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2
3		NEW SENDMAIL CONFIGURATION FILES
4
5		Eric Allman <eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU>
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7		@(#)README	6.22 (Berkeley) 04/27/93
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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.  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.
274nocanonify	Don't pass addresses to $[ ... $] for canonification.
275		This would generally only be used by sites that only
276		act as mail gateways or which have user agents that do
277		full canonification themselves.
278notsticky	By default, email sent to "user@local.host" are marked
279		as "sticky" -- that is, the local addresses aren't
280		matched against UDB and don't go through ruleset 5.
281		This features disables this treatment.  It would
282		normally be used on network gateway machines.
283mailertable	Include a "mailer table" which can be used to override
284		routing for particular domains.  The argument of the
285		FEATURE may be the key definition.  If none is specified,
286		the definition used is:
287			hash /etc/mailertable.db -o
288		Keys in this database must be of the form:
289			mailer:domain
290bitdomain	Look up bitnet hosts in a table to try to turn them into
291		internet addresses.  The table can be built using the
292		bitdomain program contributed by John Gardiner Meyers.
293		The argument of the FEATURE may be the key definition; if
294		none is specified, the definition used is:
295			hash /etc/bitdomain.db -o
296		Keys are the bitnet hostname; values are the corresponding
297		internet hostname.
298uucpdomain	Similar feature for UUCP hosts.  The default map definition
299		is:
300			hash /etc/uudomain.db -o
301		At the moment there is no automagic tool to build this
302		database.
303
304Other FEATUREs should be defined, but I was trying to keep these
305config files fairly lean and mean.
306
307
308+-------+
309| HACKS |
310+-------+
311
312Some things just can't be called features.  To make this clear,
313they go in the hack subdirectory and are referenced using the HACK
314macro.  These will tend to be site-dependent.  The release
315includes the Berkeley-dependent "cssubdomain" hack (that makes
316sendmail accept local names in either Berkeley.EDU or CS.Berkeley.EDU;
317this is intended as a short-term aid while we move hosts into
318subdomains.
319
320
321+--------------------+
322| SITE CONFIGURATION |
323+--------------------+
324
325Complex sites will need more local configuration information, such as
326lists of UUCP hosts they speak with directly.  This can get a bit more
327tricky.  For an example of a "complex" site, see cf/ucbvax.mc.
328
329The SITECONFIG macro allows you to indirectly reference site-dependent
330configuration information stored in the siteconfig subdirectory.  For
331example, the line
332
333	SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbvax, ucbvax, U)
334
335reads the file uucp.ucbvax for local connection information.  The
336second parameter is the local name (in this case just "ucbvax" since
337it is locally connected, and hence a UUCP hostname) and the name of
338the class in which to store the host information.  Another SITECONFIG
339line reads
340
341	SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbarpa, ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU, W)
342
343This says that the file uucp.ucbarpa contains the list of UUCP sites
344connected to ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU.  The $=W class will be used to
345store this list.  [The machine ucbarpa is gone now, but I've left
346this out-of-date configuration file around to demonstrate how you
347might do this.]
348
349The siteconfig file (e.g., siteconfig/uucp.ucbvax.m4) contains nothing
350more than a sequence of SITE macros describing connectivity.  For
351example:
352
353	SITE(cnmat)
354	SITE(sgi olympus)
355
356The second example demonstrates that you can use two names on the
357same line; these are usually aliases for the same host (or are at
358least in the same company).
359
360
361+-------------------+
362| TWEAKING RULESETS |
363+-------------------+
364
365For more complex configurations, you can define special rules.
366The macro LOCAL_RULE_3 introduces rules that are used in canonicalizing
367the names.  Any modifications made here are reflected in the header.
368
369A common use is to convert old UUCP addreses to SMTP addresses using
370the UUCPSMTP macro.  For example:
371
372	LOCAL_RULE_3
373	UUCPSMTP(decvax,	decvax.dec.com)
374	UUCPSMTP(research,	research.att.com)
375
376will cause addresses of the form "decvax!user" and "research!user"
377to be converted to "user@decvax.dec.com" and "user@research.att.com"
378respectively.
379
380This could also be used to look hosts in a database map:
381
382	LOCAL_RULE_3
383	R$* < @ $+ > $*		$: $1 < @ $(hostmap $2 $) > $3
384
385This map would be defined in the LOCAL_CONFIG portion, as shown below.
