in either Berkeley.EDU or CS.Berkeley.EDU;
366this is intended as a short-term aid while we move hosts into
367subdomains.
368
369
370+--------------------+
371| SITE CONFIGURATION |
372+--------------------+
373
374Complex sites will need more local configuration information, such as
375lists of UUCP hosts they speak with directly. This can get a bit more
376tricky. For an example of a "complex" site, see cf/ucbvax.mc.
377
378The SITECONFIG macro allows you to indirectly reference site-dependent
379configuration information stored in the siteconfig subdirectory. For
380example, the line
381
382 SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbvax, ucbvax, U)
383
384reads the file uucp.ucbvax for local connection information. The
385second parameter is the local name (in this case just "ucbvax" since
386it is locally connected, and hence a UUCP hostname) and the name of
387the class in which to store the host information. Another SITECONFIG
388line reads
389
390 SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbarpa, ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU, W)
391
392This says that the file uucp.ucbarpa contains the list of UUCP sites
393connected to ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU. The $=W class will be used to
394store this list. [The machine ucbarpa is gone now, but I've left
395this out-of-date configuration file around to demonstrate how you
396might do this.]
397
398The siteconfig file (e.g., siteconfig/uucp.ucbvax.m4) contains nothing
399more than a sequence of SITE macros describing connectivity. For
400example:
401
402 SITE(cnmat)
403 SITE(sgi olympus)
404
405The second example demonstrates that you can use two names on the
406same line; these are usually aliases for the same host (or are at
407least in the same company).
408
409
410+-------------------+
411| TWEAKING RULESETS |
412+-------------------+
15637ed4 413
78ed81a3 414For more complex configurations, you can define special rules.
415The macro LOCAL_RULE_3 introduces rules that are used in canonicalizing
416the names. Any modifications made here are reflected in the header.
15637ed4 417
78ed81a3 418A common use is to convert old UUCP addreses to SMTP addresses using
419the UUCPSMTP macro. For example:
15637ed4 420
78ed81a3 421 LOCAL_RULE_3
422 UUCPSMTP(decvax, decvax.dec.com)
423 UUCPSMTP(research, research.att.com)
15637ed4 424
78ed81a3 425will cause addresses of the form "decvax!user" and "research!user"
426to be converted to "user@decvax.dec.com" and "user@research.att.com"
427respectively.
15637ed4 428
78ed81a3 429This could also be used to look hosts in a database map:
15637ed4 430
78ed81a3 431 LOCAL_RULE_3
432 R$* < @ $+ > $* $: $1 < @ $(hostmap $2 $) > $3
15637ed4 433
78ed81a3 434This map would be defined in the LOCAL_CONFIG portion, as shown below.
15637ed4 435
78ed81a3 436Similarly, LOCAL_RULE_0 can be used to introduce new parsing rules.
437For example, new rules are needed to parse hostnames that you accept
438via MX records. For example, you might have:
15637ed4 439
78ed81a3 440 LOCAL_RULE_0
441 R$+ < @ cnmat.Berkeley.EDU > $#uucp $@ cnmat $: $1
15637ed4 442
78ed81a3 443You would use this if you had installed an MX record for cnmat.Berkeley.EDU
444pointing at this host; this rule catches the message and forwards it on
445using UUCP.
15637ed4 446
78ed81a3 447You can also tweak rulesets 1 and 2 using LOCAL_RULE_1 and LOCAL_RULE_2.
448These rulesets are normally empty.
15637ed4 449
78ed81a3 450A similar macro is LOCAL_CONFIG. This introduces lines added after the
451boilerplate option setting but before rulesets, and can be used to
452declare local database maps or whatever. For example:
15637ed4 453
78ed81a3 454 LOCAL_CONFIG
455 Khostmap hash /etc/hostmap.db
456 Kyplocal nis -m hosts.byname
15637ed4 457
15637ed4 458
78ed81a3 459+---------------------------+
460| MASQUERADING AND RELAYING |
461+---------------------------+
15637ed4 462
78ed81a3 463You can have your host masquerade as another using
15637ed4 464
78ed81a3 465 MASQUERADE_AS(host.domain)
15637ed4 466
78ed81a3 467This causes outgoing SMTP mail to be labelled as coming from the
468indicated domain, rather than $j. One normally masquerades as one
469of your own subdomains (for example, it's unlikely that I would
470choose to masquerade as an MIT site).
