151220Seric 251220Seric 357246Seric NEW SENDMAIL CONFIGURATION FILES 451220Seric 557246Seric Eric Allman <eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU> 651220Seric 7*59034Seric @(#)README 6.19 (Berkeley) 04/10/93 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. 2551220Seric 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 286*59034Sericbitdomain Look up bitnet hosts in a table to try to turn them into 287*59034Seric internet addresses. The table can be built using the 288*59034Seric bitdomain program contributed by John Gardiner Meyers. 289*59034Seric The argument of the FEATURE may be the key definition; if 290*59034Seric none is specified, the definition used is: 291*59034Seric hash /etc/bitdomain.db -o 292*59034Seric Keys are the bitnet hostname; values are the corresponding 293*59034Seric internet hostname. 29457246Seric 29557246SericOther FEATUREs should be defined, but I was trying to keep these 29657246Sericconfig files fairly lean and mean. 29757246Seric 29858087Seric 29957246Seric+-------+ 30057246Seric| HACKS | 30157246Seric+-------+ 30257246Seric 30357246SericSome things just can't be called features. To make this clear, 30457247Sericthey go in the hack subdirectory and are referenced using the HACK 30557246Sericmacro. These will tend to be site-dependent. The release 30657246Sericincludes the Berkeley-dependent "cssubdomain" hack (that makes 30757246Sericsendmail accept local names in either Berkeley.EDU or CS.Berkeley.EDU; 30857246Sericthis is intended as a short-term aid while we move hosts into 30957246Sericsubdomains. 31057246Seric 31158087Seric 31257246Seric+--------------------+ 31357246Seric| SITE CONFIGURATION | 31457246Seric+--------------------+ 31557246Seric 31657246SericComplex sites will need more local configuration information, such as 31757246Sericlists of UUCP hosts they speak with directly. This can get a bit more 31857246Serictricky. For an example of a "complex" site, see cf/ucbvax.mc. 31957246Seric 32057246SericThe SITECONFIG macro allows you to indirectly reference site-dependent 32157246Sericconfiguration information stored in the siteconfig subdirectory. For 32257246Sericexample, the line 32357246Seric 32457246Seric SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbvax, ucbvax, U) 32557246Seric 32657246Sericreads the file uucp.ucbvax for local connection information. The 32757246Sericsecond parameter is the local name (in this case just "ucbvax" since 32857246Sericit is locally connected, and hence a UUCP hostname) and the name of 32957246Sericthe class in which to store the host information. Another SITECONFIG 33057246Sericline reads 33157246Seric 33257246Seric SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbarpa, ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU, W) 33357246Seric 33457246SericThis says that the file uucp.ucbarpa contains the list of UUCP sites 33557246Sericconnected to ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU. The $=W class will be used to 33657246Sericstore this list. [The machine ucbarpa is gone now, but I've left 33757246Sericthis out-of-date configuration file around to demonstrate how you 33857246Sericmight do this.] 33957246Seric 34057246SericThe siteconfig file (e.g., siteconfig/uucp.ucbvax.m4) contains nothing 34157246Sericmore than a sequence of SITE macros describing connectivity. For 34257246Sericexample: 34357246Seric 34457246Seric SITE(cnmat) 34557246Seric SITE(sgi olympus) 34657246Seric 34757246SericThe second example demonstrates that you can use two names on the 34857246Sericsame line; these are usually aliases for the same host (or are at 34957246Sericleast in the same company). 35057246Seric 35158087Seric 35257246Seric+-------------------+ 35357246Seric| TWEAKING RULESETS | 35457246Seric+-------------------+ 35557246Seric 35651268SericFor more complex configurations, you can define special rules. 35751268SericThe macro LOCAL_RULE_3 introduces rules that are used in canonicalizing 35851268Sericthe names. Any modifications made here are reflected in the header. 