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251220Seric
357246Seric		NEW SENDMAIL CONFIGURATION FILES
451220Seric
557246Seric		Eric Allman <eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU>
651220Seric
7*58859Seric		@(#)README	6.18 (Berkeley) 03/29/93
851220Seric
951220Seric
1057246SericThis document describes the sendmail configuration files being used
1157246Sericat Berkeley.  These use features in the new (R6) sendmail, and although
1257246Sericthere is an ``OLDSENDMAIL'' mode, they haven't really been tested on
1357247Sericold versions of sendmail and cannot be expected to work well.
1451220Seric
1557246SericThese configuration files are probably not as general as previous
1657246Sericversions, and don't handle as many of the wierd cases automagically.
1757246SericI was able to simplify by them for two reasons.  First, the network
1857246Serichas become more consistent -- for example, at this point, everyone
1957246Sericon the internet is supposed to be running a name server, so hacks to
2057246Serichandle NIC-registered hosts can go away.  Second, I assumed that a
2157246Sericsubdomain would be running SMTP internally -- UUCP is presumed to be
2257246Serica long-haul protocol.  I realize that this is not universal, but it
2357246Sericdoes describe the vast majority of sites with which I am familiar,
2457246Sericincluding those outside the US.
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2657246SericOf course, the downside of this is that if you do live in a wierd
2757246Sericworld, things are going to get wierder for you.  I'm sorry about that,
2857246Sericbut at the time we at Berkeley had a problem, and it seemed like the
2957246Sericright thing to do.
3051220Seric
3157247SericThis package requires a post-V7 version of m4; if you are running the
3257247Seric4.2bsd, SysV.2, or 7th Edition version, I suggest finding a friend with
3357247Serica newer version.  You can m4-expand on their system, then run locally.
3457247SericSunOS's /usr/5bin/m4 or BSD-Net/2's m4 both work.  GNU m4 (which is a
3557247Sericlanguage unto itself) also works, but I don't intend to work so hard
3657247Sericto keep this up in the future.  [Note to GNU folks:  the construct
3757246Seric"define(`FOO')" should work without my having to add a null value.]
3851220Seric
3958284SericIF YOU DON'T HAVE A BERKELEY MAKE, don't despair!  Just run
4058284Seric"m4 foo.mc > foo.cf" -- that should be all you need.
4158284Seric
4258284SericTo get started, you may want to look at tcpproto.mc (for TCP-only
4358284Sericsites) and uucpproto.m4 (for UUCP-only sites).  Others are versions
4458284Sericthat we use at Berkeley, although not all are in current use.  For
4558284Sericexample, ucbarpa has gone away, but I've left ucbarpa.mc in because
4658284Sericit demonstrates some interesting techniques.
4758284Seric
4857246SericI'm not pretending that this README describes everything that these
4957246Sericconfiguration files can do; clever people can probably tweak them
5057246Sericto great effect.  But it should get you started.
5157246Seric
5258087Seric
5357246Seric+--------------------------+
5457246Seric| INTRODUCTION AND EXAMPLE |
5557246Seric+--------------------------+
5657246Seric
5757246SericConfiguration files are contained in the subdirectory "cf", with a
5857246Sericsuffix ".mc".  They must be run through "m4" to produce a ".cf" file.
5957246Seric
6051220SericLet's examine a typical .mc file (cf/cs-exposed.mc):
6151220Seric
6251220Seric	divert(-1)
6351220Seric	#
6451220Seric	# Copyright (c) 1983 Eric P. Allman
6551220Seric	# Copyright (c) 1988 The Regents of the University of California.
6651220Seric	# All rights reserved.
6751220Seric	#
6851220Seric	# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
6951220Seric	# provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
7051220Seric	# duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
7151220Seric	# advertising materials, and other materials related to such
7251220Seric	# distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
7351220Seric	# by the University of California, Berkeley.  The name of the
7451220Seric	# University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
7551220Seric	# from this software without specific prior written permission.
7651220Seric	# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
7751220Seric	# IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
7851220Seric	# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
7951220Seric	#
8051220Seric
8157246SericThe divert(-1) will delete the crud in the resulting output file.
8257247SericThe copyright notice is what your lawyers require.  Our lawyers require
8357246Sericthe one that I've included in my files. A copyleft is a copyright by
8457246Sericanother name.
8551220Seric
8657246SericThe next line MUST be
8757246Seric
8851220Seric	include(`../m4/cf.m4')
8951220Seric
9057246SericThis will pull in the M4 macros you will need to make sense of
9157246Sericeverything else.  As the saying goes, don't think about it, just
9257246Sericdo it.  If you don't do it, don't bother reading the rest of this
9357246Sericfile.
9451220Seric
9556778Seric	VERSIONID(`<SCCS or RCS version id>')
9651220Seric
9751220SericVERSIONID is a macro that stuffs the version information into the
9851220Sericresulting file.  We use SCCS; you could use RCS, something else, or
9957246Sericomit it completely.  This is not the same as the version id included
10057246Sericin SMTP greeting messages -- this is defined in m4/version.m4.
