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2
3		NEW SENDMAIL CONFIGURATION FILES
4
5		Eric Allman <eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU>
6
7		@(#)README	6.28 (Berkeley) 05/28/93
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(s).  It can be a comma-separated
134			list of names.
135HELP_FILE		[/usr/lib/sendmail.hf] The name of the file
136			containing information printed in response to
137			the SMTP HELP command.
138QUEUE_DIR		[/var/spool/mqueue] The directory containing
139			queue files.
140STATUS_FILE		[/etc/sendmail.st] The file containing status
141			information.
142LOCAL_MAILER_PATH	[/bin/mail] The program used to deliver local mail.
143LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS	[rn] The flags used by the local mailer.  The
144			flags lsDFMm are always included.
145LOCAL_SHELL_PATH	[/bin/sh] The shell used to deliver piped email.
146USENET_MAILER_PATH	[/usr/lib/news/inews] The name of the program
147			used to submit news.
148USENET_MAILER_FLAGS	[rlsDFMmn] The mailer flags for the usenet mailer.
149USENET_MAILER_ARGS	[-m -h -n] The command line arguments for the
150			usenet mailer.
151SMTP_MAILER_FLAGS	[undefined] Flags added to SMTP mailer.
152UUCP_MAILER_FLAGS	[undefined] Flags added to UUCP mailer.
153HOSTMAP_SPEC		[dbm -o /etc/hostmap] The value for the builtin
154			hostmap key definition.  You can redefine this
155			to change the class, flags, and filename of
156			the hostmap.  The default flag (-o) makes this
157			map optional.
158
159In addition, the following boolean flags may be defined -- the value
160is ignored.
161
162NEED_DOMAIN		If set, the $j macro is defined as $w.$D.
163			If not set, $j is defined as $w.  If this is
164			set, the domain must be defined using the line
165			DD<domainname> (probably in the domain file,
166			but possibly in the .mc file).  You will only
167			need this if you define your system hostname
168			without a domain (type "hostname" -- if it
169			has no dots in the output, you qualify) AND
170			if you are not running the nameserver AND if
171			the first (canonical) name in /etc/hosts for
172			your machine has no domain -- OR if you are
173			running Ultrix or OSF/1 sendmail.  Either of
174			these is probably a mistake.
175
176+---------+
177| DOMAINS |
178+---------+
179
180You will probably want to collect domain-dependent defines into one
181file, referenced by the DOMAIN macro.  For example, our Berkeley
182domain file includes definitions for several internal distinguished
183hosts:
184
185UUCP_RELAY	The host that will forward UUCP-addressed email.
186		If not defined, all UUCP sites must be directly
187		connected.
188BITNET_RELAY	The host that will forward BITNET-addressed email.
189		If not defined, the .BITNET pseudo-domain won't work.
190CSNET_RELAY	The host that will forward CSNET-addressed email.
191		If not defined, the .CSNET pseudo-domain won't work.
192LOCAL_RELAY	The site that will handle unqualified names -- that
193		is, names with out an @domain extension.  If not set,
194		they are assumed to belong on this machine.  This
195		allows you to have a central site to store a
196		company- or department-wide alias database.  This
197		only works at small sites, and there are better
198		methods.
199
200The domain file can also be used to define a domain name, if needed
201(using "DD<domain>") and set certain site-wide features.  If all hosts
202at your site masquerade behind one email name, you could also use
203MASQUERADE_AS here.
204
205You do not have to define a domain -- in particular, if you are a
206single machine sitting off somewhere, it is probably more work than
207it's worth.  This is just a mechanism for combining "domain dependent
208knowledge" into one place.
209
210+---------+
211| MAILERS |
212+---------+
213
214There are fewer mailers supported in this version than the previous
215version, owing mostly to a simpler world.
216
217local		The local and prog mailers.  You will almost always
218		need these; the only exception is if you relay ALL
219		your mail to another site.  This mailer is included
220		automatically.