35951268Seric 36051268SericA common use is to convert old UUCP addreses to SMTP addresses using 36151268Sericthe UUCPSMTP macro. For example: 36251268Seric 36351268Seric LOCAL_RULE_3 36451268Seric UUCPSMTP(decvax, decvax.dec.com) 36551268Seric UUCPSMTP(research, research.att.com) 36651268Seric 36751268Sericwill cause addresses of the form "decvax!user" and "research!user" 36851268Sericto be converted to "user@decvax.dec.com" and "user@research.att.com" 36951268Sericrespectively. 37051268Seric 37157246SericThis could also be used to look hosts in a database map: 37257246Seric 37357246Seric LOCAL_RULE_3 37457246Seric R$* < @ $+ > $* $: $1 < @ $(hostmap $2 $) > $3 37557246Seric 37657246SericThis map would be defined in the LOCAL_CONFIG portion, as shown below. 37757246Seric 37851268SericSimilarly, LOCAL_RULE_0 can be used to introduce new parsing rules. 37951268SericFor example, new rules are needed to parse hostnames that you accept 38051309Sericvia MX records. For example, you might have: 38151268Seric 38251309Seric LOCAL_RULE_0 38351309Seric R$+ < @ cnmat.Berkeley.EDU > $#uucp $@ cnmat $: $1 38451309Seric 38551309SericYou would use this if you had installed an MX record for cnmat.Berkeley.EDU 38651309Sericpointing at this host; this rule catches the message and forwards it on 38751309Sericusing UUCP. 38851309Seric 38958681SericYou can also tweak rulesets 1 and 2 using LOCAL_RULE_1 and LOCAL_RULE_2. 39058681SericThese rulesets are normally empty. 39158681Seric 39257246SericA similar macro is LOCAL_CONFIG. This introduces lines added after the 39357246Sericboilerplate option setting but before rulesets, and can be used to 39457945Sericdeclare local database maps or whatever. For example: 39551268Seric 39657246Seric LOCAL_CONFIG 39757246Seric Khostmap hash /etc/hostmap.db 39857246Seric Kyplocal nis -m hosts.byname 39951220Seric 40058087Seric 40157246Seric+---------------------------+ 40257246Seric| MASQUERADING AND RELAYING | 40357246Seric+---------------------------+ 40457246Seric 40557246SericYou can have your host masquerade as another using 40657246Seric 40757246Seric MASQUERADE_AS(host.domain) 40857246Seric 40957246SericThis causes outgoing SMTP mail to be labelled as coming from the 41057246Sericindicated domain, rather than $j. One normally masquerades as one 41157246Sericof your own subdomains (for example, it's unlikely that I would 41257246Sericchoose to masquerade as an MIT site). 41357246Seric 41457246Sericthere are always users that need to be "exposed" -- that is, their 41557246Sericinternal site name should be displayed instead of the masquerade name. 41657246SericRoot is an example. You can add users to this list using 41757246Seric 41857246Seric EXPOSED_USER(usernames) 41957246Seric 42057246SericThis adds users to class E; you could also use something like 42157246Seric 42257246Seric FE/etc/sendmail.cE 42357246Seric 42457246SericYou can also arrange to relay all unqualified names (that is, names 42557246Sericwithout @host) to a relay host. For example, if you have a central 42657246Sericemail server, you might relay to that host so that users don't have 42757246Sericto have .forward files or aliases. You can do this using 42857246Seric 42958071Seric define(`LOCAL_RELAY', mailer:hostname) 43057246Seric 43158071SericThe ``mailer:'' can be omitted, in which case the mailer defaults to 43258071Seric"smtp". There are some user names that you don't want relayed, perhaps 43358071Sericbecause of local aliases. A common example is root, which may be 43458071Sericlocally aliased. You can add entries to this list using 43557246Seric 43657246Seric LOCAL_USER(usernames) 43757246Seric 43857246SericThis adds users to class L; you could also use something like 43957246Seric 44057246Seric FL/etc/sendmail.cL 44157246Seric 44257591SericIf you want all mail sent to a centralized hub, as for a shared 44357591Seric/var/spool/mail scheme, use 44457591Seric 44558071Seric define(`MAIL_HUB', mailer:hostname) 44657591Seric 44758071SericAgain, ``mailer:'' defaults to "smtp". If you define both LOCAL_RELAY 44858071Sericand MAIL_HUB, unqualified names and names in class L will be sent to 44958071Sericthe LOCAL_RELAY and other local names will be sent to MAIL_HUB. For 45058071Sericexample, if are on machine mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU, the following 45158071Sericcombinations of settings will have the indicated effects: 45257591Seric 45357591Sericemail sent to.... eric