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2
3		NEW SENDMAIL CONFIGURATION FILES
4
5		Eric Allman <eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU>
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7		@(#)README	6.12 (Berkeley) 03/06/93
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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.
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.  Available features are:
256
257use_cw_file	Read the file /etc/sendmail.cw file to get alternate
258		names for this host.  This might be used if you were
259		on a host that MXed for a dynamic set of other
260		hosts.  If the set is static, just including the line
261		"Cw<name1> <name2> ..." is probably superior.
262		The actual filename can be overridden by redefining
263		confCW_FILE.
264redirect	Reject all mail addressed to "address.REDIRECT" with
265		a ``551 User not local; please try <address>'' message.
266		If this is set, you can alias people who have left
267		to their new address with ".REDIRECT" appended.
268nouucp		Don't do anything special with UUCP addresses at all.
269notsticky	By default, email sent to "user@local.host" are marked
270		as "sticky" -- that is, the local addresses aren't
271		matched against UDB and don't go through ruleset 5.
272		This features disables this treatment.  It would
273		normally be used on network gateway machines.
274
275Other FEATUREs should be defined, but I was trying to keep these
276config files fairly lean and mean.
277
278
279+-------+
280| HACKS |
281+-------+
282
283Some things just can't be called features.  To make this clear,
284they go in the hack subdirectory and are referenced using the HACK
285macro.  These will tend to be site-dependent.  The release
286includes the Berkeley-dependent "cssubdomain" hack (that makes
287sendmail accept local names in either Berkeley.EDU or CS.Berkeley.EDU;
288this is intended as a short-term aid while we move hosts into
289subdomains.
290
291
292+--------------------+
293| SITE CONFIGURATION |
294+--------------------+
295
296Complex sites will need more local configuration information, such as
297lists of UUCP hosts they speak with directly.  This can get a bit more
298tricky.  For an example of a "complex" site, see cf/ucbvax.mc.
299
300The SITECONFIG macro allows you to indirectly reference site-dependent
301configuration information stored in the siteconfig subdirectory.  For
302example, the line
303
304	SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbvax, ucbvax, U)
305
306reads the file uucp.ucbvax for local connection information.  The
307second parameter is the local name (in this case just "ucbvax" since
308it is locally connected, and hence a UUCP hostname) and the name of
309the class in which to store the host information.  Another SITECONFIG
310line reads
311
312	SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbarpa, ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU, W)
313
314This says that the file uucp.ucbarpa contains the list of UUCP sites
315connected to ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU.  The $=W class will be used to
316store this list.  [The machine ucbarpa is gone now, but I've left
317this out-of-date configuration file around to demonstrate how you
318might do this.]
319
320The siteconfig file (e.g., siteconfig/uucp.ucbvax.m4) contains nothing
321more than a sequence of SITE macros describing connectivity.  For
322example:
323
324	SITE(cnmat)
325	SITE(sgi olympus)
326
327The second example demonstrates that you can use two names on the
328same line; these are usually aliases for the same host (or are at
329least in the same company).
330
331
332+-------------------+
333| TWEAKING RULESETS |
334+-------------------+
335
336For more complex configurations, you can define special rules.
337The macro LOCAL_RULE_3 introduces rules that are used in canonicalizing
338the names.  Any modifications made here are reflected in the header.
339
340A common use is to convert old UUCP addreses to SMTP addresses using
341the UUCPSMTP macro.  For example:
342
343	LOCAL_RULE_3
344	UUCPSMTP(decvax,	decvax.dec.com)
345	UUCPSMTP(research,	research.att.com)
346
347will cause addresses of the form "decvax!user" and "research!user"
348to be converted to "user@decvax.dec.com" and "user@research.att.com"
349respectively.
350
351This could also be used to look hosts in a database map:
352
353	LOCAL_RULE_3
354	R$* < @ $+ > $*		$: $1 < @ $(hostmap $2 $) > $3
355
356This map would be defined in the LOCAL_CONFIG portion, as shown below.
357
358Similarly, LOCAL_RULE_0 can be used to introduce new parsing rules.