386
387Similarly, LOCAL_RULE_0 can be used to introduce new parsing rules.
388For example, new rules are needed to parse hostnames that you accept
389via MX records.  For example, you might have:
390
391	LOCAL_RULE_0
392	R$+ < @ cnmat.Berkeley.EDU >	$#uucp $@ cnmat $: $1
393
394You would use this if you had installed an MX record for cnmat.Berkeley.EDU
395pointing at this host; this rule catches the message and forwards it on
396using UUCP.
397
398You can also tweak rulesets 1 and 2 using LOCAL_RULE_1 and LOCAL_RULE_2.
399These rulesets are normally empty.
400
401A similar macro is LOCAL_CONFIG.  This introduces lines added after the
402boilerplate option setting but before rulesets, and can be used to
403declare local database maps or whatever.  For example:
404
405	LOCAL_CONFIG
406	Khostmap hash /etc/hostmap.db
407	Kyplocal nis -m hosts.byname
408
409
410+---------------------------+
411| MASQUERADING AND RELAYING |
412+---------------------------+
413
414You can have your host masquerade as another using
415
416	MASQUERADE_AS(host.domain)
417
418This causes outgoing SMTP mail to be labelled as coming from the
419indicated domain, rather than $j.  One normally masquerades as one
420of your own subdomains (for example, it's unlikely that I would
421choose to masquerade as an MIT site).
422
423there are always users that need to be "exposed" -- that is, their
424internal site name should be displayed instead of the masquerade name.
425Root is an example.  You can add users to this list using
426
427	EXPOSED_USER(usernames)
428
429This adds users to class E; you could also use something like
430
431	FE/etc/sendmail.cE
432
433You can also arrange to relay all unqualified names (that is, names
434without @host) to a relay host.  For example, if you have a central
435email server, you might relay to that host so that users don't have
436to have .forward files or aliases.  You can do this using
437
438	define(`LOCAL_RELAY', mailer:hostname)
439
440The ``mailer:'' can be omitted, in which case the mailer defaults to
441"smtp".  There are some user names that you don't want relayed, perhaps
442because of local aliases.  A common example is root, which may be
443locally aliased.  You can add entries to this list using
444
445	LOCAL_USER(usernames)
446
447This adds users to class L; you could also use something like
448
449	FL/etc/sendmail.cL
450
451If you want all mail sent to a centralized hub, as for a shared
452/var/spool/mail scheme, use
453
454	define(`MAIL_HUB', mailer:hostname)
455
456Again, ``mailer:'' defaults to "smtp".  If you define both LOCAL_RELAY
457and MAIL_HUB, unqualified names and names in class L will be sent to
458the LOCAL_RELAY and other local names will be sent to MAIL_HUB.  For
459example, if are on machine mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU, the following
460combinations of settings will have the indicated effects:
461
462email sent to....	eric			  eric@mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU
463
464LOCAL_RELAY set to	mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  (delivered locally)
465mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU
466
467MAIL_HUB set to		mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
468mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
469
470Both LOCAL_RELAY and	mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
471MAIL_HUB set as above
472
473
474+-------------------------------+
475| NON-SMTP BASED CONFIGURATIONS |
476+-------------------------------+
477
478These configuration files are designed primarily for use by SMTP-based
479sites.  I don't pretend that they are well tuned for UUCP-only or
480UUCP-primarily nodes (the latter is defined as a small local net
481connected to the rest of the world via UUCP).  However, there is one
482hook to handle some special cases.
483
484You can define a ``smart host'' that understands a richer address syntax
485using:
486
487	define(`SMART_HOST', mailer:hostname)
488
489In this case, the ``mailer:'' defaults to "suucp".  Any messages that
490can't be handled using the usual UUCP rules are passed to this host.
491
492If you are on a local SMTP-based net that connects to the outside
493world via UUCP, you can use LOCAL_NET_CONFIG to add appropriate rules.
494For example:
495
496	define(`SMART_HOST', suucp:uunet)
497	LOCAL_NET_CONFIG
498	R$* < @ $* .$m > $*	$#smtp $@ $2.$m $: $1 < @ $2.$m > $3
499
500This will cause all names that end in your domain name ($m) via
501SMTP; anything else will be sent via suucp (smart UUCP) to uunet.