eric@mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU 45457591Seric 45557591SericLOCAL_RELAY set to mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU (delivered locally) 45657591Sericmail.CS.Berkeley.EDU 45757591Seric 45857591SericMAIL_HUB set to mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU 45957591Sericmammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU 46057591Seric 46157591SericBoth LOCAL_RELAY and mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU 46257591SericMAIL_HUB set as above 46357591Seric 46458071Seric 46558071Seric+-------------------------------+ 46658071Seric| NON-SMTP BASED CONFIGURATIONS | 46758071Seric+-------------------------------+ 46858071Seric 46958071SericThese configuration files are designed primarily for use by SMTP-based 47058071Sericsites. I don't pretend that they are well tuned for UUCP-only or 47158071SericUUCP-primarily nodes (the latter is defined as a small local net 47258071Sericconnected to the rest of the world via UUCP). However, there is one 47358071Serichook to handle some special cases. 47458071Seric 47558071SericYou can define a ``smart host'' that understands a richer address syntax 47658071Sericusing: 47758071Seric 47858071Seric define(`SMART_HOST', mailer:hostname) 47958071Seric 48058071SericIn this case, the ``mailer:'' defaults to "suucp". Any messages that 48158071Sericcan't be handled using the usual UUCP rules are passed to this host. 48258071Seric 48358071SericIf you are on a local SMTP-based net that connects to the outside 48458071Sericworld via UUCP, you can use LOCAL_NET_CONFIG to add appropriate rules. 48558071SericFor example: 48658071Seric 48758071Seric define(`SMART_HOST', suucp:uunet) 48858071Seric LOCAL_NET_CONFIG 48958071Seric R$* < @ $* .$m > $* $#smtp $@ $2.$m $: $1 < @ $2.$m > $3 49058071Seric 49158071SericThis will cause all names that end in your domain name ($m) via 49258071SericSMTP; anything else will be sent via suucp (smart UUCP) to uunet. 49358071Seric 49458071Seric 49558363Seric+------------------+ 49658363Seric| FlexFAX SOFTWARE | 49758363Seric+------------------+ 49858363Seric 49958363SericSam Leffler's FlexFAX software is still in beta test -- but he expects a 50058363Sericpublic version out "later this week" [as of 3/1/93]. The following 50158363Sericblurb is direct from Sam: 50258363Seric 50358363Seric $Header: /usr/people/sam/fax/RCS/HOWTO,v 1.7 93/02/08 09:00:55 sam Exp $ 50458363Seric 50558363Seric How To Obtain This Software (in case all you get is this file) 50658363Seric 50758363Seric The source code is available for public ftp on 50858363Seric sgi.com sgi/fax/v2.1beta.tar.Z 50958363Seric (192.48.153.1) 51058363Seric 51158363Seric You can also obtain inst'able images for Silicon Graphics machines from 51258363Seric sgi.com sgi/fax/v2.1beta.inst.tar 51358363Seric (192.48.153.1) 51458363Seric 51558363Seric For example, 51658363Seric % ftp -n sgi.com 51758363Seric .... 51858363Seric ftp> user anonymous 51958363Seric ... <type in password> 52058363Seric ftp> cd sgi/fax 52158363Seric ftp> binary 52258363Seric ftp> get v2.1beta.tar.Z 52358363Seric 52458363Seric If you cannot use FTP at all, there is a service called "ftpmail" 52558363Seric available from gateekeeper.dec.com: you can send e-mail to this 52658363Seric machine and it will use FTP to retrieve files for you and send you the 52758363Seric files back again via e-mail. To find out more about the ftpmail 52858363Seric service, send a message to "ftpmail@gatekeeper.dec.com" whose body 52958363Seric consists of the single line "help". 53058363Seric 53158363Seric Internal to Silicon Graphics there are inst'able images on the host 53258363Seric flake.asd in the directory /d/dist. Thus you can do something like: 53358363Seric 53458363Seric % inst -f flake.asd.sgi.com:/d/dist/flexfax 53558363Seric 53658363Seric to install the software on your machine. 53758363Seric 53858363Seric The external distributions come in a compressed or uncompressed tar 53958363Seric file. To extract the source distribution: 54058363Seric 54158363Seric % zcat v2.1beta.tar.Z | tar xf - 54258363Seric 54358363Seric (uncompress and extract individual files in current directory). To 54458363Seric unpack and install the client portion of the inst'able distribution: 54558363Seric 54658363Seric % mkdir dist 54758363Seric % cd dist; tar xf ../v2.1beta.inst.tar; cd .. 