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2
3		NEW SENDMAIL CONFIGURATION FILES
4
5		Eric Allman <eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU>
6
7		@(#)README	6.18 (Berkeley) 03/29/93
8
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.
134HELP_FILE		[/usr/lib/sendmail.hf] The name of the file
135			containing information printed in response to
136			the SMTP HELP command.
137QUEUE_DIR		[/var/spool/mqueue] The directory containing
138			queue files.
139STATUS_FILE		[/etc/sendmail.st] The file containing status
140			information.
141LOCAL_MAILER_PATH	[/bin/mail] The program used to deliver local mail.
142LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS	[rn] The flags used by the local mailer.  The
143			flags lsDFMm are always included.
144LOCAL_SHELL_PATH	[/bin/sh] The shell used to deliver piped email.
145USENET_MAILER_PATH	[/usr/lib/news/inews] The name of the program
146			used to submit news.
147USENET_MAILER_FLAGS	[rlsDFMmn] The mailer flags for the usenet mailer.
148USENET_MAILER_ARGS	[-m -h -n] The command line arguments for the
149			usenet mailer.
150HOSTMAP_SPEC		[dbm -o /etc/hostmap] The value for the builtin
151			hostmap key definition.  You can redefine this
152			to change the class, flags, and filename of
153			the hostmap.  The default flag (-o) makes this
154			map optional.
155
156In addition, the following boolean flags may be defined -- the value
157is ignored.
158
159NEED_DOMAIN		If set, the $j macro is defined as $w.$D.
160			If not set, $j is defined as $w.  If this is
161			set, the domain must be defined using the line
162			DD<domainname> (probably in the domain file,
163			but possibly in the .mc file).  You will only
164			need this if you define your system hostname
165			without a domain (type "hostname" -- if it
166			has no dots in the output, you qualify) AND
167			if you are not running the nameserver AND if
168			the first (canonical) name in /etc/hosts for
169			your machine has no domain -- OR if you are
170			running Ultrix or OSF/1 sendmail.  Either of
171			these is probably a mistake.
172
173+---------+
174| DOMAINS |
175+---------+
176
177You will probably want to collect domain-dependent defines into one
178file, referenced by the DOMAIN macro.  For example, our Berkeley
179domain file includes definitions for several internal distinguished
180hosts:
181
182UUCP_RELAY	The host that will forward UUCP-addressed email.
183		If not defined, all UUCP sites must be directly
184		connected.
185BITNET_RELAY	The host that will forward BITNET-addressed email.
186		If not defined, the .BITNET pseudo-domain won't work.
187CSNET_RELAY	The host that will forward CSNET-addressed email.
188		If not defined, the .CSNET pseudo-domain won't work.
189LOCAL_RELAY	The site that will handle unqualified names -- that
190		is, names with out an @domain extension.  If not set,
191		they are assumed to belong on this machine.  This
192		allows you to have a central site to store a
193		company- or department-wide alias database.  This
194		only works at small sites, and there are better
195		methods.
196
197The domain file can also be used to define a domain name, if needed
198(using "DD<domain>") and set certain site-wide features.  If all hosts
199at your site masquerade behind one email name, you could also use
200MASQUERADE_AS here.
201
202You do not have to define a domain -- in particular, if you are a
203single machine sitting off somewhere, it is probably more work than
204it's worth.  This is just a mechanism for combining "domain dependent
205knowledge" into one place.
206
207+---------+
208| MAILERS |
209+---------+
210
211There are fewer mailers supported in this version than the previous
212version, owing mostly to a simpler world.
213
214local		The local and prog mailers.  You will almost always
215		need these; the only exception is if you relay ALL
216		your mail to another site.  This mailer is included
217		automatically.
218
219smtp		The Simple Mail Transport Protocol mailer.  This does
220		not hide hosts behind a gateway or another other
221		such hack; it assumes a world where everyone is
222		running the name server.
223
224uucp		The Unix-to-Unix Copy Program mailer.  Actually, this
225		defines two mailers, "uucp" and "suucp".  The latter
226		is for when you know that the UUCP mailer at the other
227		end can handle multiple recipients in one transfer.
228		When you invoke this, sendmail looks for all names in
229		the $=U class and sends them to the uucp mailer; all
230		names in the $=Y class are sent to suucp.  Note that
231		this is a function of what version of rmail runs on
232		the receiving end, and hence may be out of your control.