502
503
504+------------------+
505| FlexFAX SOFTWARE |
506+------------------+
507
508Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software is still in beta test -- but he expects a
509public version out "later this week" [as of 3/1/93].  The following
510blurb is direct from Sam:
511
512	$Header: /usr/people/sam/fax/RCS/HOWTO,v 1.7 93/02/08 09:00:55 sam Exp $
513
514	How To Obtain This Software (in case all you get is this file)
515
516	The source code is available for public ftp on
517	    sgi.com			sgi/fax/v2.1beta.tar.Z
518		(192.48.153.1)
519
520	You can also obtain inst'able images for Silicon Graphics machines from
521	    sgi.com			sgi/fax/v2.1beta.inst.tar
522		(192.48.153.1)
523
524	For example,
525	    % ftp -n sgi.com
526	    ....
527	    ftp> user anonymous
528	    ... <type in password>
529	    ftp> cd sgi/fax
530	    ftp> binary
531	    ftp> get v2.1beta.tar.Z
532
533	If you cannot use FTP at all, there is a service called "ftpmail"
534	available from gateekeeper.dec.com:  you can send e-mail to this
535	machine and it will use FTP to retrieve files for you and send you the
536	files back again via e-mail.  To find out more about the ftpmail
537	service, send a message to "ftpmail@gatekeeper.dec.com" whose body
538	consists of the single line "help".
539
540	Internal to Silicon Graphics there are inst'able images on the host
541	flake.asd in the directory /d/dist.  Thus you can do something like:
542
543	    % inst -f flake.asd.sgi.com:/d/dist/flexfax
544
545	to install the software on your machine.
546
547	The external distributions come in a compressed or uncompressed tar
548	file.  To extract the source distribution:
549
550	    % zcat v2.1beta.tar.Z | tar xf -
551
552	(uncompress and extract individual files in current directory).  To
553	unpack and install the client portion of the inst'able distribution:
554
555	    % mkdir dist
556	    % cd dist; tar xf ../v2.1beta.inst.tar; cd ..
557	    % inst -f dist/flexfax
558	    ...
559	    inst> go
560
561	(Note, the dist subdirectory is because some versions of inst fail if
562	the files are in the current directory.) Server binaries is also
563	included in the inst'able images as flexfax.server.*.  It is not
564	installed by default, so to get it also you need to extract the do:
565
566	    % inst -f flexfax
567	    ...
568	    inst> install flexfax.server.*
569	    inst> go
570
571	The SGI binaries were built for Version 4.0.5 of the IRIX operating
572	system.  They should work w/o problem on earlier versions of the
573	system, but I have not fully tested this.  Also, note that to install a
574	server on an SGI machine, you need to have installed the Display
575	PostScript execution environment product (dps_eoe).  Otherwise, the fax
576	server will not be able to convert PostScript to facsimile for
577	transmission.
578
579	If you are working from the source distribution, look at the file README
580	in the top of the source tree.  If you are working from the inst images,
581	you need to run faxaddmodem to setup and configure your fax modem.  Do
582	man faxaddmodem for more information.
583
584Also from Sam:
585
586	A mailing list for users of this software is located on sgi.com.
587	If you want to join this mailing list or have a list-related request
588	such as getting your name removed from it, send a request to
589
590	    flexfax-request@sgi.com
591
592	Submissions (including bug reports) should be directed to:
593
594	    flexfax@sgi.com
595
596
597+--------------------------------+
598| TWEAKING CONFIGURATION OPTIONS |
599+--------------------------------+
600
601There are a large number of configuration options that don't normally
602need to be changed.  However, if you feel you need to tweak them, you
603can define the following M4 variables.  This list is shown in four
604columns:  the name you define, the default value for that definition,
605the option or macro that is affected (either Ox for an option or Dx
606for a macro), and a brief description.  Greater detail of the semantics
607can be found in the Installation and Operations Guide.
608
609M4 Variable Name	Default		Mac/Opt	Description
610confMAILER_NAME		MAILER-DAEMON	Dn	The sender name used for
611						internally generated
612						outgoing messages.
613confFROM_LINE		From $g  $d	Dl	The From_ line used when
614						sending to files or programs.