10151220Seric
10251268Seric	DOMAIN(cs.exposed)
10351220Seric
10451220SericThis example exposes the host inside of the CS subdomain -- that is,
10551220Sericit doesn't try to hide the name of the workstation to the outside
10651220Sericworld.  Changing this to DOMAIN(cs.hidden) would have made outgoing
10751220Sericmessages refer to "<username>@CS.Berkeley.EDU" instead of using the
10857246Sericlocal hostname.  Internaly this is effected by using
10957246Seric"MASQUERADE_AS(CS.Berkeley.EDU)".
11051220Seric
11151268Seric	MAILER(smtp)
11251220Seric
11351309SericThese describe the mailers used at the default CS site site.  The
11451309Sericlocal mailer is always included automatically.
11551220Seric
11658087Seric
11757246Seric+--------+
11857246Seric| OSTYPE |
11957246Seric+--------+
12057246Seric
12151220SericNote that cf/cs-exposed.mc omits an OSTYPE macro -- this assumes
12251220Sericdefault Computer Science Division environment.  There are several
12357247Sericexplicit environments available: bsd4.3, bsd4.4, hpux, irix, osf1,
12457247Sericriscos4.5, sunos3.5, sunos4.1, and ultrix4.1.  These change things
12557247Sericlike the location of the alias file and queue directory.  Some of
12657247Sericthese files are identical to one another.
12751220Seric
12857246SericOperating system definitions are easy to write.  They may define
12957246Sericthe following variables (everything defaults, so an ostype file
13057246Sericmay be empty).
13151220Seric
13257246SericALIAS_FILE		[/etc/aliases] The location of the text version
13357246Seric			of the alias file.
13457246SericHELP_FILE		[/usr/lib/sendmail.hf] The name of the file
13557246Seric			containing information printed in response to
13657246Seric			the SMTP HELP command.
13757246SericQUEUE_DIR		[/var/spool/mqueue] The directory containing
13857246Seric			queue files.
13957246SericSTATUS_FILE		[/etc/sendmail.st] The file containing status
14057246Seric			information.
14158087SericLOCAL_MAILER_PATH	[/bin/mail] The program used to deliver local mail.
14257246SericLOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS	[rn] The flags used by the local mailer.  The
14357246Seric			flags lsDFMm are always included.
14458087SericLOCAL_SHELL_PATH	[/bin/sh] The shell used to deliver piped email.
14558087SericUSENET_MAILER_PATH	[/usr/lib/news/inews] The name of the program
14658087Seric			used to submit news.
14758087SericUSENET_MAILER_FLAGS	[rlsDFMmn] The mailer flags for the usenet mailer.
14858087SericUSENET_MAILER_ARGS	[-m -h -n] The command line arguments for the
14958087Seric			usenet mailer.
15057246SericHOSTMAP_SPEC		[dbm -o /etc/hostmap] The value for the builtin
15157246Seric			hostmap key definition.  You can redefine this
15257246Seric			to change the class, flags, and filename of
15357246Seric			the hostmap.  The default flag (-o) makes this
15457246Seric			map optional.
15557246Seric
15657246SericIn addition, the following boolean flags may be defined -- the value
15757246Sericis ignored.
15857246Seric
15957246SericNEED_DOMAIN		If set, the $j macro is defined as $w.$D.
16057246Seric			If not set, $j is defined as $w.  If this is
16157246Seric			set, the domain must be defined using the line
16257246Seric			DD<domainname> (probably in the domain file,
16357246Seric			but possibly in the .mc file).  You will only
16457246Seric			need this if you define your system hostname
16557246Seric			without a domain (type "hostname" -- if it
16658087Seric			has no dots in the output, you qualify) AND
16758087Seric			if you are not running the nameserver AND if
16858087Seric			the first (canonical) name in /etc/hosts for
16958087Seric			your machine has no domain -- OR if you are
17058087Seric			running Ultrix or OSF/1 sendmail.  Either of
17158087Seric			these is probably a mistake.
17257246Seric
17357246Seric+---------+
17457246Seric| DOMAINS |
17557246Seric+---------+
17657246Seric
17757246SericYou will probably want to collect domain-dependent defines into one
17857246Sericfile, referenced by the DOMAIN macro.  For example, our Berkeley
17957246Sericdomain file includes definitions for several internal distinguished
18057246Serichosts:
18157246Seric
18257246SericUUCP_RELAY	The host that will forward UUCP-addressed email.
18357246Seric		If not defined, all UUCP sites must be directly
18457246Seric		connected.
18557246SericBITNET_RELAY	The host that will forward BITNET-addressed email.
18657246Seric		If not defined, the .BITNET pseudo-domain won't work.
18757246SericCSNET_RELAY	The host that will forward CSNET-addressed email.
18857246Seric		If not defined, the .CSNET pseudo-domain won't work.
18957246SericLOCAL_RELAY	The site that will handle unqualified names -- that
19057246Seric		is, names with out an @domain extension.  If not set,
19157246Seric		they are assumed to belong on this machine.  This
19257246Seric		allows you to have a central site to store a
19357246Seric		company- or department-wide alias database.  This
19457246Seric		only works at small sites, and there are better
19557246Seric		methods.