359For example, new rules are needed to parse hostnames that you accept
360via MX records.  For example, you might have:
361
362	LOCAL_RULE_0
363	R$+ < @ cnmat.Berkeley.EDU >	$#uucp $@ cnmat $: $1
364
365You would use this if you had installed an MX record for cnmat.Berkeley.EDU
366pointing at this host; this rule catches the message and forwards it on
367using UUCP.
368
369A similar macro is LOCAL_CONFIG.  This introduces lines added after the
370boilerplate option setting but before rulesets, and can be used to
371declare local database maps or whatever.  For example:
372
373	LOCAL_CONFIG
374	Khostmap hash /etc/hostmap.db
375	Kyplocal nis -m hosts.byname
376
377
378+---------------------------+
379| MASQUERADING AND RELAYING |
380+---------------------------+
381
382You can have your host masquerade as another using
383
384	MASQUERADE_AS(host.domain)
385
386This causes outgoing SMTP mail to be labelled as coming from the
387indicated domain, rather than $j.  One normally masquerades as one
388of your own subdomains (for example, it's unlikely that I would
389choose to masquerade as an MIT site).
390
391there are always users that need to be "exposed" -- that is, their
392internal site name should be displayed instead of the masquerade name.
393Root is an example.  You can add users to this list using
394
395	EXPOSED_USER(usernames)
396
397This adds users to class E; you could also use something like
398
399	FE/etc/sendmail.cE
400
401You can also arrange to relay all unqualified names (that is, names
402without @host) to a relay host.  For example, if you have a central
403email server, you might relay to that host so that users don't have
404to have .forward files or aliases.  You can do this using
405
406	define(`LOCAL_RELAY', mailer:hostname)
407
408The ``mailer:'' can be omitted, in which case the mailer defaults to
409"smtp".  There are some user names that you don't want relayed, perhaps
410because of local aliases.  A common example is root, which may be
411locally aliased.  You can add entries to this list using
412
413	LOCAL_USER(usernames)
414
415This adds users to class L; you could also use something like
416
417	FL/etc/sendmail.cL
418
419If you want all mail sent to a centralized hub, as for a shared
420/var/spool/mail scheme, use
421
422	define(`MAIL_HUB', mailer:hostname)
423
424Again, ``mailer:'' defaults to "smtp".  If you define both LOCAL_RELAY
425and MAIL_HUB, unqualified names and names in class L will be sent to
426the LOCAL_RELAY and other local names will be sent to MAIL_HUB.  For
427example, if are on machine mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU, the following
428combinations of settings will have the indicated effects:
429
430email sent to....	eric			  eric@mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU
431
432LOCAL_RELAY set to	mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  (delivered locally)
433mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU
434
435MAIL_HUB set to		mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
436mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
437
438Both LOCAL_RELAY and	mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
439MAIL_HUB set as above
440
441
442+-------------------------------+
443| NON-SMTP BASED CONFIGURATIONS |
444+-------------------------------+
445
446These configuration files are designed primarily for use by SMTP-based
447sites.  I don't pretend that they are well tuned for UUCP-only or
448UUCP-primarily nodes (the latter is defined as a small local net
449connected to the rest of the world via UUCP).  However, there is one
450hook to handle some special cases.
451
452You can define a ``smart host'' that understands a richer address syntax
453using:
454
455	define(`SMART_HOST', mailer:hostname)
456
457In this case, the ``mailer:'' defaults to "suucp".  Any messages that
458can't be handled using the usual UUCP rules are passed to this host.
459
460If you are on a local SMTP-based net that connects to the outside
461world via UUCP, you can use LOCAL_NET_CONFIG to add appropriate rules.
462For example:
463
464	define(`SMART_HOST', suucp:uunet)
465	LOCAL_NET_CONFIG
466	R$* < @ $* .$m > $*	$#smtp $@ $2.$m $: $1 < @ $2.$m > $3
467
468This will cause all names that end in your domain name ($m) via
469SMTP; anything else will be sent via suucp (smart UUCP) to uunet.
