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251220Seric
357246Seric		NEW SENDMAIL CONFIGURATION FILES
451220Seric
557246Seric		Eric Allman <eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU>
651220Seric
7*60263Seric		@(#)README	6.27 (Berkeley) 05/24/93
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
13359761Seric			of the alias file(s).  It can be a comma-separated
13459761Seric			list of names.
13557246SericHELP_FILE		[/usr/lib/sendmail.hf] The name of the file
13657246Seric			containing information printed in response to
13757246Seric			the SMTP HELP command.
13857246SericQUEUE_DIR		[/var/spool/mqueue] The directory containing
13957246Seric			queue files.
14057246SericSTATUS_FILE		[/etc/sendmail.st] The file containing status
14157246Seric			information.
14258087SericLOCAL_MAILER_PATH	[/bin/mail] The program used to deliver local mail.
14357246SericLOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS	[rn] The flags used by the local mailer.  The
14457246Seric			flags lsDFMm are always included.
14558087SericLOCAL_SHELL_PATH	[/bin/sh] The shell used to deliver piped email.
14658087SericUSENET_MAILER_PATH	[/usr/lib/news/inews] The name of the program
14758087Seric			used to submit news.
14858087SericUSENET_MAILER_FLAGS	[rlsDFMmn] The mailer flags for the usenet mailer.
14958087SericUSENET_MAILER_ARGS	[-m -h -n] The command line arguments for the
15058087Seric			usenet mailer.
15159886SericSMTP_MAILER_FLAGS	[undefined] Flags added to SMTP mailer.
15259886SericUUCP_MAILER_FLAGS	[undefined] Flags added to UUCP mailer.
15357246SericHOSTMAP_SPEC		[dbm -o /etc/hostmap] The value for the builtin
15457246Seric			hostmap key definition.  You can redefine this
15557246Seric			to change the class, flags, and filename of
15657246Seric			the hostmap.  The default flag (-o) makes this
15757246Seric			map optional.
15857246Seric
15957246SericIn addition, the following boolean flags may be defined -- the value
16057246Sericis ignored.
16157246Seric
16257246SericNEED_DOMAIN		If set, the $j macro is defined as $w.$D.
16357246Seric			If not set, $j is defined as $w.  If this is
16457246Seric			set, the domain must be defined using the line
16557246Seric			DD<domainname> (probably in the domain file,
16657246Seric			but possibly in the .mc file).  You will only
16757246Seric			need this if you define your system hostname
16857246Seric			without a domain (type "hostname" -- if it
16958087Seric			has no dots in the output, you qualify) AND
17058087Seric			if you are not running the nameserver AND if
17158087Seric			the first (canonical) name in /etc/hosts for
17258087Seric			your machine has no domain -- OR if you are
17358087Seric			running Ultrix or OSF/1 sendmail.  Either of
17458087Seric			these is probably a mistake.
17557246Seric
17657246Seric+---------+
17757246Seric| DOMAINS |
17857246Seric+---------+
17957246Seric
18057246SericYou will probably want to collect domain-dependent defines into one
18157246Sericfile, referenced by the DOMAIN macro.  For example, our Berkeley
18257246Sericdomain file includes definitions for several internal distinguished
18357246Serichosts:
18457246Seric
18557246SericUUCP_RELAY	The host that will forward UUCP-addressed email.
18657246Seric		If not defined, all UUCP sites must be directly
18757246Seric		connected.
18857246SericBITNET_RELAY	The host that will forward BITNET-addressed email.
18957246Seric		If not defined, the .BITNET pseudo-domain won't work.
19057246SericCSNET_RELAY	The host that will forward CSNET-addressed email.
19157246Seric		If not defined, the .CSNET pseudo-domain won't work.
19257246SericLOCAL_RELAY	The site that will handle unqualified names -- that
19357246Seric		is, names with out an @domain extension.  If not set,
19457246Seric		they are assumed to belong on this machine.  This
19557246Seric		allows you to have a central site to store a
19657246Seric		company- or department-wide alias database.  This
19757246Seric		only works at small sites, and there are better
19857246Seric		methods.
19957246Seric
20057246SericThe domain file can also be used to define a domain name, if needed
20157982Seric(using "DD<domain>") and set certain site-wide features.  If all hosts
20257982Sericat your site masquerade behind one email name, you could also use
20357982SericMASQUERADE_AS here.