19657246Seric
19757246SericThe domain file can also be used to define a domain name, if needed
19857982Seric(using "DD<domain>") and set certain site-wide features.  If all hosts
19957982Sericat your site masquerade behind one email name, you could also use
20057982SericMASQUERADE_AS here.
20157246Seric
20258408SericYou do not have to define a domain -- in particular, if you are a
20358408Sericsingle machine sitting off somewhere, it is probably more work than
20458408Sericit's worth.  This is just a mechanism for combining "domain dependent
20558408Sericknowledge" into one place.
20658408Seric
20757246Seric+---------+
20857246Seric| MAILERS |
20957246Seric+---------+
21057246Seric
21151220SericThere are fewer mailers supported in this version than the previous
21251220Sericversion, owing mostly to a simpler world.
21351220Seric
21451220Sericlocal		The local and prog mailers.  You will almost always
21551220Seric		need these; the only exception is if you relay ALL
21657247Seric		your mail to another site.  This mailer is included
21757247Seric		automatically.
21851220Seric
21951220Sericsmtp		The Simple Mail Transport Protocol mailer.  This does
22051220Seric		not hide hosts behind a gateway or another other
22151220Seric		such hack; it assumes a world where everyone is
22251220Seric		running the name server.
22351220Seric
22451220Sericuucp		The Unix-to-Unix Copy Program mailer.  Actually, this
22551220Seric		defines two mailers, "uucp" and "suucp".  The latter
22651220Seric		is for when you know that the UUCP mailer at the other
22751220Seric		end can handle multiple recipients in one transfer.
22857246Seric		When you invoke this, sendmail looks for all names in
22957246Seric		the $=U class and sends them to the uucp mailer; all
23057246Seric		names in the $=Y class are sent to suucp.  Note that
23157246Seric		this is a function of what version of rmail runs on
23257246Seric		the receiving end, and hence may be out of your control.
23351220Seric
23458087Sericusenet		Usenet (network news) delivery.  If this is specified,
23558087Seric		an extra rule is added to ruleset 0 that forwards all
23658087Seric		local email for users named ``group.usenet'' to the
23758087Seric		``inews'' program.  Note that this works for all groups,
23858087Seric		and may be considered a security problem.
23958087Seric
24058363Sericfax		Facsimile transmission.  This is experimental and based
24158363Seric		on Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software.  For more information,
24258363Seric		see below.
24358087Seric
24458363Seric
24557246Seric+----------+
24657246Seric| FEATURES |
24757246Seric+----------+
24851268Seric
24957246SericSpecial features can be requested using the "FEATURE" macro.  For
25057246Sericexample, the .mc line:
25157246Seric
25257246Seric	FEATURE(use_cw_file)
25357246Seric
25457246Serictells sendmail that you want to have it read an /etc/sendmail.cw
25558782Sericfile to get values for class $=w.  The FEATURE may contain a single
25658782Sericoptional parameter -- for example:
25757246Seric
25858782Seric	FEATURE(mailertable, dbm /usr/lib/mailertable)
25958782Seric
26058782SericAvailable features are:
26158782Seric
26257246Sericuse_cw_file	Read the file /etc/sendmail.cw file to get alternate
26357246Seric		names for this host.  This might be used if you were
26457246Seric		on a host that MXed for a dynamic set of other
26557246Seric		hosts.  If the set is static, just including the line
26657246Seric		"Cw<name1> <name2> ..." is probably superior.
26758408Seric		The actual filename can be overridden by redefining
26858408Seric		confCW_FILE.
26958087Sericredirect	Reject all mail addressed to "address.REDIRECT" with
27058087Seric		a ``551 User not local; please try <address>'' message.
27158087Seric		If this is set, you can alias people who have left
27258087Seric		to their new address with ".REDIRECT" appended.
27358284Sericnouucp		Don't do anything special with UUCP addresses at all.
27458526Sericnotsticky	By default, email sent to "user@local.host" are marked
27558526Seric		as "sticky" -- that is, the local addresses aren't
27658526Seric		matched against UDB and don't go through ruleset 5.
27758526Seric		This features disables this treatment.  It would
27858526Seric		normally be used on network gateway machines.
27958782Sericmailertable	Include a "mailer table" which can be used to override
28058782Seric		routing for particular domains.  The argument of the
28158782Seric		FEATURE may be the key definition.  If none is specified,
28258782Seric		the definition used is:
28358782Seric			hash /etc/mailertable.db -o
28458782Seric		Keys in this database must be of the form:
28558782Seric			mailer:domain
28657246Seric
28757246SericOther FEATUREs should be defined, but I was trying to keep these
28857246Sericconfig files fairly lean and mean.
28957246Seric
29058087Seric
29157246Seric+-------+
29257246Seric| HACKS |
29357246Seric+-------+
29457246Seric
29557246SericSome things just can't be called features.  To make this clear,
29657247Sericthey go in the hack subdirectory and are referenced using the HACK
29757246Sericmacro.  These will tend to be site-dependent.  The release
29857246Sericincludes the Berkeley-dependent "cssubdomain" hack (that makes
29957246Sericsendmail accept local names in either Berkeley.EDU or CS.Berkeley.EDU;
30057246Sericthis is intended as a short-term aid while we move hosts into
30157246Sericsubdomains.
