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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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<!-- Inserted as a reminder to do this. The mention of a test suite
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is usually right before the root user installation commands. Please
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delete these 12 (including one blank) lines after you are done.-->
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<!-- Use one of the two mentions below about a test suite,
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delete the line that is not applicable. Of course, if the
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test suite uses syntax other than "make check", revise the
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line to reflect the actual syntax to run the test suite -->
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<!-- <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> -->
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<!-- <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para> -->
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<!ENTITY sendmail-download-http "http://www.sendmail.org/ftp/sendmail.&sendmail-version;.tar.gz">
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<!ENTITY sendmail-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/sendmail.&sendmail-version;.tar.gz">
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<!ENTITY sendmail-md5sum "484cca51f74b5e562b3cf119ceb2f900">
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<!ENTITY sendmail-size "1.9 MB">
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<!ENTITY sendmail-buildsize "19.8 MB">
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<!ENTITY sendmail-time "0.5 SBU">
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]>
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<sect1 id="sendmail" xreflabel="Sendmail-&sendmail-version;">
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<?dbhtml filename="sendmail.html"?>
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<sect1info>
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<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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<date>$Date$</date>
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</sect1info>
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<title>Sendmail-&sendmail-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="sendmail">
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<primary sortas="a-Sendmail">Sendmail</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package">
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<title>Introduction to Sendmail</title>
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<para>The <application>Sendmail</application> package contains a Mail
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Transport Agent (MTA).</para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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<listitem>
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<para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&sendmail-download-http;"/></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&sendmail-download-ftp;"/></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Download MD5 sum: &sendmail-md5sum;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Download size: &sendmail-size;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Estimated disk space required: &sendmail-buildsize;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Estimated build time: &sendmail-time;</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Sendmail Dependencies</bridgehead>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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<para role="required"><xref linkend="procmail"/></para>
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<!-- <xref linkend="db"/> -->
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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<para role="optional"><xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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<xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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<xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/>,
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<xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
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<ulink url="http://www.feep.net/nph/">nph</ulink>, and
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<xref linkend="gs"/> or <xref linkend="espgs"/> (for creating
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PDF documentation)</para>
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<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/sendmail"/></para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Sendmail</title>
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<para>Before building <application>Sendmail</application>, create the
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required user, group and directory with the following commands issued as
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the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 26 smmsp &&
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useradd -c "Sendmail Daemon" -g smmsp -d /dev/null \
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-s /bin/false -u 26 smmsp &&
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chmod -v 1777 /var/mail &&
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install -v -m700 -d /var/spool/mqueue</userinput></screen>
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<para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> See the source tree
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<filename>sendmail/README</filename> file for information on linking
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optional packages into the build. Use the example below, which adds
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support for <application>tcpwrappers</application>, SASL, StartTLS
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(<application>OpenSSL</application>) and
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<application>OpenLDAP</application>, as a starting point.
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Of course, modify it to suit your particular needs.</para>
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<screen><userinput>cat >> devtools/Site/site.config.m4 << "EOF"
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<literal>APPENDDEF(`confENVDEF',`-DSTARTTLS -DTCPWRAPPERS -DSASL -DLDAPMAP')
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APPENDDEF(`confLIBS', `-lssl -lcrypto -lwrap -lsasl2 -lldap -llber')
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APPENDDEF(`confINCDIRS', `-I/usr/include/sasl')</literal>
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EOF</userinput></screen>
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<para>Install <application>Sendmail</application> with the following
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commands:</para>
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<screen><userinput>cat >> devtools/Site/site.config.m4 << "EOF"
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<literal>define(`confMANGRP',`root')
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define(`confMANOWN',`root')
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define(`confSBINGRP',`root')
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define(`confUBINGRP',`root')
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define(`confUBINOWN',`root')</literal>
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EOF
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cd sendmail &&
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sh Build &&
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cd ../cf/cf &&
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cp generic-linux.mc sendmail.mc &&
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sh Build sendmail.cf</userinput></screen>
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<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -d -m755 /etc/mail &&
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sh Build install-cf &&
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cd ../.. &&
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sh Build install &&
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install -v -m644 cf/cf/{submit,sendmail}.mc /etc/mail &&
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cp -v -R cf/* /etc/mail &&
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install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/sendmail-&sendmail-version;/{cf,sendmail} &&
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install -v -m644 \
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CACerts FAQ KNOWNBUGS LICENSE PGPKEYS README RELEASE_NOTES \
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/usr/share/doc/sendmail-&sendmail-version; &&
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install -v -m644 sendmail/{README,SECURITY,TRACEFLAGS,TUNING} \
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/usr/share/doc/sendmail-&sendmail-version;/sendmail &&
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install -v -m644 cf/README /usr/share/doc/sendmail-&sendmail-version;/cf &&
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for manpage in sendmail editmap mailstats makemap praliases smrsh
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do
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install -v -m444 $manpage/$manpage.8 /usr/share/man/man8
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done &&
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install -v -m444 sendmail/aliases.5 /usr/share/man/man5 &&
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install -v -m444 sendmail/mailq.1 /usr/share/man/man1 &&
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install -v -m444 sendmail/newaliases.1 /usr/share/man/man1 &&
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install -v -m444 vacation/vacation.1 /usr/share/man/man1</userinput></screen>
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<para>Install the <application>Sendmail</application> Installation and
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Operations Guide with the following commands:</para>
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<screen><userinput>cd doc/op &&
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sed -i 's/groff/GROFF_NO_SGR=1 groff/' Makefile &&
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make op.txt op.pdf</userinput></screen>
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<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/sendmail-&sendmail-version; &&
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install -v -m644 op.ps op.txt op.pdf /usr/share/doc/sendmail-&sendmail-version; &&
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cd ../..</userinput></screen>
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<para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> remove <filename>op.pdf</filename> from
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the <command>make</command> and <command>install</command> commands if
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you don't have <application>Ghostscript</application> installed.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="commands">
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<title>Command Explanations</title>
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<para><command>cat > devtools/Site/site.config.m4 << "EOF"</command>:
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This creates a configuration file changing some of the default settings.</para>
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<para><command>sh Build; sh Build sendmail.cf; sh Build install-cf;
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sh Build install</command>: <application>Sendmail</application> uses an
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<application>m4</application> based build script to create the various
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<filename>Makefile</filename>s. These commands build and install the
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package.</para>
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<para><command>for manpage in...;do...;done; install ...</command>: The man
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pages are installed already formatted and <command>man</command> displays
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them somewhat garbled. These commands replace the formatted pages with
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pages <command>man</command> can display properly.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="configuration">
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<title>Configuring Sendmail</title>
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<sect3 id="sendmail-config">
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<title>Config Files</title>
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<para><filename>/etc/mail/*</filename></para>
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<indexterm zone="sendmail sendmail-config">
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<primary sortas="e-etc-mail">/etc/mail/*</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Configuration Information</title>
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<para>Create the <filename>/etc/mail/local-host-names</filename> and
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<filename>/etc/mail/aliases</filename> files using the following
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commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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user:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>echo $(hostname) > /etc/mail/local-host-names
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cat > /etc/mail/aliases << "EOF"
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<literal>postmaster: root
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MAILER-DAEMON: root</literal>
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EOF
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newaliases -v</userinput></screen>
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<para><application>Sendmail</application>'s primary configuration file,
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<filename>/etc/mail/sendmail.cf</filename>, is complex and not meant to be
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directly edited. The recommended method for changing it is to modify
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<filename>/etc/mail/sendmail.mc</filename> and various
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<application>m4</application> files, then run the <command>m4</command>
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macro processor from within
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<filename class='directory'>/etc/mail</filename> as follows:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>m4 m4/cf.m4 sendmail.mc > sendmail.cf</userinput></screen>
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<para>A full explanation of the files to modify, and the available
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parameters can be found in <filename>/etc/mail/README</filename>.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="sendmail-init">
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<title>Boot Script</title>
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<para>To automate the running of <application>Sendmail</application>
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at startup, install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail</filename>
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init script included in the
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<xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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<indexterm zone="sendmail sendmail-init">
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<primary sortas="f-sendmail-init">sendmail</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>make install-sendmail</userinput></screen>
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<note>
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<para>The -qNm option to <command>sendmail</command>, where N is number
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of minutes, controls how often <application>Sendmail</application> will
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process the mail queue. A default of 5 minutes is used in the init
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script. Individual workstation users may want to set this as low as 1
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minute, large installations handling more mail may want to set it
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higher.</para>
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</note>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="content">
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<title>Contents</title>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg>editmap, hoststat, mailstats, mailq, makemap, newaliases,
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praliases, purgestat, sendmail, smrsh, and vacation</seg>
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<seg>None</seg>
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<seg>/etc/mail, /usr/share/doc/sendmail-&sendmail-version;,
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/var/spool/mqueue, and /var/spool/clientmqueue</seg>
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</seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<variablelist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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<varlistentry id="editmap">
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<term><command>editmap</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>queries and edits <application>Sendmail</application> map
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files.</para>
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<indexterm zone="sendmail editmap">
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<primary sortas="b-editmap">editmap</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="hoststat">
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<term><command>hoststat</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>prints <application>Sendmail</application>'s persistent host
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status.</para>
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<indexterm zone="sendmail hoststat">
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<primary sortas="b-hoststat">hoststat</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="mailstats">
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<term><command>mailstats</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>displays <application>Sendmail</application> statistics.</para>
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<indexterm zone="sendmail mailstats">
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<primary sortas="b-mailstats">mailstats</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="mailq-sendmail">
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<term><command>mailq</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>prints a summary of outbound mail messages waiting for
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delivery.</para>
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<indexterm zone="sendmail mailq-sendmail">
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<primary sortas="b-mailq">mailq</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="makemap">
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<term><command>makemap</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>creates <application>Sendmail</application> map files.</para>
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<indexterm zone="sendmail makemap">
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<primary sortas="b-makemap">makemap</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="newaliases-sendmail">
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<term><command>newaliases</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>rebuilds <filename>/etc/mail/aliases.db</filename> from the
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contents of <filename>/etc/mail/aliases</filename>.</para>
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<indexterm zone="sendmail newaliases-sendmail">
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<primary sortas="b-newaliases">newaliases</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="praliases">
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<term><command>praliases</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>displays current <application>Sendmail</application>
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aliases.</para>
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<indexterm zone="sendmail praliases">
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<primary sortas="b-praliases">praliases</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="purgestat">
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<term><command>purgestat</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para> causes <application>Sendmail</application> to clear (purge)
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all its host-status information.</para>
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<indexterm zone="sendmail purgestat">
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<primary sortas="b-purgestat">purgestat</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="sendmail-prog-sendmail">
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<term><command>sendmail</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>is the <application>Sendmail</application> mail transport
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agent.</para>
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<indexterm zone="sendmail sendmail-prog-sendmail">
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<primary sortas="b-sendmail">sendmail</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="smrsh">
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<term><command>smrsh</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>is a restricted shell for
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<application>Sendmail</application>.</para>
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<indexterm zone="sendmail smrsh">
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<primary sortas="b-smrsh">smrsh</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="vacation-sendmail">
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<term><command>vacation</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>is an email auto responder.</para>
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<indexterm zone="sendmail vacation-sendmail">
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<primary sortas="b-vacation">vacation</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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