15637ed4 471
78ed81a3 472there are always users that need to be "exposed" -- that is, their
473internal site name should be displayed instead of the masquerade name.
474Root is an example. You can add users to this list using
15637ed4 475
78ed81a3 476 EXPOSED_USER(usernames)
15637ed4 477
78ed81a3 478This adds users to class E; you could also use something like
15637ed4 479
78ed81a3 480 FE/etc/sendmail.cE
15637ed4 481
78ed81a3 482You can also arrange to relay all unqualified names (that is, names
483without @host) to a relay host. For example, if you have a central
484email server, you might relay to that host so that users don't have
485to have .forward files or aliases. You can do this using
15637ed4 486
78ed81a3 487 define(`LOCAL_RELAY', mailer:hostname)
15637ed4 488
78ed81a3 489The ``mailer:'' can be omitted, in which case the mailer defaults to
490"smtp". There are some user names that you don't want relayed, perhaps
491because of local aliases. A common example is root, which may be
492locally aliased. You can add entries to this list using
15637ed4 493
78ed81a3 494 LOCAL_USER(usernames)
15637ed4 495
78ed81a3 496This adds users to class L; you could also use something like
15637ed4 497
78ed81a3 498 FL/etc/sendmail.cL
15637ed4 499
78ed81a3 500If you want all mail sent to a centralized hub, as for a shared
501/var/spool/mail scheme, use
15637ed4 502
78ed81a3 503 define(`MAIL_HUB', mailer:hostname)
15637ed4 504
78ed81a3 505Again, ``mailer:'' defaults to "smtp". If you define both LOCAL_RELAY
506and MAIL_HUB, unqualified names and names in class L will be sent to
507the LOCAL_RELAY and other local names will be sent to MAIL_HUB. For
508example, if are on machine mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU, the following
509combinations of settings will have the indicated effects:
15637ed4 510
78ed81a3 511email sent to.... eric eric@mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU
15637ed4 512
78ed81a3 513LOCAL_RELAY set to mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU (delivered locally)
514mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU
15637ed4 515
78ed81a3 516MAIL_HUB set to mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
517mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
15637ed4 518
78ed81a3 519Both LOCAL_RELAY and mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
520MAIL_HUB set as above
15637ed4 521
15637ed4 522
78ed81a3 523+-------------------------------+
524| NON-SMTP BASED CONFIGURATIONS |
525+-------------------------------+
15637ed4 526
78ed81a3 527These configuration files are designed primarily for use by SMTP-based
528sites. I don't pretend that they are well tuned for UUCP-only or
529UUCP-primarily nodes (the latter is defined as a small local net
530connected to the rest of the world via UUCP). However, there is one
531hook to handle some special cases.
15637ed4 532
78ed81a3 533You can define a ``smart host'' that understands a richer address syntax
534using:
15637ed4 535
78ed81a3 536 define(`SMART_HOST', mailer:hostname)
15637ed4 537
78ed81a3 538In this case, the ``mailer:'' defaults to "suucp". Any messages that
539can't be handled using the usual UUCP rules are passed to this host.
15637ed4 540
78ed81a3 541If you are on a local SMTP-based net that connects to the outside
542world via UUCP, you can use LOCAL_NET_CONFIG to add appropriate rules.
543For example:
15637ed4 544
78ed81a3 545 define(`SMART_HOST', suucp:uunet)
546 LOCAL_NET_CONFIG
547 R$* < @ $* .$m. > $* $#smtp $@ $2.$m. $: $1 < @ $2.$m. > $3
15637ed4 548
78ed81a3 549This will cause all names that end in your domain name ($m) via
550SMTP; anything else will be sent via suucp (smart UUCP) to uunet.
551If you have FEATURE(nocanonify), you may need to omit the dots after
552the $m. If you are running a local DNS inside your domain which is
553not otherwise connected to the outside world, you probably want to
554use:
15637ed4 555
78ed81a3 556 define(`SMART_HOST', smtp:fire.wall.com)
557 LOCAL_NET_CONFIG
558 R$* < @ $* . > $* $#smtp $@ $2. $: $1 < @ $2. > $3
15637ed4 559
78ed81a3 560That is, send directly only to things you found in your DNS lookup;
561anything else goes through SMART_HOST.