30257246Seric
30358087Seric
30457246Seric+--------------------+
30557246Seric| SITE CONFIGURATION |
30657246Seric+--------------------+
30757246Seric
30857246SericComplex sites will need more local configuration information, such as
30957246Sericlists of UUCP hosts they speak with directly.  This can get a bit more
31057246Serictricky.  For an example of a "complex" site, see cf/ucbvax.mc.
31157246Seric
31257246SericThe SITECONFIG macro allows you to indirectly reference site-dependent
31357246Sericconfiguration information stored in the siteconfig subdirectory.  For
31457246Sericexample, the line
31557246Seric
31657246Seric	SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbvax, ucbvax, U)
31757246Seric
31857246Sericreads the file uucp.ucbvax for local connection information.  The
31957246Sericsecond parameter is the local name (in this case just "ucbvax" since
32057246Sericit is locally connected, and hence a UUCP hostname) and the name of
32157246Sericthe class in which to store the host information.  Another SITECONFIG
32257246Sericline reads
32357246Seric
32457246Seric	SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbarpa, ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU, W)
32557246Seric
32657246SericThis says that the file uucp.ucbarpa contains the list of UUCP sites
32757246Sericconnected to ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU.  The $=W class will be used to
32857246Sericstore this list.  [The machine ucbarpa is gone now, but I've left
32957246Sericthis out-of-date configuration file around to demonstrate how you
33057246Sericmight do this.]
33157246Seric
33257246SericThe siteconfig file (e.g., siteconfig/uucp.ucbvax.m4) contains nothing
33357246Sericmore than a sequence of SITE macros describing connectivity.  For
33457246Sericexample:
33557246Seric
33657246Seric	SITE(cnmat)
33757246Seric	SITE(sgi olympus)
33857246Seric
33957246SericThe second example demonstrates that you can use two names on the
34057246Sericsame line; these are usually aliases for the same host (or are at
34157246Sericleast in the same company).
34257246Seric
34358087Seric
34457246Seric+-------------------+
34557246Seric| TWEAKING RULESETS |
34657246Seric+-------------------+
34757246Seric
34851268SericFor more complex configurations, you can define special rules.
34951268SericThe macro LOCAL_RULE_3 introduces rules that are used in canonicalizing
35051268Sericthe names.  Any modifications made here are reflected in the header.
35151268Seric
35251268SericA common use is to convert old UUCP addreses to SMTP addresses using
35351268Sericthe UUCPSMTP macro.  For example:
35451268Seric
35551268Seric	LOCAL_RULE_3
35651268Seric	UUCPSMTP(decvax,	decvax.dec.com)
35751268Seric	UUCPSMTP(research,	research.att.com)
35851268Seric
35951268Sericwill cause addresses of the form "decvax!user" and "research!user"
36051268Sericto be converted to "user@decvax.dec.com" and "user@research.att.com"
36151268Sericrespectively.
36251268Seric
36357246SericThis could also be used to look hosts in a database map:
36457246Seric
36557246Seric	LOCAL_RULE_3
36657246Seric	R$* < @ $+ > $*		$: $1 < @ $(hostmap $2 $) > $3
36757246Seric
36857246SericThis map would be defined in the LOCAL_CONFIG portion, as shown below.
36957246Seric
37051268SericSimilarly, LOCAL_RULE_0 can be used to introduce new parsing rules.
37151268SericFor example, new rules are needed to parse hostnames that you accept
37251309Sericvia MX records.  For example, you might have:
37351268Seric
37451309Seric	LOCAL_RULE_0
37551309Seric	R$+ < @ cnmat.Berkeley.EDU >	$#uucp $@ cnmat $: $1
37651309Seric
37751309SericYou would use this if you had installed an MX record for cnmat.Berkeley.EDU
37851309Sericpointing at this host; this rule catches the message and forwards it on
37951309Sericusing UUCP.
38051309Seric
38158681SericYou can also tweak rulesets 1 and 2 using LOCAL_RULE_1 and LOCAL_RULE_2.
38258681SericThese rulesets are normally empty.
38358681Seric
38457246SericA similar macro is LOCAL_CONFIG.  This introduces lines added after the
38557246Sericboilerplate option setting but before rulesets, and can be used to
38657945Sericdeclare local database maps or whatever.  For example:
38751268Seric
38857246Seric	LOCAL_CONFIG
38957246Seric	Khostmap hash /etc/hostmap.db
39057246Seric	Kyplocal nis -m hosts.byname
39151220Seric
39258087Seric
39357246Seric+---------------------------+
39457246Seric| MASQUERADING AND RELAYING |
39557246Seric+---------------------------+
39657246Seric
39757246SericYou can have your host masquerade as another using
39857246Seric
39957246Seric	MASQUERADE_AS(host.domain)
40057246Seric
40157246SericThis causes outgoing SMTP mail to be labelled as coming from the
40257246Sericindicated domain, rather than $j.  One normally masquerades as one
40357246Sericof your own subdomains (for example, it's unlikely that I would
40457246Sericchoose to masquerade as an MIT site).
40557246Seric
40657246Sericthere are always users that need to be "exposed" -- that is, their
40757246Sericinternal site name should be displayed instead of the masquerade name.