54858363Seric % inst -f dist/flexfax 54958363Seric ... 55058363Seric inst> go 55158363Seric 55258363Seric (Note, the dist subdirectory is because some versions of inst fail if 55358363Seric the files are in the current directory.) Server binaries is also 55458363Seric included in the inst'able images as flexfax.server.*. It is not 55558363Seric installed by default, so to get it also you need to extract the do: 55658363Seric 55758363Seric % inst -f flexfax 55858363Seric ... 55958363Seric inst> install flexfax.server.* 56058363Seric inst> go 56158363Seric 56258363Seric The SGI binaries were built for Version 4.0.5 of the IRIX operating 56358363Seric system. They should work w/o problem on earlier versions of the 56458363Seric system, but I have not fully tested this. Also, note that to install a 56558363Seric server on an SGI machine, you need to have installed the Display 56658363Seric PostScript execution environment product (dps_eoe). Otherwise, the fax 56758363Seric server will not be able to convert PostScript to facsimile for 56858363Seric transmission. 56958363Seric 57058363Seric If you are working from the source distribution, look at the file README 57158363Seric in the top of the source tree. If you are working from the inst images, 57258363Seric you need to run faxaddmodem to setup and configure your fax modem. Do 57358363Seric man faxaddmodem for more information. 57458363Seric 57558363SericAlso from Sam: 57658363Seric 57758363Seric A mailing list for users of this software is located on sgi.com. 57858363Seric If you want to join this mailing list or have a list-related request 57958363Seric such as getting your name removed from it, send a request to 58058363Seric 58158363Seric flexfax-request@sgi.com 58258363Seric 58358363Seric Submissions (including bug reports) should be directed to: 58458363Seric 58558363Seric flexfax@sgi.com 58658363Seric 58758363Seric 58857945Seric+--------------------------------+ 58957945Seric| TWEAKING CONFIGURATION OPTIONS | 59057945Seric+--------------------------------+ 59157945Seric 59257945SericThere are a large number of configuration options that don't normally 59357945Sericneed to be changed. However, if you feel you need to tweak them, you 59457945Sericcan define the following M4 variables. This list is shown in four 59557945Sericcolumns: the name you define, the default value for that definition, 59657945Sericthe option or macro that is affected (either Ox for an option or Dx 59757945Sericfor a macro), and a brief description. Greater detail of the semantics 59857945Sericcan be found in the Installation and Operations Guide. 59957945Seric 60057945SericM4 Variable Name Default Mac/Opt Description 60157945SericconfMAILER_NAME MAILER-DAEMON Dn The sender name used for 60257945Seric internally generated 60357945Seric outgoing messages. 60458681SericconfFROM_LINE From $g $d Dl The From_ line used when 60558681Seric sending to files or programs. 60657945SericconfFROM_HEADER $?x$x <$g>$|$g$. The format of an internally 60757945Seric Dq generated From: address. 60857945SericconfOPERATORS .:%@!^/[] Do Address operator characters. 60957945SericconfSTMP_LOGIN_MSG $j Sendmail $v/$Z ready at $b 61057945Seric De The initial (spontaneous) 61157945Seric SMTP greeting message. 61258806SericconfEIGHT_BIT_INPUT True O8 Use 8-bit input? 61357945SericconfALIAS_WAIT 10 Oa Wait (in minutes) for alias 61457945Seric file rebuild. 61558087SericconfMIN_FREE_BLOCKS 4 Ob Minimum number of free blocks 61658087Seric on queue filesystem to accept 61758087Seric SMTP mail. 61857945SericconfBLANK_SUB . OB Blank (space) substitution 61957945Seric character. 62057945SericconfCON_EXPENSIVE False Oc Connect immediately to 62157945Seric mailers marked expensive? 62257945SericconfCHECKPOINT_INTERVAL 10 OC Checkpoint queue files 62357945Seric every N recipients. 62457945SericconfDELIVERY_MODE background Od Default delivery mode. 62557945SericconfAUTO_REBUILD False OD Automatically rebuild 62657945Seric alias file if needed. 62757945SericconfERROR_MODE (undefined) Oe Error message mode. 62857945SericconfERROR_MESSAGE (undefined) OE Error message header/file. 62957945SericconfSAVE_FROM_LINES False Of Save extra leading 63057945Seric From_ lines. 