20457246Seric
20558408SericYou do not have to define a domain -- in particular, if you are a
20658408Sericsingle machine sitting off somewhere, it is probably more work than
20758408Sericit's worth.  This is just a mechanism for combining "domain dependent
20858408Sericknowledge" into one place.
20958408Seric
21057246Seric+---------+
21157246Seric| MAILERS |
21257246Seric+---------+
21357246Seric
21451220SericThere are fewer mailers supported in this version than the previous
21551220Sericversion, owing mostly to a simpler world.
21651220Seric
21751220Sericlocal		The local and prog mailers.  You will almost always
21851220Seric		need these; the only exception is if you relay ALL
21957247Seric		your mail to another site.  This mailer is included
22057247Seric		automatically.
22151220Seric
22251220Sericsmtp		The Simple Mail Transport Protocol mailer.  This does
22351220Seric		not hide hosts behind a gateway or another other
22451220Seric		such hack; it assumes a world where everyone is
22551220Seric		running the name server.
22651220Seric
22751220Sericuucp		The Unix-to-Unix Copy Program mailer.  Actually, this
22851220Seric		defines two mailers, "uucp" and "suucp".  The latter
22951220Seric		is for when you know that the UUCP mailer at the other
23051220Seric		end can handle multiple recipients in one transfer.
23157246Seric		When you invoke this, sendmail looks for all names in
23257246Seric		the $=U class and sends them to the uucp mailer; all
23357246Seric		names in the $=Y class are sent to suucp.  Note that
23457246Seric		this is a function of what version of rmail runs on
23557246Seric		the receiving end, and hence may be out of your control.
23651220Seric
23758087Sericusenet		Usenet (network news) delivery.  If this is specified,
23858087Seric		an extra rule is added to ruleset 0 that forwards all
23958087Seric		local email for users named ``group.usenet'' to the
24058087Seric		``inews'' program.  Note that this works for all groups,
24158087Seric		and may be considered a security problem.
24258087Seric
24358363Sericfax		Facsimile transmission.  This is experimental and based
24458363Seric		on Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software.  For more information,
24558363Seric		see below.
24658087Seric
24758363Seric
24857246Seric+----------+
24957246Seric| FEATURES |
25057246Seric+----------+
25151268Seric
25257246SericSpecial features can be requested using the "FEATURE" macro.  For
25357246Sericexample, the .mc line:
25457246Seric
25557246Seric	FEATURE(use_cw_file)
25657246Seric
25757246Serictells sendmail that you want to have it read an /etc/sendmail.cw
25858782Sericfile to get values for class $=w.  The FEATURE may contain a single
25958782Sericoptional parameter -- for example:
26057246Seric
26158782Seric	FEATURE(mailertable, dbm /usr/lib/mailertable)
26258782Seric
26358782SericAvailable features are:
26458782Seric
26557246Sericuse_cw_file	Read the file /etc/sendmail.cw file to get alternate
26657246Seric		names for this host.  This might be used if you were
26757246Seric		on a host that MXed for a dynamic set of other
26857246Seric		hosts.  If the set is static, just including the line
26957246Seric		"Cw<name1> <name2> ..." is probably superior.
27058408Seric		The actual filename can be overridden by redefining
27158408Seric		confCW_FILE.
27258087Sericredirect	Reject all mail addressed to "address.REDIRECT" with
27358087Seric		a ``551 User not local; please try <address>'' message.
27458087Seric		If this is set, you can alias people who have left
27558087Seric		to their new address with ".REDIRECT" appended.
27658284Sericnouucp		Don't do anything special with UUCP addresses at all.
27759080Sericnocanonify	Don't pass addresses to $[ ... $] for canonification.
27859080Seric		This would generally only be used by sites that only
27959080Seric		act as mail gateways or which have user agents that do
28059080Seric		full canonification themselves.
28158526Sericnotsticky	By default, email sent to "user@local.host" are marked
28258526Seric		as "sticky" -- that is, the local addresses aren't
28358526Seric		matched against UDB and don't go through ruleset 5.
28458526Seric		This features disables this treatment.  It would
28558526Seric		normally be used on network gateway machines.