221
222smtp		The Simple Mail Transport Protocol mailer.  This does
223		not hide hosts behind a gateway or another other
224		such hack; it assumes a world where everyone is
225		running the name server.
226
227uucp		The Unix-to-Unix Copy Program mailer.  Actually, this
228		defines two mailers, "uucp" and "suucp".  The latter
229		is for when you know that the UUCP mailer at the other
230		end can handle multiple recipients in one transfer.
231		When you invoke this, sendmail looks for all names in
232		the $=U class and sends them to the uucp mailer; all
233		names in the $=Y class are sent to suucp.  Note that
234		this is a function of what version of rmail runs on
235		the receiving end, and hence may be out of your control.
236
237usenet		Usenet (network news) delivery.  If this is specified,
238		an extra rule is added to ruleset 0 that forwards all
239		local email for users named ``group.usenet'' to the
240		``inews'' program.  Note that this works for all groups,
241		and may be considered a security problem.
242
243fax		Facsimile transmission.  This is experimental and based
244		on Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software.  For more information,
245		see below.
246
247
248+----------+
249| FEATURES |
250+----------+
251
252Special features can be requested using the "FEATURE" macro.  For
253example, the .mc line:
254
255	FEATURE(use_cw_file)
256
257tells sendmail that you want to have it read an /etc/sendmail.cw
258file to get values for class $=w.  The FEATURE may contain a single
259optional parameter -- for example:
260
261	FEATURE(mailertable, dbm /usr/lib/mailertable)
262
263Available features are:
264
265use_cw_file	Read the file /etc/sendmail.cw file to get alternate
266		names for this host.  This might be used if you were
267		on a host that MXed for a dynamic set of other
268		hosts.  If the set is static, just including the line
269		"Cw<name1> <name2> ..." is probably superior.
270		The actual filename can be overridden by redefining
271		confCW_FILE.
272redirect	Reject all mail addressed to "address.REDIRECT" with
273		a ``551 User not local; please try <address>'' message.
274		If this is set, you can alias people who have left
275		to their new address with ".REDIRECT" appended.
276nouucp		Don't do anything special with UUCP addresses at all.
277nocanonify	Don't pass addresses to $[ ... $] for canonification.
278		This would generally only be used by sites that only
279		act as mail gateways or which have user agents that do
280		full canonification themselves.
281notsticky	By default, email sent to "user@local.host" are marked
282		as "sticky" -- that is, the local addresses aren't
283		matched against UDB and don't go through ruleset 5.
284		This features disables this treatment.  It would
285		normally be used on network gateway machines.
286mailertable	Include a "mailer table" which can be used to override
287		routing for particular domains.  The argument of the
288		FEATURE may be the key definition.  If none is specified,
289		the definition used is:
290			hash /etc/mailertable.db -o
291		Keys in this database must be of the form:
292			mailer:domain
293bitdomain	Look up bitnet hosts in a table to try to turn them into
294		internet addresses.  The table can be built using the
295		bitdomain program contributed by John Gardiner Meyers.
296		The argument of the FEATURE may be the key definition; if
297		none is specified, the definition used is:
298			hash /etc/bitdomain.db -o
299		Keys are the bitnet hostname; values are the corresponding
300		internet hostname.
301uucpdomain	Similar feature for UUCP hosts.  The default map definition
302		is:
303			hash /etc/uudomain.db -o
304		At the moment there is no automagic tool to build this
305		database.
306always_add_domain
307		Include the local host domain even on locally delivered
308		mail.  Normally it is not added unless it is already
309		present.
310
311Other FEATUREs should be defined, but I was trying to keep these
312config files fairly lean and mean.
313
314
315+-------+
316| HACKS |
317+-------+
318
319Some things just can't be called features.  To make this clear,
320they go in the hack subdirectory and are referenced using the HACK
321macro.  These will tend to be site-dependent.  The release
322includes the Berkeley-dependent "cssubdomain" hack (that makes
323sendmail accept local names in either Berkeley.EDU or CS.Berkeley.EDU;
324this is intended as a short-term aid while we move hosts into
325subdomains.