233
234usenet		Usenet (network news) delivery.  If this is specified,
235		an extra rule is added to ruleset 0 that forwards all
236		local email for users named ``group.usenet'' to the
237		``inews'' program.  Note that this works for all groups,
238		and may be considered a security problem.
239
240fax		Facsimile transmission.  This is experimental and based
241		on Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software.  For more information,
242		see below.
243
244
245+----------+
246| FEATURES |
247+----------+
248
249Special features can be requested using the "FEATURE" macro.  For
250example, the .mc line:
251
252	FEATURE(use_cw_file)
253
254tells sendmail that you want to have it read an /etc/sendmail.cw
255file to get values for class $=w.  The FEATURE may contain a single
256optional parameter -- for example:
257
258	FEATURE(mailertable, dbm /usr/lib/mailertable)
259
260Available features are:
261
262use_cw_file	Read the file /etc/sendmail.cw file to get alternate
263		names for this host.  This might be used if you were
264		on a host that MXed for a dynamic set of other
265		hosts.  If the set is static, just including the line
266		"Cw<name1> <name2> ..." is probably superior.
267		The actual filename can be overridden by redefining
268		confCW_FILE.
269redirect	Reject all mail addressed to "address.REDIRECT" with
270		a ``551 User not local; please try <address>'' message.
271		If this is set, you can alias people who have left
272		to their new address with ".REDIRECT" appended.
273nouucp		Don't do anything special with UUCP addresses at all.
274notsticky	By default, email sent to "user@local.host" are marked
275		as "sticky" -- that is, the local addresses aren't
276		matched against UDB and don't go through ruleset 5.
277		This features disables this treatment.  It would
278		normally be used on network gateway machines.
279mailertable	Include a "mailer table" which can be used to override
280		routing for particular domains.  The argument of the
281		FEATURE may be the key definition.  If none is specified,
282		the definition used is:
283			hash /etc/mailertable.db -o
284		Keys in this database must be of the form:
285			mailer:domain
286
287Other FEATUREs should be defined, but I was trying to keep these
288config files fairly lean and mean.
289
290
291+-------+
292| HACKS |
293+-------+
294
295Some things just can't be called features.  To make this clear,
296they go in the hack subdirectory and are referenced using the HACK
297macro.  These will tend to be site-dependent.  The release
298includes the Berkeley-dependent "cssubdomain" hack (that makes
299sendmail accept local names in either Berkeley.EDU or CS.Berkeley.EDU;
300this is intended as a short-term aid while we move hosts into
301subdomains.
302
303
304+--------------------+
305| SITE CONFIGURATION |
306+--------------------+
307
308Complex sites will need more local configuration information, such as
309lists of UUCP hosts they speak with directly.  This can get a bit more
310tricky.  For an example of a "complex" site, see cf/ucbvax.mc.
311
312The SITECONFIG macro allows you to indirectly reference site-dependent
313configuration information stored in the siteconfig subdirectory.  For
314example, the line
315
316	SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbvax, ucbvax, U)
317
318reads the file uucp.ucbvax for local connection information.  The
319second parameter is the local name (in this case just "ucbvax" since
320it is locally connected, and hence a UUCP hostname) and the name of
321the class in which to store the host information.  Another SITECONFIG
322line reads
323
324	SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbarpa, ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU, W)
325
326This says that the file uucp.ucbarpa contains the list of UUCP sites
327connected to ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU.  The $=W class will be used to
328store this list.  [The machine ucbarpa is gone now, but I've left
329this out-of-date configuration file around to demonstrate how you
330might do this.]
331
332The siteconfig file (e.g., siteconfig/uucp.ucbvax.m4) contains nothing
333more than a sequence of SITE macros describing connectivity.  For
334example:
335
336	SITE(cnmat)
337	SITE(sgi olympus)
338
339The second example demonstrates that you can use two names on the
340same line; these are usually aliases for the same host (or are at
341least in the same company).
342
343
344+-------------------+
345| TWEAKING RULESETS |
346+-------------------+
347
348For more complex configurations, you can define special rules.
349The macro LOCAL_RULE_3 introduces rules that are used in canonicalizing
350the names.  Any modifications made here are reflected in the header.