28658782Sericmailertable	Include a "mailer table" which can be used to override
28758782Seric		routing for particular domains.  The argument of the
28858782Seric		FEATURE may be the key definition.  If none is specified,
28958782Seric		the definition used is:
29058782Seric			hash /etc/mailertable.db -o
29158782Seric		Keys in this database must be of the form:
29258782Seric			mailer:domain
29359034Sericbitdomain	Look up bitnet hosts in a table to try to turn them into
29459034Seric		internet addresses.  The table can be built using the
29559034Seric		bitdomain program contributed by John Gardiner Meyers.
29659034Seric		The argument of the FEATURE may be the key definition; if
29759034Seric		none is specified, the definition used is:
29859034Seric			hash /etc/bitdomain.db -o
29959034Seric		Keys are the bitnet hostname; values are the corresponding
30059034Seric		internet hostname.
30159037Sericuucpdomain	Similar feature for UUCP hosts.  The default map definition
30259037Seric		is:
30359037Seric			hash /etc/uudomain.db -o
30459037Seric		At the moment there is no automagic tool to build this
30559037Seric		database.
306*60263Sericalways_add_domain
307*60263Seric		Include the local host domain even on locally delivered
308*60263Seric		mail.  Normally it is not added unless it is already
309*60263Seric		present.
31057246Seric
31157246SericOther FEATUREs should be defined, but I was trying to keep these
31257246Sericconfig files fairly lean and mean.
31357246Seric
31458087Seric
31557246Seric+-------+
31657246Seric| HACKS |
31757246Seric+-------+
31857246Seric
31957246SericSome things just can't be called features.  To make this clear,
32057247Sericthey go in the hack subdirectory and are referenced using the HACK
32157246Sericmacro.  These will tend to be site-dependent.  The release
32257246Sericincludes the Berkeley-dependent "cssubdomain" hack (that makes
32357246Sericsendmail accept local names in either Berkeley.EDU or CS.Berkeley.EDU;
32457246Sericthis is intended as a short-term aid while we move hosts into
32557246Sericsubdomains.
32657246Seric
32758087Seric
32857246Seric+--------------------+
32957246Seric| SITE CONFIGURATION |
33057246Seric+--------------------+
33157246Seric
33257246SericComplex sites will need more local configuration information, such as
33357246Sericlists of UUCP hosts they speak with directly.  This can get a bit more
33457246Serictricky.  For an example of a "complex" site, see cf/ucbvax.mc.
33557246Seric
33657246SericThe SITECONFIG macro allows you to indirectly reference site-dependent
33757246Sericconfiguration information stored in the siteconfig subdirectory.  For
33857246Sericexample, the line
33957246Seric
34057246Seric	SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbvax, ucbvax, U)
34157246Seric
34257246Sericreads the file uucp.ucbvax for local connection information.  The
34357246Sericsecond parameter is the local name (in this case just "ucbvax" since
34457246Sericit is locally connected, and hence a UUCP hostname) and the name of
34557246Sericthe class in which to store the host information.  Another SITECONFIG
34657246Sericline reads
34757246Seric
34857246Seric	SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbarpa, ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU, W)
34957246Seric
35057246SericThis says that the file uucp.ucbarpa contains the list of UUCP sites
35157246Sericconnected to ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU.  The $=W class will be used to
35257246Sericstore this list.  [The machine ucbarpa is gone now, but I've left
35357246Sericthis out-of-date configuration file around to demonstrate how you
35457246Sericmight do this.]
35557246Seric
35657246SericThe siteconfig file (e.g., siteconfig/uucp.ucbvax.m4) contains nothing
35757246Sericmore than a sequence of SITE macros describing connectivity.  For
35857246Sericexample:
35957246Seric
36057246Seric	SITE(cnmat)
36157246Seric	SITE(sgi olympus)
36257246Seric
36357246SericThe second example demonstrates that you can use two names on the
36457246Sericsame line; these are usually aliases for the same host (or are at
36557246Sericleast in the same company).
36657246Seric
36758087Seric
36857246Seric+-------------------+
36957246Seric| TWEAKING RULESETS |
37057246Seric+-------------------+
37157246Seric
37251268SericFor more complex configurations, you can define special rules.
37351268SericThe macro LOCAL_RULE_3 introduces rules that are used in canonicalizing
37451268Sericthe names.  Any modifications made here are reflected in the header.