470
471
472+------------------+
473| FlexFAX SOFTWARE |
474+------------------+
475
476Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software is still in beta test -- but he expects a
477public version out "later this week" [as of 3/1/93].  The following
478blurb is direct from Sam:
479
480	$Header: /usr/people/sam/fax/RCS/HOWTO,v 1.7 93/02/08 09:00:55 sam Exp $
481
482	How To Obtain This Software (in case all you get is this file)
483
484	The source code is available for public ftp on
485	    sgi.com			sgi/fax/v2.1beta.tar.Z
486		(192.48.153.1)
487
488	You can also obtain inst'able images for Silicon Graphics machines from
489	    sgi.com			sgi/fax/v2.1beta.inst.tar
490		(192.48.153.1)
491
492	For example,
493	    % ftp -n sgi.com
494	    ....
495	    ftp> user anonymous
496	    ... <type in password>
497	    ftp> cd sgi/fax
498	    ftp> binary
499	    ftp> get v2.1beta.tar.Z
500
501	If you cannot use FTP at all, there is a service called "ftpmail"
502	available from gateekeeper.dec.com:  you can send e-mail to this
503	machine and it will use FTP to retrieve files for you and send you the
504	files back again via e-mail.  To find out more about the ftpmail
505	service, send a message to "ftpmail@gatekeeper.dec.com" whose body
506	consists of the single line "help".
507
508	Internal to Silicon Graphics there are inst'able images on the host
509	flake.asd in the directory /d/dist.  Thus you can do something like:
510
511	    % inst -f flake.asd.sgi.com:/d/dist/flexfax
512
513	to install the software on your machine.
514
515	The external distributions come in a compressed or uncompressed tar
516	file.  To extract the source distribution:
517
518	    % zcat v2.1beta.tar.Z | tar xf -
519
520	(uncompress and extract individual files in current directory).  To
521	unpack and install the client portion of the inst'able distribution:
522
523	    % mkdir dist
524	    % cd dist; tar xf ../v2.1beta.inst.tar; cd ..
525	    % inst -f dist/flexfax
526	    ...
527	    inst> go
528
529	(Note, the dist subdirectory is because some versions of inst fail if
530	the files are in the current directory.) Server binaries is also
531	included in the inst'able images as flexfax.server.*.  It is not
532	installed by default, so to get it also you need to extract the do:
533
534	    % inst -f flexfax
535	    ...
536	    inst> install flexfax.server.*
537	    inst> go
538
539	The SGI binaries were built for Version 4.0.5 of the IRIX operating
540	system.  They should work w/o problem on earlier versions of the
541	system, but I have not fully tested this.  Also, note that to install a
542	server on an SGI machine, you need to have installed the Display
543	PostScript execution environment product (dps_eoe).  Otherwise, the fax
544	server will not be able to convert PostScript to facsimile for
545	transmission.
546
547	If you are working from the source distribution, look at the file README
548	in the top of the source tree.  If you are working from the inst images,
549	you need to run faxaddmodem to setup and configure your fax modem.  Do
550	man faxaddmodem for more information.
551
552Also from Sam:
553
554	A mailing list for users of this software is located on sgi.com.
555	If you want to join this mailing list or have a list-related request
556	such as getting your name removed from it, send a request to
557
558	    flexfax-request@sgi.com
559
560	Submissions (including bug reports) should be directed to:
561
562	    flexfax@sgi.com
563
564
565+--------------------------------+
566| TWEAKING CONFIGURATION OPTIONS |
567+--------------------------------+
568
569There are a large number of configuration options that don't normally
570need to be changed.  However, if you feel you need to tweak them, you
571can define the following M4 variables.  This list is shown in four
572columns:  the name you define, the default value for that definition,
573the option or macro that is affected (either Ox for an option or Dx
574for a macro), and a brief description.  Greater detail of the semantics
575can be found in the Installation and Operations Guide.
576
577M4 Variable Name	Default		Mac/Opt	Description
578confMAILER_NAME		MAILER-DAEMON	Dn	The sender name used for
579						internally generated
580						outgoing messages.
581confFROM_LINE		From $?<$<$|$g$.  $d	The From_ line used when
582					Dl	sending to files or programs.
583confFROM_HEADER		$?x$x <$g>$|$g$.	The format of an internally
584					Dq	generated From: address.
585confOPERATORS		.:%@!^/[]	Do	Address operator characters.