15637ed4 562
15637ed4 563
78ed81a3 564+------------------+
565| FlexFAX SOFTWARE |
566+------------------+
15637ed4 567
78ed81a3 568Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software is still in beta test -- but he expects a
569public version out "later this week" [as of 3/1/93]. The following
570blurb is direct from Sam:
15637ed4 571
78ed81a3 572 $Header: /freefall/a/cvs/386BSD/src/usr.sbin/sendmail/cf/README,v 1.3 1993/07/30 17:20:26 nate Exp $
15637ed4 573
78ed81a3 574 How To Obtain This Software (in case all you get is this file)
15637ed4 575
78ed81a3 576 The source code is available for public ftp on
577 sgi.com sgi/fax/v2.1beta.tar.Z
578 (192.48.153.1)
15637ed4 579
78ed81a3 580 You can also obtain inst'able images for Silicon Graphics machines from
581 sgi.com sgi/fax/v2.1beta.inst.tar
582 (192.48.153.1)
15637ed4 583
78ed81a3 584 For example,
585 % ftp -n sgi.com
586 ....
587 ftp> user anonymous
588 ... <type in password>
589 ftp> cd sgi/fax
590 ftp> binary
591 ftp> get v2.1beta.tar.Z
15637ed4 592
78ed81a3 593 If you cannot use FTP at all, there is a service called "ftpmail"
594 available from gateekeeper.dec.com: you can send e-mail to this
595 machine and it will use FTP to retrieve files for you and send you the
596 files back again via e-mail. To find out more about the ftpmail
597 service, send a message to "ftpmail@gatekeeper.dec.com" whose body
598 consists of the single line "help".
599
600 Internal to Silicon Graphics there are inst'able images on the host
601 flake.asd in the directory /d/dist. Thus you can do something like:
602
603 % inst -f flake.asd.sgi.com:/d/dist/flexfax
604
605 to install the software on your machine.
606
607 The external distributions come in a compressed or uncompressed tar
608 file. To extract the source distribution:
609
610 % zcat v2.1beta.tar.Z | tar xf -
611
612 (uncompress and extract individual files in current directory). To
613 unpack and install the client portion of the inst'able distribution:
614
615 % mkdir dist
616 % cd dist; tar xf ../v2.1beta.inst.tar; cd ..
617 % inst -f dist/flexfax
618 ...
619 inst> go
620
621 (Note, the dist subdirectory is because some versions of inst fail if
622 the files are in the current directory.) Server binaries is also
623 included in the inst'able images as flexfax.server.*. It is not
624 installed by default, so to get it also you need to extract the do:
625
626 % inst -f flexfax
627 ...
628 inst> install flexfax.server.*
629 inst> go
630
631 The SGI binaries were built for Version 4.0.5 of the IRIX operating
632 system. They should work w/o problem on earlier versions of the
633 system, but I have not fully tested this. Also, note that to install a
634 server on an SGI machine, you need to have installed the Display
635 PostScript execution environment product (dps_eoe). Otherwise, the fax
636 server will not be able to convert PostScript to facsimile for
637 transmission.
638
639 If you are working from the source distribution, look at the file README
640 in the top of the source tree. If you are working from the inst images,
641 you need to run faxaddmodem to setup and configure your fax modem. Do
642 man faxaddmodem for more information.
643
644Also from Sam:
645
646 A mailing list for users of this software is located on sgi.com.
647 If you want to join this mailing list or have a list-related request
648 such as getting your name removed from it, send a request to
649
650 flexfax-request@sgi.com
651
652 Submissions (including bug reports) should be directed to:
653
654 flexfax@sgi.com
655
656
657+--------------------------------+
658| TWEAKING CONFIGURATION OPTIONS |
659+--------------------------------+
660
661There are a large number of configuration options that don't normally
662need to be changed. However, if you feel you need to tweak them, you
663can define the following M4 variables. This list is shown in four
664columns: the name you define, the default value for that definition,
665the option or macro that is affected (either Ox for an option or Dx
666for a macro), and a brief description. Greater detail of the semantics
667can be found in the Installation and Operations Guide.
668
669Some options are likely to be deprecated in future versions -- that is,
670the option is only included to provide back-compatibility. These are
671marked with "*".
672
673M4 Variable Name Default Mac/Opt Description
674confMAILER_NAME MAILER-DAEMON Dn The sender name used for
675 internally generated
676 outgoing messages.