351
352A common use is to convert old UUCP addreses to SMTP addresses using
353the UUCPSMTP macro.  For example:
354
355	LOCAL_RULE_3
356	UUCPSMTP(decvax,	decvax.dec.com)
357	UUCPSMTP(research,	research.att.com)
358
359will cause addresses of the form "decvax!user" and "research!user"
360to be converted to "user@decvax.dec.com" and "user@research.att.com"
361respectively.
362
363This could also be used to look hosts in a database map:
364
365	LOCAL_RULE_3
366	R$* < @ $+ > $*		$: $1 < @ $(hostmap $2 $) > $3
367
368This map would be defined in the LOCAL_CONFIG portion, as shown below.
369
370Similarly, LOCAL_RULE_0 can be used to introduce new parsing rules.
371For example, new rules are needed to parse hostnames that you accept
372via MX records.  For example, you might have:
373
374	LOCAL_RULE_0
375	R$+ < @ cnmat.Berkeley.EDU >	$#uucp $@ cnmat $: $1
376
377You would use this if you had installed an MX record for cnmat.Berkeley.EDU
378pointing at this host; this rule catches the message and forwards it on
379using UUCP.
380
381You can also tweak rulesets 1 and 2 using LOCAL_RULE_1 and LOCAL_RULE_2.
382These rulesets are normally empty.
383
384A similar macro is LOCAL_CONFIG.  This introduces lines added after the
385boilerplate option setting but before rulesets, and can be used to
386declare local database maps or whatever.  For example:
387
388	LOCAL_CONFIG
389	Khostmap hash /etc/hostmap.db
390	Kyplocal nis -m hosts.byname
391
392
393+---------------------------+
394| MASQUERADING AND RELAYING |
395+---------------------------+
396
397You can have your host masquerade as another using
398
399	MASQUERADE_AS(host.domain)
400
401This causes outgoing SMTP mail to be labelled as coming from the
402indicated domain, rather than $j.  One normally masquerades as one
403of your own subdomains (for example, it's unlikely that I would
404choose to masquerade as an MIT site).
405
406there are always users that need to be "exposed" -- that is, their
407internal site name should be displayed instead of the masquerade name.
408Root is an example.  You can add users to this list using
409
410	EXPOSED_USER(usernames)
411
412This adds users to class E; you could also use something like
413
414	FE/etc/sendmail.cE
415
416You can also arrange to relay all unqualified names (that is, names
417without @host) to a relay host.  For example, if you have a central
418email server, you might relay to that host so that users don't have
419to have .forward files or aliases.  You can do this using
420
421	define(`LOCAL_RELAY', mailer:hostname)
422
423The ``mailer:'' can be omitted, in which case the mailer defaults to
424"smtp".  There are some user names that you don't want relayed, perhaps
425because of local aliases.  A common example is root, which may be
426locally aliased.  You can add entries to this list using
427
428	LOCAL_USER(usernames)
429
430This adds users to class L; you could also use something like
431
432	FL/etc/sendmail.cL
433
434If you want all mail sent to a centralized hub, as for a shared
435/var/spool/mail scheme, use
436
437	define(`MAIL_HUB', mailer:hostname)
438
439Again, ``mailer:'' defaults to "smtp".  If you define both LOCAL_RELAY
440and MAIL_HUB, unqualified names and names in class L will be sent to
441the LOCAL_RELAY and other local names will be sent to MAIL_HUB.  For
442example, if are on machine mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU, the following
443combinations of settings will have the indicated effects:
444
445email sent to....	eric			  eric@mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU
446
447LOCAL_RELAY set to	mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  (delivered locally)
448mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU
449
450MAIL_HUB set to		mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
451mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
452
453Both LOCAL_RELAY and	mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
454MAIL_HUB set as above
455
456
457+-------------------------------+
458| NON-SMTP BASED CONFIGURATIONS |
459+-------------------------------+
460
461These configuration files are designed primarily for use by SMTP-based
462sites.  I don't pretend that they are well tuned for UUCP-only or
463UUCP-primarily nodes (the latter is defined as a small local net
464connected to the rest of the world via UUCP).  However, there is one
465hook to handle some special cases.
466
467You can define a ``smart host'' that understands a richer address syntax
468using:
469
470	define(`SMART_HOST', mailer:hostname)
471
472In this case, the ``mailer:'' defaults to "suucp".  Any messages that
473can't be handled using the usual UUCP rules are passed to this host.
474
475If you are on a local SMTP-based net that connects to the outside
476world via UUCP, you can use LOCAL_NET_CONFIG to add appropriate rules.