37551268Seric
37651268SericA common use is to convert old UUCP addreses to SMTP addresses using
37751268Sericthe UUCPSMTP macro.  For example:
37851268Seric
37951268Seric	LOCAL_RULE_3
38051268Seric	UUCPSMTP(decvax,	decvax.dec.com)
38151268Seric	UUCPSMTP(research,	research.att.com)
38251268Seric
38351268Sericwill cause addresses of the form "decvax!user" and "research!user"
38451268Sericto be converted to "user@decvax.dec.com" and "user@research.att.com"
38551268Sericrespectively.
38651268Seric
38757246SericThis could also be used to look hosts in a database map:
38857246Seric
38957246Seric	LOCAL_RULE_3
39057246Seric	R$* < @ $+ > $*		$: $1 < @ $(hostmap $2 $) > $3
39157246Seric
39257246SericThis map would be defined in the LOCAL_CONFIG portion, as shown below.
39357246Seric
39451268SericSimilarly, LOCAL_RULE_0 can be used to introduce new parsing rules.
39551268SericFor example, new rules are needed to parse hostnames that you accept
39651309Sericvia MX records.  For example, you might have:
39751268Seric
39851309Seric	LOCAL_RULE_0
39951309Seric	R$+ < @ cnmat.Berkeley.EDU >	$#uucp $@ cnmat $: $1
40051309Seric
40151309SericYou would use this if you had installed an MX record for cnmat.Berkeley.EDU
40251309Sericpointing at this host; this rule catches the message and forwards it on
40351309Sericusing UUCP.
40451309Seric
40558681SericYou can also tweak rulesets 1 and 2 using LOCAL_RULE_1 and LOCAL_RULE_2.
40658681SericThese rulesets are normally empty.
40758681Seric
40857246SericA similar macro is LOCAL_CONFIG.  This introduces lines added after the
40957246Sericboilerplate option setting but before rulesets, and can be used to
41057945Sericdeclare local database maps or whatever.  For example:
41151268Seric
41257246Seric	LOCAL_CONFIG
41357246Seric	Khostmap hash /etc/hostmap.db
41457246Seric	Kyplocal nis -m hosts.byname
41551220Seric
41658087Seric
41757246Seric+---------------------------+
41857246Seric| MASQUERADING AND RELAYING |
41957246Seric+---------------------------+
42057246Seric
42157246SericYou can have your host masquerade as another using
42257246Seric
42357246Seric	MASQUERADE_AS(host.domain)
42457246Seric
42557246SericThis causes outgoing SMTP mail to be labelled as coming from the
42657246Sericindicated domain, rather than $j.  One normally masquerades as one
42757246Sericof your own subdomains (for example, it's unlikely that I would
42857246Sericchoose to masquerade as an MIT site).
42957246Seric
43057246Sericthere are always users that need to be "exposed" -- that is, their
43157246Sericinternal site name should be displayed instead of the masquerade name.
43257246SericRoot is an example.  You can add users to this list using
43357246Seric
43457246Seric	EXPOSED_USER(usernames)
43557246Seric
43657246SericThis adds users to class E; you could also use something like
43757246Seric
43857246Seric	FE/etc/sendmail.cE
43957246Seric
44057246SericYou can also arrange to relay all unqualified names (that is, names
44157246Sericwithout @host) to a relay host.  For example, if you have a central
44257246Sericemail server, you might relay to that host so that users don't have
44357246Sericto have .forward files or aliases.  You can do this using
44457246Seric
44558071Seric	define(`LOCAL_RELAY', mailer:hostname)
44657246Seric
44758071SericThe ``mailer:'' can be omitted, in which case the mailer defaults to
44858071Seric"smtp".  There are some user names that you don't want relayed, perhaps
44958071Sericbecause of local aliases.  A common example is root, which may be
45058071Sericlocally aliased.  You can add entries to this list using
45157246Seric
45257246Seric	LOCAL_USER(usernames)
45357246Seric
45457246SericThis adds users to class L; you could also use something like
45557246Seric
45657246Seric	FL/etc/sendmail.cL
45757246Seric
45857591SericIf you want all mail sent to a centralized hub, as for a shared
45957591Seric/var/spool/mail scheme, use
46057591Seric
46158071Seric	define(`MAIL_HUB', mailer:hostname)
46257591Seric
46358071SericAgain, ``mailer:'' defaults to "smtp".  If you define both LOCAL_RELAY
46458071Sericand MAIL_HUB, unqualified names and names in class L will be sent to
46558071Sericthe LOCAL_RELAY and other local names will be sent to MAIL_HUB.  For
46658071Sericexample, if are on machine mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU, the following
46758071Sericcombinations of settings will have the indicated effects:
46857591Seric
46957591Sericemail sent to....	eric			  eric@mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU
47057591Seric
47157591SericLOCAL_RELAY set to	mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  (delivered locally)
47257591Sericmail.CS.Berkeley.EDU
47357591Seric
47457591SericMAIL_HUB set to		mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
47557591Sericmammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
47657591Seric
47757591SericBoth LOCAL_RELAY and	mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
47857591SericMAIL_HUB set as above
47957591Seric
48058071Seric
48158071Seric+-------------------------------+
48258071Seric| NON-SMTP BASED CONFIGURATIONS |
48358071Seric+-------------------------------+
48458071Seric
48558071SericThese configuration files are designed primarily for use by SMTP-based
48658071Sericsites.  I don't pretend that they are well tuned for UUCP-only or
48758071SericUUCP-primarily nodes (the latter is defined as a small local net
48858071Sericconnected to the rest of the world via UUCP).  However, there is one
48958071Serichook to handle some special cases.