63157945SericconfTEMP_FILE_MODE 0600 OF Temporary file mode. 63257945SericconfDEF_GROUP_ID 1 Og Default group id. 63357945SericconfMATCH_GECOS False OG Match GECOS field. 63457945SericconfMAX_HOP 17 Oh Maximum hop count. 63557945SericconfIGNORE_DOTS False Oi Ignore dot as terminator 63657945Seric for incoming messages? 63757945SericconfBIND_OPTS (empty) OI Default options for BIND. 63857945SericconfMCI_CACHE_SIZE 2 Ok Size of open connection cache. 63957945SericconfMCI_CACHE_TIMEOUT 5m OK Open connection cache timeout. 64057945SericconfLOG_LEVEL 9 OL Log level. 64157945SericconfME_TOO False Om Include sender in group 64257945Seric expansions. 64357945SericconfCHECK_ALIASES True On Check RHS of aliases when 64457945Seric running newaliases. 64557945SericconfOLD_STYLE_HEADERS True Oo Assume that headers without 64657945Seric special chars are old style. 64758859SericconfDAEMON_OPTIONS (undefined) OO SMTP daemon options. 64858806SericconfPRIVACY_FLAGS authwarnings Op Privacy flags. 64957945SericconfCOPY_ERRORS_TO (undefined) OP Address for additional copies 65057945Seric of all error messages. 65157945SericconfQUEUE_FACTOR (undefined) Oq Slope of queue-only function 65258116SericconfREAD_TIMEOUT (undefined) Or SMTP read timeouts. 65357945SericconfSAFE_QUEUE True Os Commit all messages to disk 65457945Seric before forking. 65558806SericconfMESSAGE_TIMEOUT 5d/4h OT Timeout for messages before 65658806Seric sending error/warning message. 65757945SericconfTIME_ZONE USE_SYSTEM Oz Time zone info -- can be 65857945Seric USE_SYSTEM to use the system's 65957945Seric idea, USE_TZ to use the user's 66057945Seric TZ envariable, or something 66157945Seric else to force that value. 66257945SericconfDEF_USER_ID 1 Ou Default user id. 66358718SericconfUSERDB_SPEC (undefined) OU User database specification. 66458859SericconfFALLBACK_MX (undefined) OV Fallback MX host. 66557945SericconfNO_WILDCARD_MX False Ow No wildcard MX records matches 66657945Seric our domain. 66757945SericconfQUEUE_LA 8 Ox Load average at which queue-only 66857945Seric function kicks in. 66957945SericconfREFUSE_LA 12 OX Load average at which incoming 67057945Seric SMTP connections are refused. 67157945SericconfSEPARATE_PROC False Oy Run all deliveries in a 67257945Seric separate process. 67357945SericconfWORK_RECIPIENT_FACTOR 67457945Seric (undefined) OY Cost of each recipient. 67557945SericconfWORK_CLASS_FACTOR (undefined) Oz Priority multiplier for class. 67657945SericconfWORK_TIME_FACTOR (undefined) OZ Cost of each delivery attempt. 67758408SericconfCW_FILE /etc/sendmail.cw Name of file used to get the 67858408Seric Fw local additions to the $=w 67958408Seric class. 68057945Seric 68158087Seric 68257246Seric+-----------+ 68357246Seric| HIERARCHY | 68457246Seric+-----------+ 68557246Seric 68651220SericWithin this directory are several subdirectories, to wit: 68751220Seric 68851220Sericm4 General support routines. These are typically 68951220Seric very important and should not be changed without 69057247Seric very careful consideration. 69151220Seric 69251220Sericcf The configuration files themselves. They have 69351220Seric ".mc" suffixes, and must be run through m4 to 69451220Seric become complete. The resulting output should 69551220Seric have a ".cf" suffix. 69651220Seric 69751220Sericostype Definitions describing a particular operating 69851220Seric system type. These should always be referenced 69951220Seric using the OSTYPE macro in the .mc file. Examples 70051220Seric include "bsd4.3", "bsd4.4", "sunos3.5", and 70151220Seric "sunos4.1". 70251220Seric 70351220Sericdomain Definitions describing a particular domain, referenced 70451220Seric using the DOMAIN macro in the .mc file. These are 70551220Seric site dependent; for example, we contribute "cs.exposed.m4" 70651220Seric and "cs.hidden.m4" which both describe hosts in the 70751220Seric CS.Berkeley.EDU subdomain; the former displays the local 70851220Seric hostname (e.g., mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU), whereas the 70951220Seric latter does its best to hide the identity of the local 71051220Seric workstation inside the CS subdomain. 