677confFROM_LINE From $g $d Dl The From_ line used when
678 sending to files or programs.
679confFROM_HEADER $?x$x <$g>$|$g$. The format of an internally
680 Dq generated From: address.
681confOPERATORS .:%@!^/[] Do Address operator characters.
682confSTMP_LOGIN_MSG $j Sendmail $v/$Z ready at $b
683 De The initial (spontaneous)
684 SMTP greeting message.
685confSEVEN_BIT_INPUT False O7 Force input to seven bits?
686confALIAS_WAIT 10 Oa Wait (in minutes) for alias
687 file rebuild.
688confMIN_FREE_BLOCKS 4 Ob Minimum number of free blocks
689 on queue filesystem to accept
690 SMTP mail.
691confBLANK_SUB . OB Blank (space) substitution
692 character.
693confCON_EXPENSIVE False Oc Connect immediately to
694 mailers marked expensive?
695confCHECKPOINT_INTERVAL 10 OC Checkpoint queue files
696 every N recipients.
697confDELIVERY_MODE background Od Default delivery mode.
698confAUTO_REBUILD False OD Automatically rebuild
699 alias file if needed.
700confERROR_MODE (undefined) Oe Error message mode.
701confERROR_MESSAGE (undefined) OE Error message header/file.
702confSAVE_FROM_LINES False Of Save extra leading
703 From_ lines.
704confTEMP_FILE_MODE 0600 OF Temporary file mode.
705confDEF_GROUP_ID 1 Og Default group id.
706confMATCH_GECOS False OG Match GECOS field.
707confMAX_HOP 17 Oh Maximum hop count.
708confIGNORE_DOTS False Oi * Ignore dot as terminator
709 for incoming messages?
710confBIND_OPTS (empty) OI Default options for BIND.
711confMIME_FORMAT_ERRORS True Oj * Send error messages as MIME-
712 encapsulated messages per
713 RFC 1344.
714confMCI_CACHE_SIZE 2 Ok Size of open connection cache.
715confMCI_CACHE_TIMEOUT 5m OK Open connection cache timeout.
716confUSE_ERRORS_TO False Ol * Use the Errors-To: header to
717 deliver error messages. This
718 should not be necessary because
719 of general acceptance of the
720 envelope/header distinction.
721confLOG_LEVEL 9 OL Log level.
722confME_TOO False Om Include sender in group
723 expansions.
724confCHECK_ALIASES True On Check RHS of aliases when
725 running newaliases.
726confOLD_STYLE_HEADERS True Oo * Assume that headers without
727 special chars are old style.
728confDAEMON_OPTIONS (undefined) OO SMTP daemon options.
729confPRIVACY_FLAGS authwarnings Op Privacy flags.
730confCOPY_ERRORS_TO (undefined) OP Address for additional copies
731 of all error messages.
732confQUEUE_FACTOR (undefined) Oq Slope of queue-only function
733confREAD_TIMEOUT (undefined) Or SMTP read timeouts.
734confSAFE_QUEUE True Os * Commit all messages to disk
735 before forking.
736confMESSAGE_TIMEOUT 5d/4h OT Timeout for messages before
737 sending error/warning message.
738confTIME_ZONE USE_SYSTEM Ot Time zone info -- can be
739 USE_SYSTEM to use the system's
740 idea, USE_TZ to use the user's
741 TZ envariable, or something
742 else to force that value.
743confDEF_USER_ID 1 Ou Default user id.
744confUSERDB_SPEC (undefined) OU User database specification.
745confFALLBACK_MX (undefined) OV Fallback MX host.
746confQUEUE_LA 8 Ox Load average at which queue-only
747 function kicks in.
748confREFUSE_LA 12 OX Load average at which incoming
749 SMTP connections are refused.
750confWORK_RECIPIENT_FACTOR
751 (undefined) Oy Cost of each recipient.
752confSEPARATE_PROC False OY Run all deliveries in a
753 separate process.
754confWORK_CLASS_FACTOR (undefined) Oz Priority multiplier for class.
755confWORK_TIME_FACTOR (undefined) OZ Cost of each delivery attempt.
756confCW_FILE /etc/sendmail.cw Name of file used to get the
757 Fw local additions to the $=w
758 class.
759
760
761+-----------+
762| HIERARCHY |
763+-----------+
764
765Within this directory are several subdirectories, to wit:
766
767m4 General support routines. These are typically
768 very important and should not be changed without
769 very careful consideration.