49058071Seric
49158071SericYou can define a ``smart host'' that understands a richer address syntax
49258071Sericusing:
49358071Seric
49458071Seric	define(`SMART_HOST', mailer:hostname)
49558071Seric
49658071SericIn this case, the ``mailer:'' defaults to "suucp".  Any messages that
49758071Sericcan't be handled using the usual UUCP rules are passed to this host.
49858071Seric
49958071SericIf you are on a local SMTP-based net that connects to the outside
50058071Sericworld via UUCP, you can use LOCAL_NET_CONFIG to add appropriate rules.
50158071SericFor example:
50258071Seric
50358071Seric	define(`SMART_HOST', suucp:uunet)
50458071Seric	LOCAL_NET_CONFIG
50558071Seric	R$* < @ $* .$m > $*	$#smtp $@ $2.$m $: $1 < @ $2.$m > $3
50658071Seric
50758071SericThis will cause all names that end in your domain name ($m) via
50858071SericSMTP; anything else will be sent via suucp (smart UUCP) to uunet.
50958071Seric
51058071Seric
51158363Seric+------------------+
51258363Seric| FlexFAX SOFTWARE |
51358363Seric+------------------+
51458363Seric
51558363SericSam Leffler's FlexFAX software is still in beta test -- but he expects a
51658363Sericpublic version out "later this week" [as of 3/1/93].  The following
51758363Sericblurb is direct from Sam:
51858363Seric
51958363Seric	$Header: /usr/people/sam/fax/RCS/HOWTO,v 1.7 93/02/08 09:00:55 sam Exp $
52058363Seric
52158363Seric	How To Obtain This Software (in case all you get is this file)
52258363Seric
52358363Seric	The source code is available for public ftp on
52458363Seric	    sgi.com			sgi/fax/v2.1beta.tar.Z
52558363Seric		(192.48.153.1)
52658363Seric
52758363Seric	You can also obtain inst'able images for Silicon Graphics machines from
52858363Seric	    sgi.com			sgi/fax/v2.1beta.inst.tar
52958363Seric		(192.48.153.1)
53058363Seric
53158363Seric	For example,
53258363Seric	    % ftp -n sgi.com
53358363Seric	    ....
53458363Seric	    ftp> user anonymous
53558363Seric	    ... <type in password>
53658363Seric	    ftp> cd sgi/fax
53758363Seric	    ftp> binary
53858363Seric	    ftp> get v2.1beta.tar.Z
53958363Seric
54058363Seric	If you cannot use FTP at all, there is a service called "ftpmail"
54158363Seric	available from gateekeeper.dec.com:  you can send e-mail to this
54258363Seric	machine and it will use FTP to retrieve files for you and send you the
54358363Seric	files back again via e-mail.  To find out more about the ftpmail
54458363Seric	service, send a message to "ftpmail@gatekeeper.dec.com" whose body
54558363Seric	consists of the single line "help".