40857246SericRoot is an example.  You can add users to this list using
40957246Seric
41057246Seric	EXPOSED_USER(usernames)
41157246Seric
41257246SericThis adds users to class E; you could also use something like
41357246Seric
41457246Seric	FE/etc/sendmail.cE
41557246Seric
41657246SericYou can also arrange to relay all unqualified names (that is, names
41757246Sericwithout @host) to a relay host.  For example, if you have a central
41857246Sericemail server, you might relay to that host so that users don't have
41957246Sericto have .forward files or aliases.  You can do this using
42057246Seric
42158071Seric	define(`LOCAL_RELAY', mailer:hostname)
42257246Seric
42358071SericThe ``mailer:'' can be omitted, in which case the mailer defaults to
42458071Seric"smtp".  There are some user names that you don't want relayed, perhaps
42558071Sericbecause of local aliases.  A common example is root, which may be
42658071Sericlocally aliased.  You can add entries to this list using
42757246Seric
42857246Seric	LOCAL_USER(usernames)
42957246Seric
43057246SericThis adds users to class L; you could also use something like
43157246Seric
43257246Seric	FL/etc/sendmail.cL
43357246Seric
43457591SericIf you want all mail sent to a centralized hub, as for a shared
43557591Seric/var/spool/mail scheme, use
43657591Seric
43758071Seric	define(`MAIL_HUB', mailer:hostname)
43857591Seric
43958071SericAgain, ``mailer:'' defaults to "smtp".  If you define both LOCAL_RELAY
44058071Sericand MAIL_HUB, unqualified names and names in class L will be sent to
44158071Sericthe LOCAL_RELAY and other local names will be sent to MAIL_HUB.  For
44258071Sericexample, if are on machine mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU, the following
44358071Sericcombinations of settings will have the indicated effects:
44457591Seric
44557591Sericemail sent to....	eric			  eric@mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU
44657591Seric
44757591SericLOCAL_RELAY set to	mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  (delivered locally)
44857591Sericmail.CS.Berkeley.EDU
44957591Seric
45057591SericMAIL_HUB set to		mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
45157591Sericmammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
45257591Seric
45357591SericBoth LOCAL_RELAY and	mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
45457591SericMAIL_HUB set as above
45557591Seric
45658071Seric
45758071Seric+-------------------------------+
45858071Seric| NON-SMTP BASED CONFIGURATIONS |
45958071Seric+-------------------------------+
46058071Seric
46158071SericThese configuration files are designed primarily for use by SMTP-based
46258071Sericsites.  I don't pretend that they are well tuned for UUCP-only or
46358071SericUUCP-primarily nodes (the latter is defined as a small local net
46458071Sericconnected to the rest of the world via UUCP).  However, there is one
46558071Serichook to handle some special cases.
46658071Seric
46758071SericYou can define a ``smart host'' that understands a richer address syntax
46858071Sericusing:
46958071Seric
47058071Seric	define(`SMART_HOST', mailer:hostname)
47158071Seric
47258071SericIn this case, the ``mailer:'' defaults to "suucp".  Any messages that
47358071Sericcan't be handled using the usual UUCP rules are passed to this host.
47458071Seric
47558071SericIf you are on a local SMTP-based net that connects to the outside
47658071Sericworld via UUCP, you can use LOCAL_NET_CONFIG to add appropriate rules.
47758071SericFor example:
47858071Seric
47958071Seric	define(`SMART_HOST', suucp:uunet)
48058071Seric	LOCAL_NET_CONFIG
48158071Seric	R$* < @ $* .$m > $*	$#smtp $@ $2.$m $: $1 < @ $2.$m > $3
48258071Seric
48358071SericThis will cause all names that end in your domain name ($m) via
48458071SericSMTP; anything else will be sent via suucp (smart UUCP) to uunet.
48558071Seric
48658071Seric
48758363Seric+------------------+
48858363Seric| FlexFAX SOFTWARE |
48958363Seric+------------------+
49058363Seric
49158363SericSam Leffler's FlexFAX software is still in beta test -- but he expects a
49258363Sericpublic version out "later this week" [as of 3/1/93].  The following
49358363Sericblurb is direct from Sam:
49458363Seric
49558363Seric	$Header: /usr/people/sam/fax/RCS/HOWTO,v 1.7 93/02/08 09:00:55 sam Exp $
49658363Seric
49758363Seric	How To Obtain This Software (in case all you get is this file)
49858363Seric
49958363Seric	The source code is available for public ftp on
50058363Seric	    sgi.com			sgi/fax/v2.1beta.tar.Z
50158363Seric		(192.48.153.1)
50258363Seric
50358363Seric	You can also obtain inst'able images for Silicon Graphics machines from
50458363Seric	    sgi.com			sgi/fax/v2.1beta.inst.tar
50558363Seric		(192.48.153.1)
50658363Seric
50758363Seric	For example,
50858363Seric	    % ftp -n sgi.com
50958363Seric	    ....