326
327
328+--------------------+
329| SITE CONFIGURATION |
330+--------------------+
331
332Complex sites will need more local configuration information, such as
333lists of UUCP hosts they speak with directly.  This can get a bit more
334tricky.  For an example of a "complex" site, see cf/ucbvax.mc.
335
336The SITECONFIG macro allows you to indirectly reference site-dependent
337configuration information stored in the siteconfig subdirectory.  For
338example, the line
339
340	SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbvax, ucbvax, U)
341
342reads the file uucp.ucbvax for local connection information.  The
343second parameter is the local name (in this case just "ucbvax" since
344it is locally connected, and hence a UUCP hostname) and the name of
345the class in which to store the host information.  Another SITECONFIG
346line reads
347
348	SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbarpa, ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU, W)
349
350This says that the file uucp.ucbarpa contains the list of UUCP sites
351connected to ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU.  The $=W class will be used to
352store this list.  [The machine ucbarpa is gone now, but I've left
353this out-of-date configuration file around to demonstrate how you
354might do this.]
355
356The siteconfig file (e.g., siteconfig/uucp.ucbvax.m4) contains nothing
357more than a sequence of SITE macros describing connectivity.  For
358example:
359
360	SITE(cnmat)
361	SITE(sgi olympus)
362
363The second example demonstrates that you can use two names on the
364same line; these are usually aliases for the same host (or are at
365least in the same company).
366
367
368+-------------------+
369| TWEAKING RULESETS |
370+-------------------+
371
372For more complex configurations, you can define special rules.
373The macro LOCAL_RULE_3 introduces rules that are used in canonicalizing
374the names.  Any modifications made here are reflected in the header.
375
376A common use is to convert old UUCP addreses to SMTP addresses using
377the UUCPSMTP macro.  For example:
378
379	LOCAL_RULE_3
380	UUCPSMTP(decvax,	decvax.dec.com)
381	UUCPSMTP(research,	research.att.com)
382
383will cause addresses of the form "decvax!user" and "research!user"
384to be converted to "user@decvax.dec.com" and "user@research.att.com"
385respectively.
386
387This could also be used to look hosts in a database map:
388
389	LOCAL_RULE_3
390	R$* < @ $+ > $*		$: $1 < @ $(hostmap $2 $) > $3
391
392This map would be defined in the LOCAL_CONFIG portion, as shown below.
393
394Similarly, LOCAL_RULE_0 can be used to introduce new parsing rules.
395For example, new rules are needed to parse hostnames that you accept
396via MX records.  For example, you might have:
397
398	LOCAL_RULE_0
399	R$+ < @ cnmat.Berkeley.EDU >	$#uucp $@ cnmat $: $1
400
401You would use this if you had installed an MX record for cnmat.Berkeley.EDU
402pointing at this host; this rule catches the message and forwards it on
403using UUCP.
404
405You can also tweak rulesets 1 and 2 using LOCAL_RULE_1 and LOCAL_RULE_2.
406These rulesets are normally empty.
407
408A similar macro is LOCAL_CONFIG.  This introduces lines added after the
409boilerplate option setting but before rulesets, and can be used to
410declare local database maps or whatever.  For example:
411
412	LOCAL_CONFIG
413	Khostmap hash /etc/hostmap.db
414	Kyplocal nis -m hosts.byname
415
416
417+---------------------------+
418| MASQUERADING AND RELAYING |
419+---------------------------+
420
421You can have your host masquerade as another using
422
423	MASQUERADE_AS(host.domain)
424
425This causes outgoing SMTP mail to be labelled as coming from the
426indicated domain, rather than $j.  One normally masquerades as one
427of your own subdomains (for example, it's unlikely that I would
428choose to masquerade as an MIT site).
429
430there are always users that need to be "exposed" -- that is, their
431internal site name should be displayed instead of the masquerade name.