615confFROM_HEADER		$?x$x <$g>$|$g$.	The format of an internally
616					Dq	generated From: address.
617confOPERATORS		.:%@!^/[]	Do	Address operator characters.
618confSTMP_LOGIN_MSG	$j Sendmail $v/$Z ready at $b
619					De	The initial (spontaneous)
620						SMTP greeting message.
621confEIGHT_BIT_INPUT	True		O8	Use 8-bit input?
622confALIAS_WAIT		10		Oa	Wait (in minutes) for alias
623						file rebuild.
624confMIN_FREE_BLOCKS	4		Ob	Minimum number of free blocks
625						on queue filesystem to accept
626						SMTP mail.
627confBLANK_SUB		.		OB	Blank (space) substitution
628						character.
629confCON_EXPENSIVE	False		Oc	Connect immediately to
630						mailers marked expensive?
631confCHECKPOINT_INTERVAL	10		OC	Checkpoint queue files
632						every N recipients.
633confDELIVERY_MODE	background	Od	Default delivery mode.
634confAUTO_REBUILD	False		OD	Automatically rebuild
635						alias file if needed.
636confERROR_MODE		(undefined)	Oe	Error message mode.
637confERROR_MESSAGE	(undefined)	OE	Error message header/file.
638confSAVE_FROM_LINES	False		Of	Save extra leading
639						From_ lines.
640confTEMP_FILE_MODE	0600		OF	Temporary file mode.
641confDEF_GROUP_ID	1		Og	Default group id.
642confMATCH_GECOS		False		OG	Match GECOS field.
643confMAX_HOP		17		Oh	Maximum hop count.
644confIGNORE_DOTS		False		Oi	Ignore dot as terminator
645						for incoming messages?
646confBIND_OPTS		(empty)		OI	Default options for BIND.
647confMCI_CACHE_SIZE	2		Ok	Size of open connection cache.
648confMCI_CACHE_TIMEOUT	5m		OK	Open connection cache timeout.
649confLOG_LEVEL		9		OL	Log level.
650confME_TOO		False		Om	Include sender in group
651						expansions.
652confCHECK_ALIASES	True		On	Check RHS of aliases when
653						running newaliases.
654confOLD_STYLE_HEADERS	True		Oo	Assume that headers without
655						special chars are old style.
656confDAEMON_OPTIONS	(undefined)	OO	SMTP daemon options.
657confPRIVACY_FLAGS	authwarnings	Op	Privacy flags.
658confCOPY_ERRORS_TO	(undefined)	OP	Address for additional copies
659						of all error messages.
660confQUEUE_FACTOR	(undefined)	Oq	Slope of queue-only function
661confREAD_TIMEOUT	(undefined)	Or	SMTP read timeouts.
662confSAFE_QUEUE		True		Os	Commit all messages to disk
663						before forking.
664confMESSAGE_TIMEOUT	5d/4h		OT	Timeout for messages before
665						sending error/warning message.
666confTIME_ZONE		USE_SYSTEM	Ot	Time zone info -- can be
667						USE_SYSTEM to use the system's
668						idea, USE_TZ to use the user's
669						TZ envariable, or something
670						else to force that value.
671confDEF_USER_ID		1		Ou	Default user id.
672confUSERDB_SPEC		(undefined)	OU	User database specification.
673confFALLBACK_MX		(undefined)	OV	Fallback MX host.
674confNO_WILDCARD_MX	False		Ow	No wildcard MX records matches
675						our domain.
676confQUEUE_LA		8		Ox	Load average at which queue-only
677						function kicks in.
678confREFUSE_LA		12		OX	Load average at which incoming
679						SMTP connections are refused.
680confSEPARATE_PROC	False		Oy	Run all deliveries in a
681						separate process.
682confWORK_RECIPIENT_FACTOR
683			(undefined)	OY	Cost of each recipient.
684confWORK_CLASS_FACTOR	(undefined)	Oz	Priority multiplier for class.
685confWORK_TIME_FACTOR	(undefined)	OZ	Cost of each delivery attempt.
686confCW_FILE		/etc/sendmail.cw	Name of file used to get the
687					Fw	local additions to the $=w
688						class.
689
690
691+-----------+
692| HIERARCHY |
693+-----------+
694
695Within this directory are several subdirectories, to wit:
696
697m4		General support routines.  These are typically
698		very important and should not be changed without
699		very careful consideration.