54658363Seric
54758363Seric	Internal to Silicon Graphics there are inst'able images on the host
54858363Seric	flake.asd in the directory /d/dist.  Thus you can do something like:
54958363Seric
55058363Seric	    % inst -f flake.asd.sgi.com:/d/dist/flexfax
55158363Seric
55258363Seric	to install the software on your machine.
55358363Seric
55458363Seric	The external distributions come in a compressed or uncompressed tar
55558363Seric	file.  To extract the source distribution:
55658363Seric
55758363Seric	    % zcat v2.1beta.tar.Z | tar xf -
55858363Seric
55958363Seric	(uncompress and extract individual files in current directory).  To
56058363Seric	unpack and install the client portion of the inst'able distribution:
56158363Seric
56258363Seric	    % mkdir dist
56358363Seric	    % cd dist; tar xf ../v2.1beta.inst.tar; cd ..
56458363Seric	    % inst -f dist/flexfax
56558363Seric	    ...
56658363Seric	    inst> go
56758363Seric
56858363Seric	(Note, the dist subdirectory is because some versions of inst fail if
56958363Seric	the files are in the current directory.) Server binaries is also
57058363Seric	included in the inst'able images as flexfax.server.*.  It is not
57158363Seric	installed by default, so to get it also you need to extract the do:
57258363Seric
57358363Seric	    % inst -f flexfax
57458363Seric	    ...
57558363Seric	    inst> install flexfax.server.*
57658363Seric	    inst> go
57758363Seric
57858363Seric	The SGI binaries were built for Version 4.0.5 of the IRIX operating
57958363Seric	system.  They should work w/o problem on earlier versions of the
58058363Seric	system, but I have not fully tested this.  Also, note that to install a
58158363Seric	server on an SGI machine, you need to have installed the Display
58258363Seric	PostScript execution environment product (dps_eoe).  Otherwise, the fax
58358363Seric	server will not be able to convert PostScript to facsimile for
58458363Seric	transmission.
58558363Seric
58658363Seric	If you are working from the source distribution, look at the file README
58758363Seric	in the top of the source tree.  If you are working from the inst images,
58858363Seric	you need to run faxaddmodem to setup and configure your fax modem.  Do
58958363Seric	man faxaddmodem for more information.
59058363Seric
59158363SericAlso from Sam:
59258363Seric
59358363Seric	A mailing list for users of this software is located on sgi.com.
59458363Seric	If you want to join this mailing list or have a list-related request
59558363Seric	such as getting your name removed from it, send a request to
59658363Seric
59758363Seric	    flexfax-request@sgi.com
59858363Seric
59958363Seric	Submissions (including bug reports) should be directed to:
60058363Seric
60158363Seric	    flexfax@sgi.com
60258363Seric
60358363Seric
60457945Seric+--------------------------------+
60557945Seric| TWEAKING CONFIGURATION OPTIONS |
60657945Seric+--------------------------------+
60757945Seric
60857945SericThere are a large number of configuration options that don't normally
60957945Sericneed to be changed.  However, if you feel you need to tweak them, you
61057945Sericcan define the following M4 variables.  This list is shown in four
61157945Sericcolumns:  the name you define, the default value for that definition,
61257945Sericthe option or macro that is affected (either Ox for an option or Dx
61357945Sericfor a macro), and a brief description.  Greater detail of the semantics
61457945Sericcan be found in the Installation and Operations Guide.
61557945Seric
61657945SericM4 Variable Name	Default		Mac/Opt	Description
61757945SericconfMAILER_NAME		MAILER-DAEMON	Dn	The sender name used for
61857945Seric						internally generated
61957945Seric						outgoing messages.
62058681SericconfFROM_LINE		From $g  $d	Dl	The From_ line used when
62158681Seric						sending to files or programs.
62257945SericconfFROM_HEADER		$?x$x <$g>$|$g$.	The format of an internally
62357945Seric					Dq	generated From: address.
62457945SericconfOPERATORS		.:%@!^/[]	Do	Address operator characters.
62557945SericconfSTMP_LOGIN_MSG	$j Sendmail $v/$Z ready at $b
62657945Seric					De	The initial (spontaneous)
62757945Seric						SMTP greeting message.
62859743SericconfSEVEN_BIT_INPUT	False		O7	Force input to seven bits?
62957945SericconfALIAS_WAIT		10		Oa	Wait (in minutes) for alias
63057945Seric						file rebuild.