432Root is an example.  You can add users to this list using
433
434	EXPOSED_USER(usernames)
435
436This adds users to class E; you could also use something like
437
438	FE/etc/sendmail.cE
439
440You can also arrange to relay all unqualified names (that is, names
441without @host) to a relay host.  For example, if you have a central
442email server, you might relay to that host so that users don't have
443to have .forward files or aliases.  You can do this using
444
445	define(`LOCAL_RELAY', mailer:hostname)
446
447The ``mailer:'' can be omitted, in which case the mailer defaults to
448"smtp".  There are some user names that you don't want relayed, perhaps
449because of local aliases.  A common example is root, which may be
450locally aliased.  You can add entries to this list using
451
452	LOCAL_USER(usernames)
453
454This adds users to class L; you could also use something like
455
456	FL/etc/sendmail.cL
457
458If you want all mail sent to a centralized hub, as for a shared
459/var/spool/mail scheme, use
460
461	define(`MAIL_HUB', mailer:hostname)
462
463Again, ``mailer:'' defaults to "smtp".  If you define both LOCAL_RELAY
464and MAIL_HUB, unqualified names and names in class L will be sent to
465the LOCAL_RELAY and other local names will be sent to MAIL_HUB.  For
466example, if are on machine mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU, the following
467combinations of settings will have the indicated effects:
468
469email sent to....	eric			  eric@mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU
470
471LOCAL_RELAY set to	mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  (delivered locally)
472mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU
473
474MAIL_HUB set to		mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
475mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
476
477Both LOCAL_RELAY and	mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
478MAIL_HUB set as above
479
480
481+-------------------------------+
482| NON-SMTP BASED CONFIGURATIONS |
483+-------------------------------+
484
485These configuration files are designed primarily for use by SMTP-based
486sites.  I don't pretend that they are well tuned for UUCP-only or
487UUCP-primarily nodes (the latter is defined as a small local net
488connected to the rest of the world via UUCP).  However, there is one
489hook to handle some special cases.
490
491You can define a ``smart host'' that understands a richer address syntax
492using:
493
494	define(`SMART_HOST', mailer:hostname)
495
496In this case, the ``mailer:'' defaults to "suucp".  Any messages that
497can't be handled using the usual UUCP rules are passed to this host.
498
499If you are on a local SMTP-based net that connects to the outside
500world via UUCP, you can use LOCAL_NET_CONFIG to add appropriate rules.
501For example:
502
503	define(`SMART_HOST', suucp:uunet)
504	LOCAL_NET_CONFIG
505	R$* < @ $* .$m > $*	$#smtp $@ $2.$m $: $1 < @ $2.$m > $3
506
507This will cause all names that end in your domain name ($m) via
508SMTP; anything else will be sent via suucp (smart UUCP) to uunet.
509
510
511+------------------+
512| FlexFAX SOFTWARE |
513+------------------+
514
515Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software is still in beta test -- but he expects a
516public version out "later this week" [as of 3/1/93].  The following
517blurb is direct from Sam:
518
519	$Header: /usr/people/sam/fax/RCS/HOWTO,v 1.7 93/02/08 09:00:55 sam Exp $
520
521	How To Obtain This Software (in case all you get is this file)
522
523	The source code is available for public ftp on
524	    sgi.com			sgi/fax/v2.1beta.tar.Z
525		(192.48.153.1)
526
527	You can also obtain inst'able images for Silicon Graphics machines from
528	    sgi.com			sgi/fax/v2.1beta.inst.tar
529		(192.48.153.1)
530
531	For example,
532	    % ftp -n sgi.com
533	    ....
534	    ftp> user anonymous
535	    ... <type in password>
536	    ftp> cd sgi/fax
537	    ftp> binary
538	    ftp> get v2.1beta.tar.Z
539
540	If you cannot use FTP at all, there is a service called "ftpmail"
541	available from gateekeeper.dec.com:  you can send e-mail to this
542	machine and it will use FTP to retrieve files for you and send you the
543	files back again via e-mail.  To find out more about the ftpmail
544	service, send a message to "ftpmail@gatekeeper.dec.com" whose body
545	consists of the single line "help".