700
701cf		The configuration files themselves.  They have
702		".mc" suffixes, and must be run through m4 to
703		become complete.  The resulting output should
704		have a ".cf" suffix.
705
706ostype		Definitions describing a particular operating
707		system type.  These should always be referenced
708		using the OSTYPE macro in the .mc file.  Examples
709		include "bsd4.3", "bsd4.4", "sunos3.5", and
710		"sunos4.1".
711
712domain		Definitions describing a particular domain, referenced
713		using the DOMAIN macro in the .mc file.  These are
714		site dependent; for example, we contribute "cs.exposed.m4"
715		and "cs.hidden.m4" which both describe hosts in the
716		CS.Berkeley.EDU subdomain; the former displays the local
717		hostname (e.g., mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU), whereas the
718		latter does its best to hide the identity of the local
719		workstation inside the CS subdomain.
720
721mailer		Descriptions of mailers.   These are referenced using
722		the MAILER macro in the .mc file.
723
724sh		Shell files used when building the .cf file from the
725		.mc file in the cf subdirectory.
726
727feature		These hold special orthogonal features that you might
728		want to include.  They should be referenced using
729		the FEATURE macro.
730
731hack		Local hacks.  These can be referenced using the HACK
732		macro.  They shouldn't be of more than voyeuristic
733		interest outside the .Berkeley.EDU domain, but who knows?
734		We've all got our own peccadilloes.
735
736siteconfig	Site configuration -- e.g., tables of locally connected
737		UUCP sites.
738
739
740+------------------------+
741| ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS |
742+------------------------+
743
744The following sections detail usage of certain internal parts of the
745sendmail.cf file.  Read them carefully if you are trying to modify
746the current model.  If you find the above descriptions adequate, these
747should be {boring, confusing, tedious, ridiculous} (pick one or more).
748
749RULESETS (* means built in to sendmail)
750
751   0 *	Parsing
752   1 *	Sender rewriting
753   2 *	Recipient rewriting
754   3 *	Canonicalization
755   4 *	Post cleanup
756   5 *	Local address rewrite (after aliasing)
757   6	Bottom half of Ruleset 3
758   7	Hook for recursive ruleset 0 call
759   8
760   9
761
762
763MAILERS
764
765   0	local, prog	local and program mailers
766   1	smtp		SMTP channel
767   2	uucp		UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program
768   3	netnews		Network News delivery
769   4	fax		Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software
770
771
772MACROS
773
774   A
775   B	Bitnet Relay
776   C	CSNET Relay
777   D	The local domain -- usually not needed
778   E
779   F	FAX Relay
780   G
781   H	mail Hub (for mail clusters)
782   I
783   J
784   K
785   L
786   M	Masquerade (who I claim to be)
787   N
788   O
789   P
790   Q
791   R	Relay (for unqualified names)
792   S	Smart Host
793   T
794   U	my UUCP name (if I have a UUCP connection)
795   V	UUCP Relay (class V hosts)
796   W	UUCP Relay (class W hosts)
797   X	UUCP Relay (class X hosts)
798   Y	UUCP Relay (all other hosts)
799   Z	Version number
800
801
802CLASSES
803
804   A
805   B
806   C
807   D
808   E	addresses that should not seem to come from $M
809   F	hosts we forward for
810   G
811   H
812   I
813   J
814   K
815   L	addresses that should not be forwarded to $R
816   M
817   N
818   O	operators that indicate network operations (cannot be in local names)
819   P
820   Q
821   R
822   S
823   T
824   U	locally connected UUCP hosts
825   V	UUCP hosts connected to relay $V
826   W	UUCP hosts connected to relay $W
827   X	UUCP hosts connected to relay $X
828   Y	locally connected smart UUCP hosts
829   Z
830   .	the class containing only a dot
831
832
833M4 DIVERSIONS
834
835   1	Local host detection and resolution
836   2	Local Ruleset 3 additions
837   3	Local Ruleset 0 additions
838   4	UUCP Ruleset 0 additions
839   5	locally interpreted names (overrides $R)
840   6	local configuration (at top of file)
841   7	mailer definitions
842   8	special local name recognition (late in ruleset 3)
843   9	special local rulesets (1 and 2)
844