477For example:
478
479	define(`SMART_HOST', suucp:uunet)
480	LOCAL_NET_CONFIG
481	R$* < @ $* .$m > $*	$#smtp $@ $2.$m $: $1 < @ $2.$m > $3
482
483This will cause all names that end in your domain name ($m) via
484SMTP; anything else will be sent via suucp (smart UUCP) to uunet.
485
486
487+------------------+
488| FlexFAX SOFTWARE |
489+------------------+
490
491Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software is still in beta test -- but he expects a
492public version out "later this week" [as of 3/1/93].  The following
493blurb is direct from Sam:
494
495	$Header: /usr/people/sam/fax/RCS/HOWTO,v 1.7 93/02/08 09:00:55 sam Exp $
496
497	How To Obtain This Software (in case all you get is this file)
498
499	The source code is available for public ftp on
500	    sgi.com			sgi/fax/v2.1beta.tar.Z
501		(192.48.153.1)
502
503	You can also obtain inst'able images for Silicon Graphics machines from
504	    sgi.com			sgi/fax/v2.1beta.inst.tar
505		(192.48.153.1)
506
507	For example,
508	    % ftp -n sgi.com
509	    ....
510	    ftp> user anonymous
511	    ... <type in password>
512	    ftp> cd sgi/fax
513	    ftp> binary
514	    ftp> get v2.1beta.tar.Z
515
516	If you cannot use FTP at all, there is a service called "ftpmail"
517	available from gateekeeper.dec.com:  you can send e-mail to this
518	machine and it will use FTP to retrieve files for you and send you the
519	files back again via e-mail.  To find out more about the ftpmail
520	service, send a message to "ftpmail@gatekeeper.dec.com" whose body
521	consists of the single line "help".
522
523	Internal to Silicon Graphics there are inst'able images on the host
524	flake.asd in the directory /d/dist.  Thus you can do something like:
525
526	    % inst -f flake.asd.sgi.com:/d/dist/flexfax
527
528	to install the software on your machine.
529
530	The external distributions come in a compressed or uncompressed tar
531	file.  To extract the source distribution:
532
533	    % zcat v2.1beta.tar.Z | tar xf -
534
535	(uncompress and extract individual files in current directory).  To
536	unpack and install the client portion of the inst'able distribution:
537
538	    % mkdir dist
539	    % cd dist; tar xf ../v2.1beta.inst.tar; cd ..
540	    % inst -f dist/flexfax
541	    ...
542	    inst> go
543
544	(Note, the dist subdirectory is because some versions of inst fail if
545	the files are in the current directory.) Server binaries is also
546	included in the inst'able images as flexfax.server.*.  It is not
547	installed by default, so to get it also you need to extract the do:
548
549	    % inst -f flexfax
550	    ...
551	    inst> install flexfax.server.*
552	    inst> go
553
554	The SGI binaries were built for Version 4.0.5 of the IRIX operating
555	system.  They should work w/o problem on earlier versions of the
556	system, but I have not fully tested this.  Also, note that to install a
557	server on an SGI machine, you need to have installed the Display
558	PostScript execution environment product (dps_eoe).  Otherwise, the fax
559	server will not be able to convert PostScript to facsimile for
560	transmission.
561
562	If you are working from the source distribution, look at the file README
563	in the top of the source tree.  If you are working from the inst images,
564	you need to run faxaddmodem to setup and configure your fax modem.  Do
565	man faxaddmodem for more information.
566
567Also from Sam:
568
569	A mailing list for users of this software is located on sgi.com.
570	If you want to join this mailing list or have a list-related request
571	such as getting your name removed from it, send a request to
572
573	    flexfax-request@sgi.com
574
575	Submissions (including bug reports) should be directed to:
576
577	    flexfax@sgi.com
578
579
580+--------------------------------+
581| TWEAKING CONFIGURATION OPTIONS |
582+--------------------------------+
583
584There are a large number of configuration options that don't normally
585need to be changed.  However, if you feel you need to tweak them, you
586can define the following M4 variables.  This list is shown in four
587columns:  the name you define, the default value for that definition,
588the option or macro that is affected (either Ox for an option or Dx
589for a macro), and a brief description.  Greater detail of the semantics
590can be found in the Installation and Operations Guide.
591
592M4 Variable Name	Default		Mac/Opt	Description
593confMAILER_NAME		MAILER-DAEMON	Dn	The sender name used for
594						internally generated
595						outgoing messages.