51058363Seric	    ftp> user anonymous
51158363Seric	    ... <type in password>
51258363Seric	    ftp> cd sgi/fax
51358363Seric	    ftp> binary
51458363Seric	    ftp> get v2.1beta.tar.Z
51558363Seric
51658363Seric	If you cannot use FTP at all, there is a service called "ftpmail"
51758363Seric	available from gateekeeper.dec.com:  you can send e-mail to this
51858363Seric	machine and it will use FTP to retrieve files for you and send you the
51958363Seric	files back again via e-mail.  To find out more about the ftpmail
52058363Seric	service, send a message to "ftpmail@gatekeeper.dec.com" whose body
52158363Seric	consists of the single line "help".
52258363Seric
52358363Seric	Internal to Silicon Graphics there are inst'able images on the host
52458363Seric	flake.asd in the directory /d/dist.  Thus you can do something like:
52558363Seric
52658363Seric	    % inst -f flake.asd.sgi.com:/d/dist/flexfax
52758363Seric
52858363Seric	to install the software on your machine.
52958363Seric
53058363Seric	The external distributions come in a compressed or uncompressed tar
53158363Seric	file.  To extract the source distribution:
53258363Seric
53358363Seric	    % zcat v2.1beta.tar.Z | tar xf -
53458363Seric
53558363Seric	(uncompress and extract individual files in current directory).  To
53658363Seric	unpack and install the client portion of the inst'able distribution:
53758363Seric
53858363Seric	    % mkdir dist
53958363Seric	    % cd dist; tar xf ../v2.1beta.inst.tar; cd ..
54058363Seric	    % inst -f dist/flexfax
54158363Seric	    ...
54258363Seric	    inst> go
54358363Seric
54458363Seric	(Note, the dist subdirectory is because some versions of inst fail if
54558363Seric	the files are in the current directory.) Server binaries is also
54658363Seric	included in the inst'able images as flexfax.server.*.  It is not
54758363Seric	installed by default, so to get it also you need to extract the do:
54858363Seric
54958363Seric	    % inst -f flexfax
55058363Seric	    ...
55158363Seric	    inst> install flexfax.server.*
55258363Seric	    inst> go
55358363Seric
55458363Seric	The SGI binaries were built for Version 4.0.5 of the IRIX operating
55558363Seric	system.  They should work w/o problem on earlier versions of the
55658363Seric	system, but I have not fully tested this.  Also, note that to install a
55758363Seric	server on an SGI machine, you need to have installed the Display
55858363Seric	PostScript execution environment product (dps_eoe).  Otherwise, the fax
55958363Seric	server will not be able to convert PostScript to facsimile for
56058363Seric	transmission.
56158363Seric
56258363Seric	If you are working from the source distribution, look at the file README
56358363Seric	in the top of the source tree.  If you are working from the inst images,
56458363Seric	you need to run faxaddmodem to setup and configure your fax modem.  Do
56558363Seric	man faxaddmodem for more information.
56658363Seric
56758363SericAlso from Sam:
56858363Seric
56958363Seric	A mailing list for users of this software is located on sgi.com.
57058363Seric	If you want to join this mailing list or have a list-related request
57158363Seric	such as getting your name removed from it, send a request to
57258363Seric
57358363Seric	    flexfax-request@sgi.com
57458363Seric
57558363Seric	Submissions (including bug reports) should be directed to:
57658363Seric
57758363Seric	    flexfax@sgi.com
57858363Seric
57958363Seric
58057945Seric+--------------------------------+
58157945Seric| TWEAKING CONFIGURATION OPTIONS |
58257945Seric+--------------------------------+
58357945Seric
58457945SericThere are a large number of configuration options that don't normally
58557945Sericneed to be changed.  However, if you feel you need to tweak them, you
58657945Sericcan define the following M4 variables.  This list is shown in four
58757945Sericcolumns:  the name you define, the default value for that definition,
58857945Sericthe option or macro that is affected (either Ox for an option or Dx
58957945Sericfor a macro), and a brief description.  Greater detail of the semantics
59057945Sericcan be found in the Installation and Operations Guide.
59157945Seric
59257945SericM4 Variable Name	Default		Mac/Opt	Description
59357945SericconfMAILER_NAME		MAILER-DAEMON	Dn	The sender name used for
59457945Seric						internally generated
59557945Seric						outgoing messages.
59658681SericconfFROM_LINE		From $g  $d	Dl	The From_ line used when
59758681Seric						sending to files or programs.
59857945SericconfFROM_HEADER		$?x$x <$g>$|$g$.	The format of an internally
59957945Seric					Dq	generated From: address.
60057945SericconfOPERATORS		.:%@!^/[]	Do	Address operator characters.
60157945SericconfSTMP_LOGIN_MSG	$j Sendmail $v/$Z ready at $b
60257945Seric					De	The initial (spontaneous)
60357945Seric						SMTP greeting message.
60458806SericconfEIGHT_BIT_INPUT	True		O8	Use 8-bit input?
60557945SericconfALIAS_WAIT		10		Oa	Wait (in minutes) for alias
60657945Seric						file rebuild.
60758087SericconfMIN_FREE_BLOCKS	4		Ob	Minimum number of free blocks
60858087Seric						on queue filesystem to accept
60958087Seric						SMTP mail.
61057945SericconfBLANK_SUB		.		OB	Blank (space) substitution
61157945Seric						character.
61257945SericconfCON_EXPENSIVE	False		Oc	Connect immediately to
61357945Seric						mailers marked expensive?