71151220Seric 71251220Sericmailer Descriptions of mailers. These are referenced using 71351220Seric the MAILER macro in the .mc file. 71451220Seric 71551220Sericsh Shell files used when building the .cf file from the 71651220Seric .mc file in the cf subdirectory. 71751220Seric 71851220Sericfeature These hold special orthogonal features that you might 71951220Seric want to include. They should be referenced using 72051220Seric the FEATURE macro. 72151220Seric 72251220Serichack Local hacks. These can be referenced using the HACK 72351220Seric macro. They shouldn't be of more than voyeuristic 72451220Seric interest outside the .Berkeley.EDU domain, but who knows? 72551220Seric We've all got our own peccadilloes. 72651220Seric 72751268Sericsiteconfig Site configuration -- e.g., tables of locally connected 72851268Seric UUCP sites. 72951220Seric 73051268Seric 73157246Seric+------------------------+ 73257246Seric| ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS | 73357246Seric+------------------------+ 73451220Seric 73551220SericThe following sections detail usage of certain internal parts of the 73651220Sericsendmail.cf file. Read them carefully if you are trying to modify 73751220Sericthe current model. If you find the above descriptions adequate, these 73851220Sericshould be {boring, confusing, tedious, ridiculous} (pick one or more). 73951220Seric 74051220SericRULESETS (* means built in to sendmail) 74151220Seric 74251220Seric 0 * Parsing 74351220Seric 1 * Sender rewriting 74451220Seric 2 * Recipient rewriting 74551220Seric 3 * Canonicalization 74651220Seric 4 * Post cleanup 74754839Seric 5 * Local address rewrite (after aliasing) 74851220Seric 6 Bottom half of Ruleset 3 74957247Seric 7 Hook for recursive ruleset 0 call 75057247Seric 8 75157247Seric 9 75251220Seric 75351220Seric 75451220SericMAILERS 75551220Seric 75651220Seric 0 local, prog local and program mailers 75751220Seric 1 smtp SMTP channel 75858087Seric 2 uucp UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program 75958087Seric 3 netnews Network News delivery 76058363Seric 4 fax Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software 76151220Seric 76251220Seric 76351220SericMACROS 76451220Seric 76551220Seric A 76651220Seric B Bitnet Relay 76751220Seric C CSNET Relay 76854839Seric D The local domain -- usually not needed 76951220Seric E 77058363Seric F FAX Relay 77151220Seric G 77257591Seric H mail Hub (for mail clusters) 77351220Seric I 77451220Seric J 77551220Seric K 77651220Seric L 77751220Seric M Masquerade (who I claim to be) 77851220Seric N 77951220Seric O 78051220Seric P 78151220Seric Q 78251220Seric R Relay (for unqualified names) 78358071Seric S Smart Host 78451220Seric T 78551309Seric U my UUCP name (if I have a UUCP connection) 78651309Seric V UUCP Relay (class V hosts) 78751220Seric W UUCP Relay (class W hosts) 78851220Seric X UUCP Relay (class X hosts) 78951309Seric Y UUCP Relay (all other hosts) 79051220Seric Z Version number 79151220Seric 79251220Seric 79351220SericCLASSES 79451220Seric 79551220Seric A 79651220Seric B 79751220Seric C 79851220Seric D 79957246Seric E addresses that should not seem to come from $M 80054839Seric F hosts we forward for 80151220Seric G 80251220Seric H 80351220Seric I 80451220Seric J 80551220Seric K 80651220Seric L addresses that should not be forwarded to $R 80751220Seric M 80851220Seric N 80951220Seric O operators that indicate network operations (cannot be in local names) 81051220Seric P 81151220Seric Q 81251220Seric R 81351220Seric S 81451220Seric T 81551220Seric U locally connected UUCP hosts 81651309Seric V UUCP hosts connected to relay $V 81751309Seric W UUCP hosts connected to relay $W 81851309Seric X UUCP hosts connected to relay $X 81951309Seric Y locally connected smart UUCP hosts 82051220Seric Z 82154839Seric . the class containing only a dot 82251220Seric 82351220Seric 82451220SericM4 DIVERSIONS 82551220Seric 82658071Seric 1 Local host detection and resolution 82758071Seric 2 Local Ruleset 3 additions 82858071Seric 3 Local Ruleset 0 additions 82951268Seric 4 UUCP Ruleset 0 additions 83051309Seric 5 locally interpreted names (overrides $R) 83154839Seric 6 local configuration (at top of file) 83251220Seric 7 mailer definitions 83354839Seric 8 special local name recognition (late in ruleset 3) 83458681Seric 9 special local rulesets (1 and 2) 835