596confFROM_LINE		From $g  $d	Dl	The From_ line used when
597						sending to files or programs.
598confFROM_HEADER		$?x$x <$g>$|$g$.	The format of an internally
599					Dq	generated From: address.
600confOPERATORS		.:%@!^/[]	Do	Address operator characters.
601confSTMP_LOGIN_MSG	$j Sendmail $v/$Z ready at $b
602					De	The initial (spontaneous)
603						SMTP greeting message.
604confEIGHT_BIT_INPUT	True		O8	Use 8-bit input?
605confALIAS_WAIT		10		Oa	Wait (in minutes) for alias
606						file rebuild.
607confMIN_FREE_BLOCKS	4		Ob	Minimum number of free blocks
608						on queue filesystem to accept
609						SMTP mail.
610confBLANK_SUB		.		OB	Blank (space) substitution
611						character.
612confCON_EXPENSIVE	False		Oc	Connect immediately to
613						mailers marked expensive?
614confCHECKPOINT_INTERVAL	10		OC	Checkpoint queue files
615						every N recipients.
616confDELIVERY_MODE	background	Od	Default delivery mode.
617confAUTO_REBUILD	False		OD	Automatically rebuild
618						alias file if needed.
619confERROR_MODE		(undefined)	Oe	Error message mode.
620confERROR_MESSAGE	(undefined)	OE	Error message header/file.
621confSAVE_FROM_LINES	False		Of	Save extra leading
622						From_ lines.
623confTEMP_FILE_MODE	0600		OF	Temporary file mode.
624confDEF_GROUP_ID	1		Og	Default group id.
625confMATCH_GECOS		False		OG	Match GECOS field.
626confMAX_HOP		17		Oh	Maximum hop count.
627confIGNORE_DOTS		False		Oi	Ignore dot as terminator
628						for incoming messages?
629confBIND_OPTS		(empty)		OI	Default options for BIND.
630confMCI_CACHE_SIZE	2		Ok	Size of open connection cache.
631confMCI_CACHE_TIMEOUT	5m		OK	Open connection cache timeout.
632confLOG_LEVEL		9		OL	Log level.
633confME_TOO		False		Om	Include sender in group
634						expansions.
635confCHECK_ALIASES	True		On	Check RHS of aliases when
636						running newaliases.
637confOLD_STYLE_HEADERS	True		Oo	Assume that headers without
638						special chars are old style.
639confDAEMON_OPTIONS	(undefined)	OO	SMTP daemon options.
640confPRIVACY_FLAGS	authwarnings	Op	Privacy flags.
641confCOPY_ERRORS_TO	(undefined)	OP	Address for additional copies
642						of all error messages.
643confQUEUE_FACTOR	(undefined)	Oq	Slope of queue-only function
644confREAD_TIMEOUT	(undefined)	Or	SMTP read timeouts.
645confSAFE_QUEUE		True		Os	Commit all messages to disk
646						before forking.
647confMESSAGE_TIMEOUT	5d/4h		OT	Timeout for messages before
648						sending error/warning message.
649confTIME_ZONE		USE_SYSTEM	Oz	Time zone info -- can be
650						USE_SYSTEM to use the system's
651						idea, USE_TZ to use the user's
652						TZ envariable, or something
653						else to force that value.
654confDEF_USER_ID		1		Ou	Default user id.
655confUSERDB_SPEC		(undefined)	OU	User database specification.
656confFALLBACK_MX		(undefined)	OV	Fallback MX host.
657confNO_WILDCARD_MX	False		Ow	No wildcard MX records matches
658						our domain.
659confQUEUE_LA		8		Ox	Load average at which queue-only
660						function kicks in.
661confREFUSE_LA		12		OX	Load average at which incoming
662						SMTP connections are refused.
663confSEPARATE_PROC	False		Oy	Run all deliveries in a
664						separate process.
665confWORK_RECIPIENT_FACTOR
666			(undefined)	OY	Cost of each recipient.
667confWORK_CLASS_FACTOR	(undefined)	Oz	Priority multiplier for class.
668confWORK_TIME_FACTOR	(undefined)	OZ	Cost of each delivery attempt.
669confCW_FILE		/etc/sendmail.cw	Name of file used to get the
670					Fw	local additions to the $=w
671						class.