61457945SericconfCHECKPOINT_INTERVAL	10		OC	Checkpoint queue files
61557945Seric						every N recipients.
61657945SericconfDELIVERY_MODE	background	Od	Default delivery mode.
61757945SericconfAUTO_REBUILD	False		OD	Automatically rebuild
61857945Seric						alias file if needed.
61957945SericconfERROR_MODE		(undefined)	Oe	Error message mode.
62057945SericconfERROR_MESSAGE	(undefined)	OE	Error message header/file.
62157945SericconfSAVE_FROM_LINES	False		Of	Save extra leading
62257945Seric						From_ lines.
62357945SericconfTEMP_FILE_MODE	0600		OF	Temporary file mode.
62457945SericconfDEF_GROUP_ID	1		Og	Default group id.
62557945SericconfMATCH_GECOS		False		OG	Match GECOS field.
62657945SericconfMAX_HOP		17		Oh	Maximum hop count.
62757945SericconfIGNORE_DOTS		False		Oi	Ignore dot as terminator
62857945Seric						for incoming messages?
62957945SericconfBIND_OPTS		(empty)		OI	Default options for BIND.
63057945SericconfMCI_CACHE_SIZE	2		Ok	Size of open connection cache.
63157945SericconfMCI_CACHE_TIMEOUT	5m		OK	Open connection cache timeout.
63257945SericconfLOG_LEVEL		9		OL	Log level.
63357945SericconfME_TOO		False		Om	Include sender in group
63457945Seric						expansions.
63557945SericconfCHECK_ALIASES	True		On	Check RHS of aliases when
63657945Seric						running newaliases.
63757945SericconfOLD_STYLE_HEADERS	True		Oo	Assume that headers without
63857945Seric						special chars are old style.
639*58859SericconfDAEMON_OPTIONS	(undefined)	OO	SMTP daemon options.
64058806SericconfPRIVACY_FLAGS	authwarnings	Op	Privacy flags.
64157945SericconfCOPY_ERRORS_TO	(undefined)	OP	Address for additional copies
64257945Seric						of all error messages.
64357945SericconfQUEUE_FACTOR	(undefined)	Oq	Slope of queue-only function
64458116SericconfREAD_TIMEOUT	(undefined)	Or	SMTP read timeouts.
64557945SericconfSAFE_QUEUE		True		Os	Commit all messages to disk
64657945Seric						before forking.
64758806SericconfMESSAGE_TIMEOUT	5d/4h		OT	Timeout for messages before
64858806Seric						sending error/warning message.
64957945SericconfTIME_ZONE		USE_SYSTEM	Oz	Time zone info -- can be
65057945Seric						USE_SYSTEM to use the system's
65157945Seric						idea, USE_TZ to use the user's
65257945Seric						TZ envariable, or something
65357945Seric						else to force that value.
65457945SericconfDEF_USER_ID		1		Ou	Default user id.
65558718SericconfUSERDB_SPEC		(undefined)	OU	User database specification.
656*58859SericconfFALLBACK_MX		(undefined)	OV	Fallback MX host.
65757945SericconfNO_WILDCARD_MX	False		Ow	No wildcard MX records matches
65857945Seric						our domain.
65957945SericconfQUEUE_LA		8		Ox	Load average at which queue-only
66057945Seric						function kicks in.
66157945SericconfREFUSE_LA		12		OX	Load average at which incoming
66257945Seric						SMTP connections are refused.
66357945SericconfSEPARATE_PROC	False		Oy	Run all deliveries in a
66457945Seric						separate process.
66557945SericconfWORK_RECIPIENT_FACTOR
66657945Seric			(undefined)	OY	Cost of each recipient.
66757945SericconfWORK_CLASS_FACTOR	(undefined)	Oz	Priority multiplier for class.
66857945SericconfWORK_TIME_FACTOR	(undefined)	OZ	Cost of each delivery attempt.
66958408SericconfCW_FILE		/etc/sendmail.cw	Name of file used to get the
67058408Seric					Fw	local additions to the $=w
67158408Seric						class.
67257945Seric
67358087Seric
67457246Seric+-----------+
67557246Seric| HIERARCHY |
67657246Seric+-----------+
67757246Seric
67851220SericWithin this directory are several subdirectories, to wit:
67951220Seric
68051220Sericm4		General support routines.  These are typically
68151220Seric		very important and should not be changed without
68257247Seric		very careful consideration.
68351220Seric
68451220Sericcf		The configuration files themselves.  They have
68551220Seric		".mc" suffixes, and must be run through m4 to
68651220Seric		become complete.  The resulting output should
68751220Seric		have a ".cf" suffix.
68851220Seric
68951220Sericostype		Definitions describing a particular operating
69051220Seric		system type.  These should always be referenced
69151220Seric		using the OSTYPE macro in the .mc file.  Examples
69251220Seric		include "bsd4.3", "bsd4.4", "sunos3.5", and
69351220Seric		"sunos4.1".