770
771cf The configuration files themselves. They have
772 ".mc" suffixes, and must be run through m4 to
773 become complete. The resulting output should
774 have a ".cf" suffix.
775
776ostype Definitions describing a particular operating
777 system type. These should always be referenced
778 using the OSTYPE macro in the .mc file. Examples
779 include "bsd4.3", "bsd4.4", "sunos3.5", and
780 "sunos4.1".
781
782domain Definitions describing a particular domain, referenced
783 using the DOMAIN macro in the .mc file. These are
784 site dependent; for example, we contribute "cs.exposed.m4"
785 and "cs.hidden.m4" which both describe hosts in the
786 CS.Berkeley.EDU subdomain; the former displays the local
787 hostname (e.g., mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU), whereas the
788 latter does its best to hide the identity of the local
789 workstation inside the CS subdomain.
790
791mailer Descriptions of mailers. These are referenced using
792 the MAILER macro in the .mc file.
793
794sh Shell files used when building the .cf file from the
795 .mc file in the cf subdirectory.
796
797feature These hold special orthogonal features that you might
798 want to include. They should be referenced using
799 the FEATURE macro.
800
801hack Local hacks. These can be referenced using the HACK
802 macro. They shouldn't be of more than voyeuristic
803 interest outside the .Berkeley.EDU domain, but who knows?
804 We've all got our own peccadilloes.
805
806siteconfig Site configuration -- e.g., tables of locally connected
807 UUCP sites.
808
809
810+------------------------+
811| ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS |
812+------------------------+
813
814The following sections detail usage of certain internal parts of the
815sendmail.cf file. Read them carefully if you are trying to modify
816the current model. If you find the above descriptions adequate, these
817should be {boring, confusing, tedious, ridiculous} (pick one or more).
818
819RULESETS (* means built in to sendmail)
820
821 0 * Parsing
822 1 * Sender rewriting
823 2 * Recipient rewriting
824 3 * Canonicalization
825 4 * Post cleanup
826 5 * Local address rewrite (after aliasing)
827 1x mailer rules (sender qualification)
828 2x mailer rules (recipient qualification)
829 90 Mailertable host stripping
830 96 Bottom half of Ruleset 3 (ruleset 6 in old sendmail)
831 97 Hook for recursive ruleset 0 call (ruleset 7 in old sendmail)
832
833
834MAILERS
835
836 0 local, prog local and program mailers
837 1 smtp SMTP channel
838 2 uucp UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program
839 3 netnews Network News delivery
840 4 fax Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software
841
842
843MACROS
844
845 A
846 B Bitnet Relay
847 C CSNET Relay
848 D The local domain -- usually not needed
849 E
850 F FAX Relay
851 G
852 H mail Hub (for mail clusters)
853 I
854 J
855 K
856 L
857 M Masquerade (who I claim to be)
858 N
859 O
860 P
861 Q
862 R Relay (for unqualified names)
863 S Smart Host
864 T
865 U my UUCP name (if I have a UUCP connection)
866 V UUCP Relay (class V hosts)
867 W UUCP Relay (class W hosts)
868 X UUCP Relay (class X hosts)
869 Y UUCP Relay (all other hosts)
870 Z Version number
871
872
873CLASSES
874
875 A
876 B
877 C
878 D
879 E addresses that should not seem to come from $M
880 F hosts we forward for
881 G
882 H
883 I
884 J
885 K
886 L addresses that should not be forwarded to $R
887 M
888 N
889 O operators that indicate network operations (cannot be in local names)
890 P top level pseudo-domains: BITNET, FAX, UUCP, etc.
891 Q
892 R
893 S
894 T
895 U locally connected UUCP hosts
896 V UUCP hosts connected to relay $V
897 W UUCP hosts connected to relay $W
898 X UUCP hosts connected to relay $X
899 Y locally connected smart UUCP hosts
900 Z
901 . the class containing only a dot
902
903
904M4 DIVERSIONS
905
906 1 Local host detection and resolution
907 2 Local Ruleset 3 additions
908 3 Local Ruleset 0 additions
909 4 UUCP Ruleset 0 additions
910 5 locally interpreted names (overrides $R)
911 6 local configuration (at top of file)
912 7 mailer definitions
913 8 special local name recognition (late in ruleset 3)
914 9 special local rulesets (1 and 2)