546
547	Internal to Silicon Graphics there are inst'able images on the host
548	flake.asd in the directory /d/dist.  Thus you can do something like:
549
550	    % inst -f flake.asd.sgi.com:/d/dist/flexfax
551
552	to install the software on your machine.
553
554	The external distributions come in a compressed or uncompressed tar
555	file.  To extract the source distribution:
556
557	    % zcat v2.1beta.tar.Z | tar xf -
558
559	(uncompress and extract individual files in current directory).  To
560	unpack and install the client portion of the inst'able distribution:
561
562	    % mkdir dist
563	    % cd dist; tar xf ../v2.1beta.inst.tar; cd ..
564	    % inst -f dist/flexfax
565	    ...
566	    inst> go
567
568	(Note, the dist subdirectory is because some versions of inst fail if
569	the files are in the current directory.) Server binaries is also
570	included in the inst'able images as flexfax.server.*.  It is not
571	installed by default, so to get it also you need to extract the do:
572
573	    % inst -f flexfax
574	    ...
575	    inst> install flexfax.server.*
576	    inst> go
577
578	The SGI binaries were built for Version 4.0.5 of the IRIX operating
579	system.  They should work w/o problem on earlier versions of the
580	system, but I have not fully tested this.  Also, note that to install a
581	server on an SGI machine, you need to have installed the Display
582	PostScript execution environment product (dps_eoe).  Otherwise, the fax
583	server will not be able to convert PostScript to facsimile for
584	transmission.
585
586	If you are working from the source distribution, look at the file README
587	in the top of the source tree.  If you are working from the inst images,
588	you need to run faxaddmodem to setup and configure your fax modem.  Do
589	man faxaddmodem for more information.
590
591Also from Sam:
592
593	A mailing list for users of this software is located on sgi.com.
594	If you want to join this mailing list or have a list-related request
595	such as getting your name removed from it, send a request to
596
597	    flexfax-request@sgi.com
598
599	Submissions (including bug reports) should be directed to:
600
601	    flexfax@sgi.com
602
603
604+--------------------------------+
605| TWEAKING CONFIGURATION OPTIONS |
606+--------------------------------+
607
608There are a large number of configuration options that don't normally
609need to be changed.  However, if you feel you need to tweak them, you
610can define the following M4 variables.  This list is shown in four
611columns:  the name you define, the default value for that definition,
612the option or macro that is affected (either Ox for an option or Dx
613for a macro), and a brief description.  Greater detail of the semantics
614can be found in the Installation and Operations Guide.
615
616M4 Variable Name	Default		Mac/Opt	Description
617confMAILER_NAME		MAILER-DAEMON	Dn	The sender name used for
618						internally generated
619						outgoing messages.
620confFROM_LINE		From $g  $d	Dl	The From_ line used when
621						sending to files or programs.
622confFROM_HEADER		$?x$x <$g>$|$g$.	The format of an internally
623					Dq	generated From: address.
624confOPERATORS		.:%@!^/[]	Do	Address operator characters.
625confSTMP_LOGIN_MSG	$j Sendmail $v/$Z ready at $b
626					De	The initial (spontaneous)
627						SMTP greeting message.
628confSEVEN_BIT_INPUT	False		O7	Force input to seven bits?
629confALIAS_WAIT		10		Oa	Wait (in minutes) for alias
630						file rebuild.
631confMIN_FREE_BLOCKS	4		Ob	Minimum number of free blocks
632						on queue filesystem to accept
633						SMTP mail.
634confBLANK_SUB		.		OB	Blank (space) substitution
635						character.
636confCON_EXPENSIVE	False		Oc	Connect immediately to
637						mailers marked expensive?
638confCHECKPOINT_INTERVAL	10		OC	Checkpoint queue files
639						every N recipients.
640confDELIVERY_MODE	background	Od	Default delivery mode.