586confSTMP_LOGIN_MSG	$j Sendmail $v/$Z ready at $b
587					De	The initial (spontaneous)
588						SMTP greeting message.
589confEIGHT_BIT_INPUT	False		O8	Use 8-bit input?
590confALIAS_WAIT		10		Oa	Wait (in minutes) for alias
591						file rebuild.
592confMIN_FREE_BLOCKS	4		Ob	Minimum number of free blocks
593						on queue filesystem to accept
594						SMTP mail.
595confBLANK_SUB		.		OB	Blank (space) substitution
596						character.
597confCON_EXPENSIVE	False		Oc	Connect immediately to
598						mailers marked expensive?
599confCHECKPOINT_INTERVAL	10		OC	Checkpoint queue files
600						every N recipients.
601confDELIVERY_MODE	background	Od	Default delivery mode.
602confAUTO_REBUILD	False		OD	Automatically rebuild
603						alias file if needed.
604confERROR_MODE		(undefined)	Oe	Error message mode.
605confERROR_MESSAGE	(undefined)	OE	Error message header/file.
606confSAVE_FROM_LINES	False		Of	Save extra leading
607						From_ lines.
608confTEMP_FILE_MODE	0600		OF	Temporary file mode.
609confDEF_GROUP_ID	1		Og	Default group id.
610confMATCH_GECOS		False		OG	Match GECOS field.
611confMAX_HOP		17		Oh	Maximum hop count.
612confIGNORE_DOTS		False		Oi	Ignore dot as terminator
613						for incoming messages?
614confBIND_OPTS		(empty)		OI	Default options for BIND.
615confMCI_CACHE_SIZE	2		Ok	Size of open connection cache.
616confMCI_CACHE_TIMEOUT	5m		OK	Open connection cache timeout.
617confLOG_LEVEL		9		OL	Log level.
618confME_TOO		False		Om	Include sender in group
619						expansions.
620confCHECK_ALIASES	True		On	Check RHS of aliases when
621						running newaliases.
622confOLD_STYLE_HEADERS	True		Oo	Assume that headers without
623						special chars are old style.
624confPRIVACY_FLAGS	public		Op	Privacy flags.
625confCOPY_ERRORS_TO	(undefined)	OP	Address for additional copies
626						of all error messages.
627confQUEUE_FACTOR	(undefined)	Oq	Slope of queue-only function
628confREAD_TIMEOUT	(undefined)	Or	SMTP read timeouts.
629confSAFE_QUEUE		True		Os	Commit all messages to disk
630						before forking.
631confMESSAGE_TIMEOUT	5d		OT	Timeout for messages before
632						sending error message.
633confTIME_ZONE		USE_SYSTEM	Oz	Time zone info -- can be
634						USE_SYSTEM to use the system's
635						idea, USE_TZ to use the user's
636						TZ envariable, or something
637						else to force that value.
638confDEF_USER_ID		1		Ou	Default user id.
639confNO_WILDCARD_MX	False		Ow	No wildcard MX records matches
640						our domain.
641confQUEUE_LA		8		Ox	Load average at which queue-only
642						function kicks in.
643confREFUSE_LA		12		OX	Load average at which incoming
644						SMTP connections are refused.
645confSEPARATE_PROC	False		Oy	Run all deliveries in a
646						separate process.
647confWORK_RECIPIENT_FACTOR
648			(undefined)	OY	Cost of each recipient.
649confWORK_CLASS_FACTOR	(undefined)	Oz	Priority multiplier for class.
650confWORK_TIME_FACTOR	(undefined)	OZ	Cost of each delivery attempt.
651confCW_FILE		/etc/sendmail.cw	Name of file used to get the
652					Fw	local additions to the $=w
653						class.
654
655
656+-----------+
657| HIERARCHY |
658+-----------+
659
660Within this directory are several subdirectories, to wit:
661
662m4		General support routines.  These are typically
663		very important and should not be changed without
664		very careful consideration.