69451220Seric
69551220Sericdomain		Definitions describing a particular domain, referenced
69651220Seric		using the DOMAIN macro in the .mc file.  These are
69751220Seric		site dependent; for example, we contribute "cs.exposed.m4"
69851220Seric		and "cs.hidden.m4" which both describe hosts in the
69951220Seric		CS.Berkeley.EDU subdomain; the former displays the local
70051220Seric		hostname (e.g., mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU), whereas the
70151220Seric		latter does its best to hide the identity of the local
70251220Seric		workstation inside the CS subdomain.
70351220Seric
70451220Sericmailer		Descriptions of mailers.   These are referenced using
70551220Seric		the MAILER macro in the .mc file.
70651220Seric
70751220Sericsh		Shell files used when building the .cf file from the
70851220Seric		.mc file in the cf subdirectory.
70951220Seric
71051220Sericfeature		These hold special orthogonal features that you might
71151220Seric		want to include.  They should be referenced using
71251220Seric		the FEATURE macro.
71351220Seric
71451220Serichack		Local hacks.  These can be referenced using the HACK
71551220Seric		macro.  They shouldn't be of more than voyeuristic
71651220Seric		interest outside the .Berkeley.EDU domain, but who knows?
71751220Seric		We've all got our own peccadilloes.
71851220Seric
71951268Sericsiteconfig	Site configuration -- e.g., tables of locally connected
72051268Seric		UUCP sites.
72151220Seric
72251268Seric
72357246Seric+------------------------+
72457246Seric| ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS |
72557246Seric+------------------------+
72651220Seric
72751220SericThe following sections detail usage of certain internal parts of the
72851220Sericsendmail.cf file.  Read them carefully if you are trying to modify
72951220Sericthe current model.  If you find the above descriptions adequate, these
73051220Sericshould be {boring, confusing, tedious, ridiculous} (pick one or more).
73151220Seric
73251220SericRULESETS (* means built in to sendmail)
73351220Seric
73451220Seric   0 *	Parsing
73551220Seric   1 *	Sender rewriting
73651220Seric   2 *	Recipient rewriting
73751220Seric   3 *	Canonicalization
73851220Seric   4 *	Post cleanup
73954839Seric   5 *	Local address rewrite (after aliasing)
74051220Seric   6	Bottom half of Ruleset 3
74157247Seric   7	Hook for recursive ruleset 0 call
74257247Seric   8
74357247Seric   9
74451220Seric
74551220Seric
74651220SericMAILERS
74751220Seric
74851220Seric   0	local, prog	local and program mailers
74951220Seric   1	smtp		SMTP channel
75058087Seric   2	uucp		UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program
75158087Seric   3	netnews		Network News delivery
75258363Seric   4	fax		Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software
75351220Seric
75451220Seric
75551220SericMACROS
75651220Seric
75751220Seric   A
75851220Seric   B	Bitnet Relay
75951220Seric   C	CSNET Relay
76054839Seric   D	The local domain -- usually not needed
76151220Seric   E
76258363Seric   F	FAX Relay
76351220Seric   G
76457591Seric   H	mail Hub (for mail clusters)
76551220Seric   I
76651220Seric   J
76751220Seric   K
76851220Seric   L
76951220Seric   M	Masquerade (who I claim to be)
77051220Seric   N
77151220Seric   O
77251220Seric   P
77351220Seric   Q
77451220Seric   R	Relay (for unqualified names)
77558071Seric   S	Smart Host
77651220Seric   T
77751309Seric   U	my UUCP name (if I have a UUCP connection)
77851309Seric   V	UUCP Relay (class V hosts)
77951220Seric   W	UUCP Relay (class W hosts)
78051220Seric   X	UUCP Relay (class X hosts)
78151309Seric   Y	UUCP Relay (all other hosts)
78251220Seric   Z	Version number
78351220Seric
78451220Seric
78551220SericCLASSES
78651220Seric
78751220Seric   A
78851220Seric   B
78951220Seric   C
79051220Seric   D
79157246Seric   E	addresses that should not seem to come from $M
79254839Seric   F	hosts we forward for
79351220Seric   G
79451220Seric   H
79551220Seric   I
79651220Seric   J
79751220Seric   K
79851220Seric   L	addresses that should not be forwarded to $R
79951220Seric   M
80051220Seric   N
80151220Seric   O	operators that indicate network operations (cannot be in local names)
80251220Seric   P
80351220Seric   Q
80451220Seric   R
80551220Seric   S
80651220Seric   T
80751220Seric   U	locally connected UUCP hosts
80851309Seric   V	UUCP hosts connected to relay $V
80951309Seric   W	UUCP hosts connected to relay $W
81051309Seric   X	UUCP hosts connected to relay $X
81151309Seric   Y	locally connected smart UUCP hosts
81251220Seric   Z
81354839Seric   .	the class containing only a dot
81451220Seric
81551220Seric
81651220SericM4 DIVERSIONS
81751220Seric
81858071Seric   1	Local host detection and resolution
81958071Seric   2	Local Ruleset 3 additions
82058071Seric   3	Local Ruleset 0 additions
82151268Seric   4	UUCP Ruleset 0 additions
82251309Seric   5	locally interpreted names (overrides $R)
82354839Seric   6	local configuration (at top of file)
82451220Seric   7	mailer definitions
82554839Seric   8	special local name recognition (late in ruleset 3)
82658681Seric   9	special local rulesets (1 and 2)
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