641confAUTO_REBUILD	False		OD	Automatically rebuild
642						alias file if needed.
643confERROR_MODE		(undefined)	Oe	Error message mode.
644confERROR_MESSAGE	(undefined)	OE	Error message header/file.
645confSAVE_FROM_LINES	False		Of	Save extra leading
646						From_ lines.
647confTEMP_FILE_MODE	0600		OF	Temporary file mode.
648confDEF_GROUP_ID	1		Og	Default group id.
649confMATCH_GECOS		False		OG	Match GECOS field.
650confMAX_HOP		17		Oh	Maximum hop count.
651confIGNORE_DOTS		False		Oi	Ignore dot as terminator
652						for incoming messages?
653confBIND_OPTS		(empty)		OI	Default options for BIND.
654confMIME_FORMAT_ERRORS	True		Oj	Send error messages as MIME-
655						encapsulated messages per
656						RFC 1344.
657confMCI_CACHE_SIZE	2		Ok	Size of open connection cache.
658confMCI_CACHE_TIMEOUT	5m		OK	Open connection cache timeout.
659confLOG_LEVEL		9		OL	Log level.
660confME_TOO		False		Om	Include sender in group
661						expansions.
662confCHECK_ALIASES	True		On	Check RHS of aliases when
663						running newaliases.
664confOLD_STYLE_HEADERS	True		Oo	Assume that headers without
665						special chars are old style.
666confDAEMON_OPTIONS	(undefined)	OO	SMTP daemon options.
667confPRIVACY_FLAGS	authwarnings	Op	Privacy flags.
668confCOPY_ERRORS_TO	(undefined)	OP	Address for additional copies
669						of all error messages.
670confQUEUE_FACTOR	(undefined)	Oq	Slope of queue-only function
671confREAD_TIMEOUT	(undefined)	Or	SMTP read timeouts.
672confSAFE_QUEUE		True		Os	Commit all messages to disk
673						before forking.
674confMESSAGE_TIMEOUT	5d/4h		OT	Timeout for messages before
675						sending error/warning message.
676confTIME_ZONE		USE_SYSTEM	Ot	Time zone info -- can be
677						USE_SYSTEM to use the system's
678						idea, USE_TZ to use the user's
679						TZ envariable, or something
680						else to force that value.
681confDEF_USER_ID		1		Ou	Default user id.
682confUSERDB_SPEC		(undefined)	OU	User database specification.
683confFALLBACK_MX		(undefined)	OV	Fallback MX host.
684confNO_WILDCARD_MX	False		Ow	No wildcard MX records matches
685						our domain.
686confQUEUE_LA		8		Ox	Load average at which queue-only
687						function kicks in.
688confREFUSE_LA		12		OX	Load average at which incoming
689						SMTP connections are refused.
690confSEPARATE_PROC	False		Oy	Run all deliveries in a
691						separate process.
692confWORK_RECIPIENT_FACTOR
693			(undefined)	OY	Cost of each recipient.
694confWORK_CLASS_FACTOR	(undefined)	Oz	Priority multiplier for class.
695confWORK_TIME_FACTOR	(undefined)	OZ	Cost of each delivery attempt.
696confCW_FILE		/etc/sendmail.cw	Name of file used to get the
697					Fw	local additions to the $=w
698						class.
699
700
701+-----------+
702| HIERARCHY |
703+-----------+
704
705Within this directory are several subdirectories, to wit:
706
707m4		General support routines.  These are typically
708		very important and should not be changed without
709		very careful consideration.
710
711cf		The configuration files themselves.  They have
712		".mc" suffixes, and must be run through m4 to
713		become complete.  The resulting output should
714		have a ".cf" suffix.
715
716ostype		Definitions describing a particular operating
717		system type.  These should always be referenced
718		using the OSTYPE macro in the .mc file.  Examples
719		include "bsd4.3", "bsd4.4", "sunos3.5", and
720		"sunos4.1".