672
673
674+-----------+
675| HIERARCHY |
676+-----------+
677
678Within this directory are several subdirectories, to wit:
679
680m4		General support routines.  These are typically
681		very important and should not be changed without
682		very careful consideration.
683
684cf		The configuration files themselves.  They have
685		".mc" suffixes, and must be run through m4 to
686		become complete.  The resulting output should
687		have a ".cf" suffix.
688
689ostype		Definitions describing a particular operating
690		system type.  These should always be referenced
691		using the OSTYPE macro in the .mc file.  Examples
692		include "bsd4.3", "bsd4.4", "sunos3.5", and
693		"sunos4.1".
694
695domain		Definitions describing a particular domain, referenced
696		using the DOMAIN macro in the .mc file.  These are
697		site dependent; for example, we contribute "cs.exposed.m4"
698		and "cs.hidden.m4" which both describe hosts in the
699		CS.Berkeley.EDU subdomain; the former displays the local
700		hostname (e.g., mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU), whereas the
701		latter does its best to hide the identity of the local
702		workstation inside the CS subdomain.
703
704mailer		Descriptions of mailers.   These are referenced using
705		the MAILER macro in the .mc file.
706
707sh		Shell files used when building the .cf file from the
708		.mc file in the cf subdirectory.
709
710feature		These hold special orthogonal features that you might
711		want to include.  They should be referenced using
712		the FEATURE macro.
713
714hack		Local hacks.  These can be referenced using the HACK
715		macro.  They shouldn't be of more than voyeuristic
716		interest outside the .Berkeley.EDU domain, but who knows?
717		We've all got our own peccadilloes.
718
719siteconfig	Site configuration -- e.g., tables of locally connected
720		UUCP sites.
721
722
723+------------------------+
724| ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS |
725+------------------------+
726
727The following sections detail usage of certain internal parts of the
728sendmail.cf file.  Read them carefully if you are trying to modify
729the current model.  If you find the above descriptions adequate, these
730should be {boring, confusing, tedious, ridiculous} (pick one or more).
731
732RULESETS (* means built in to sendmail)
733
734   0 *	Parsing
735   1 *	Sender rewriting
736   2 *	Recipient rewriting
737   3 *	Canonicalization
738   4 *	Post cleanup
739   5 *	Local address rewrite (after aliasing)
740   6	Bottom half of Ruleset 3
741   7	Hook for recursive ruleset 0 call
742   8
743   9
744
745
746MAILERS
747
748   0	local, prog	local and program mailers
749   1	smtp		SMTP channel
750   2	uucp		UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program
751   3	netnews		Network News delivery
752   4	fax		Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software
753
754
755MACROS
756
757   A
758   B	Bitnet Relay
759   C	CSNET Relay
760   D	The local domain -- usually not needed
761   E
762   F	FAX Relay
763   G
764   H	mail Hub (for mail clusters)
765   I
766   J
767   K
768   L
769   M	Masquerade (who I claim to be)
770   N
771   O
772   P
773   Q
774   R	Relay (for unqualified names)
775   S	Smart Host
776   T
777   U	my UUCP name (if I have a UUCP connection)
778   V	UUCP Relay (class V hosts)
779   W	UUCP Relay (class W hosts)
780   X	UUCP Relay (class X hosts)
781   Y	UUCP Relay (all other hosts)
782   Z	Version number
783
784
785CLASSES
786
787   A
788   B
789   C
790   D
791   E	addresses that should not seem to come from $M
792   F	hosts we forward for
793   G
794   H
795   I
796   J
797   K
798   L	addresses that should not be forwarded to $R
799   M
800   N
801   O	operators that indicate network operations (cannot be in local names)
802   P
803   Q
804   R
805   S
806   T
807   U	locally connected UUCP hosts
808   V	UUCP hosts connected to relay $V
809   W	UUCP hosts connected to relay $W
810   X	UUCP hosts connected to relay $X
811   Y	locally connected smart UUCP hosts
812   Z
813   .	the class containing only a dot
814
815
816M4 DIVERSIONS
817
818   1	Local host detection and resolution
819   2	Local Ruleset 3 additions
820   3	Local Ruleset 0 additions
821   4	UUCP Ruleset 0 additions
822   5	locally interpreted names (overrides $R)
823   6	local configuration (at top of file)
824   7	mailer definitions
825   8	special local name recognition (late in ruleset 3)
826   9	special local rulesets (1 and 2)
827