665
666cf		The configuration files themselves.  They have
667		".mc" suffixes, and must be run through m4 to
668		become complete.  The resulting output should
669		have a ".cf" suffix.
670
671ostype		Definitions describing a particular operating
672		system type.  These should always be referenced
673		using the OSTYPE macro in the .mc file.  Examples
674		include "bsd4.3", "bsd4.4", "sunos3.5", and
675		"sunos4.1".
676
677domain		Definitions describing a particular domain, referenced
678		using the DOMAIN macro in the .mc file.  These are
679		site dependent; for example, we contribute "cs.exposed.m4"
680		and "cs.hidden.m4" which both describe hosts in the
681		CS.Berkeley.EDU subdomain; the former displays the local
682		hostname (e.g., mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU), whereas the
683		latter does its best to hide the identity of the local
684		workstation inside the CS subdomain.
685
686mailer		Descriptions of mailers.   These are referenced using
687		the MAILER macro in the .mc file.
688
689sh		Shell files used when building the .cf file from the
690		.mc file in the cf subdirectory.
691
692feature		These hold special orthogonal features that you might
693		want to include.  They should be referenced using
694		the FEATURE macro.
695
696hack		Local hacks.  These can be referenced using the HACK
697		macro.  They shouldn't be of more than voyeuristic
698		interest outside the .Berkeley.EDU domain, but who knows?
699		We've all got our own peccadilloes.
700
701siteconfig	Site configuration -- e.g., tables of locally connected
702		UUCP sites.
703
704
705+------------------------+
706| ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS |
707+------------------------+
708
709The following sections detail usage of certain internal parts of the
710sendmail.cf file.  Read them carefully if you are trying to modify
711the current model.  If you find the above descriptions adequate, these
712should be {boring, confusing, tedious, ridiculous} (pick one or more).
713
714RULESETS (* means built in to sendmail)
715
716   0 *	Parsing
717   1 *	Sender rewriting
718   2 *	Recipient rewriting
719   3 *	Canonicalization
720   4 *	Post cleanup
721   5 *	Local address rewrite (after aliasing)
722   6	Bottom half of Ruleset 3
723   7	Hook for recursive ruleset 0 call
724   8
725   9
726
727
728MAILERS
729
730   0	local, prog	local and program mailers
731   1	smtp		SMTP channel
732   2	uucp		UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program
733   3	netnews		Network News delivery
734   4	fax		Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software
735
736
737MACROS
738
739   A
740   B	Bitnet Relay
741   C	CSNET Relay
742   D	The local domain -- usually not needed
743   E
744   F	FAX Relay
745   G
746   H	mail Hub (for mail clusters)
747   I
748   J
749   K
750   L
751   M	Masquerade (who I claim to be)
752   N
753   O
754   P
755   Q
756   R	Relay (for unqualified names)
757   S	Smart Host
758   T
759   U	my UUCP name (if I have a UUCP connection)
760   V	UUCP Relay (class V hosts)
761   W	UUCP Relay (class W hosts)
762   X	UUCP Relay (class X hosts)
763   Y	UUCP Relay (all other hosts)
764   Z	Version number
765
766
767CLASSES
768
769   A
770   B
771   C
772   D
773   E	addresses that should not seem to come from $M
774   F	hosts we forward for
775   G
776   H
777   I
778   J
779   K
780   L	addresses that should not be forwarded to $R
781   M
782   N
783   O	operators that indicate network operations (cannot be in local names)
784   P
785   Q
786   R
787   S
788   T
789   U	locally connected UUCP hosts
790   V	UUCP hosts connected to relay $V
791   W	UUCP hosts connected to relay $W
792   X	UUCP hosts connected to relay $X
793   Y	locally connected smart UUCP hosts
794   Z
795   .	the class containing only a dot
796
797
798M4 DIVERSIONS
799
800   1	Local host detection and resolution
801   2	Local Ruleset 3 additions
802   3	Local Ruleset 0 additions
803   4	UUCP Ruleset 0 additions
804   5	locally interpreted names (overrides $R)
805   6	local configuration (at top of file)
806   7	mailer definitions
807   8	special local name recognition (late in ruleset 3)
808   9	special local name recognition (late in ruleset 0)
809