721
722domain		Definitions describing a particular domain, referenced
723		using the DOMAIN macro in the .mc file.  These are
724		site dependent; for example, we contribute "cs.exposed.m4"
725		and "cs.hidden.m4" which both describe hosts in the
726		CS.Berkeley.EDU subdomain; the former displays the local
727		hostname (e.g., mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU), whereas the
728		latter does its best to hide the identity of the local
729		workstation inside the CS subdomain.
730
731mailer		Descriptions of mailers.   These are referenced using
732		the MAILER macro in the .mc file.
733
734sh		Shell files used when building the .cf file from the
735		.mc file in the cf subdirectory.
736
737feature		These hold special orthogonal features that you might
738		want to include.  They should be referenced using
739		the FEATURE macro.
740
741hack		Local hacks.  These can be referenced using the HACK
742		macro.  They shouldn't be of more than voyeuristic
743		interest outside the .Berkeley.EDU domain, but who knows?
744		We've all got our own peccadilloes.
745
746siteconfig	Site configuration -- e.g., tables of locally connected
747		UUCP sites.
748
749
750+------------------------+
751| ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS |
752+------------------------+
753
754The following sections detail usage of certain internal parts of the
755sendmail.cf file.  Read them carefully if you are trying to modify
756the current model.  If you find the above descriptions adequate, these
757should be {boring, confusing, tedious, ridiculous} (pick one or more).
758
759RULESETS (* means built in to sendmail)
760
761   0 *	Parsing
762   1 *	Sender rewriting
763   2 *	Recipient rewriting
764   3 *	Canonicalization
765   4 *	Post cleanup
766   5 *	Local address rewrite (after aliasing)
767   6	Bottom half of Ruleset 3
768   7	Hook for recursive ruleset 0 call
769   8
770   9
771  1x	mailer rules (sender qualification)
772  2x	mailer rules (recipient qualification)
773  90	Mailertable host stripping
774
775
776MAILERS
777
778   0	local, prog	local and program mailers
779   1	smtp		SMTP channel
780   2	uucp		UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program
781   3	netnews		Network News delivery
782   4	fax		Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software
783
784
785MACROS
786
787   A
788   B	Bitnet Relay
789   C	CSNET Relay
790   D	The local domain -- usually not needed
791   E
792   F	FAX Relay
793   G
794   H	mail Hub (for mail clusters)
795   I
796   J
797   K
798   L
799   M	Masquerade (who I claim to be)
800   N
801   O
802   P
803   Q
804   R	Relay (for unqualified names)
805   S	Smart Host
806   T
807   U	my UUCP name (if I have a UUCP connection)
808   V	UUCP Relay (class V hosts)
809   W	UUCP Relay (class W hosts)
810   X	UUCP Relay (class X hosts)
811   Y	UUCP Relay (all other hosts)
812   Z	Version number
813
814
815CLASSES
816
817   A
818   B
819   C
820   D
821   E	addresses that should not seem to come from $M
822   F	hosts we forward for
823   G
824   H
825   I
826   J
827   K
828   L	addresses that should not be forwarded to $R
829   M
830   N
831   O	operators that indicate network operations (cannot be in local names)
832   P	top level pseudo-domains: BITNET, FAX, UUCP, etc.
833   Q
834   R
835   S
836   T
837   U	locally connected UUCP hosts
838   V	UUCP hosts connected to relay $V
839   W	UUCP hosts connected to relay $W
840   X	UUCP hosts connected to relay $X
841   Y	locally connected smart UUCP hosts
842   Z
843   .	the class containing only a dot
844
845
846M4 DIVERSIONS
847
848   1	Local host detection and resolution
849   2	Local Ruleset 3 additions
850   3	Local Ruleset 0 additions
851   4	UUCP Ruleset 0 additions
852   5	locally interpreted names (overrides $R)
853   6	local configuration (at top of file)
854   7	mailer definitions
855   8	special local name recognition (late in ruleset 3)
856   9	special local rulesets (1 and 2)
857