63158087SericconfMIN_FREE_BLOCKS	4		Ob	Minimum number of free blocks
63258087Seric						on queue filesystem to accept
63358087Seric						SMTP mail.
63457945SericconfBLANK_SUB		.		OB	Blank (space) substitution
63557945Seric						character.
63657945SericconfCON_EXPENSIVE	False		Oc	Connect immediately to
63757945Seric						mailers marked expensive?
63857945SericconfCHECKPOINT_INTERVAL	10		OC	Checkpoint queue files
63957945Seric						every N recipients.
64057945SericconfDELIVERY_MODE	background	Od	Default delivery mode.
64157945SericconfAUTO_REBUILD	False		OD	Automatically rebuild
64257945Seric						alias file if needed.
64357945SericconfERROR_MODE		(undefined)	Oe	Error message mode.
64457945SericconfERROR_MESSAGE	(undefined)	OE	Error message header/file.
64557945SericconfSAVE_FROM_LINES	False		Of	Save extra leading
64657945Seric						From_ lines.
64757945SericconfTEMP_FILE_MODE	0600		OF	Temporary file mode.
64857945SericconfDEF_GROUP_ID	1		Og	Default group id.
64957945SericconfMATCH_GECOS		False		OG	Match GECOS field.
65057945SericconfMAX_HOP		17		Oh	Maximum hop count.
65157945SericconfIGNORE_DOTS		False		Oi	Ignore dot as terminator
65257945Seric						for incoming messages?
65357945SericconfBIND_OPTS		(empty)		OI	Default options for BIND.
65459743SericconfMIME_FORMAT_ERRORS	True		Oj	Send error messages as MIME-
65559743Seric						encapsulated messages per
65659743Seric						RFC 1344.
65757945SericconfMCI_CACHE_SIZE	2		Ok	Size of open connection cache.
65857945SericconfMCI_CACHE_TIMEOUT	5m		OK	Open connection cache timeout.
65957945SericconfLOG_LEVEL		9		OL	Log level.
66057945SericconfME_TOO		False		Om	Include sender in group
66157945Seric						expansions.
66257945SericconfCHECK_ALIASES	True		On	Check RHS of aliases when
66357945Seric						running newaliases.
66457945SericconfOLD_STYLE_HEADERS	True		Oo	Assume that headers without
66557945Seric						special chars are old style.
66658859SericconfDAEMON_OPTIONS	(undefined)	OO	SMTP daemon options.
66758806SericconfPRIVACY_FLAGS	authwarnings	Op	Privacy flags.
66857945SericconfCOPY_ERRORS_TO	(undefined)	OP	Address for additional copies
66957945Seric						of all error messages.
67057945SericconfQUEUE_FACTOR	(undefined)	Oq	Slope of queue-only function
67158116SericconfREAD_TIMEOUT	(undefined)	Or	SMTP read timeouts.
67257945SericconfSAFE_QUEUE		True		Os	Commit all messages to disk
67357945Seric						before forking.
67458806SericconfMESSAGE_TIMEOUT	5d/4h		OT	Timeout for messages before
67558806Seric						sending error/warning message.
67659317SericconfTIME_ZONE		USE_SYSTEM	Ot	Time zone info -- can be
67757945Seric						USE_SYSTEM to use the system's
67857945Seric						idea, USE_TZ to use the user's
67957945Seric						TZ envariable, or something
68057945Seric						else to force that value.
68157945SericconfDEF_USER_ID		1		Ou	Default user id.
68258718SericconfUSERDB_SPEC		(undefined)	OU	User database specification.
68358859SericconfFALLBACK_MX		(undefined)	OV	Fallback MX host.
68457945SericconfNO_WILDCARD_MX	False		Ow	No wildcard MX records matches
68557945Seric						our domain.
68657945SericconfQUEUE_LA		8		Ox	Load average at which queue-only
68757945Seric						function kicks in.
68857945SericconfREFUSE_LA		12		OX	Load average at which incoming
68957945Seric						SMTP connections are refused.
69057945SericconfSEPARATE_PROC	False		Oy	Run all deliveries in a
69157945Seric						separate process.
69257945SericconfWORK_RECIPIENT_FACTOR
69357945Seric			(undefined)	OY	Cost of each recipient.
69457945SericconfWORK_CLASS_FACTOR	(undefined)	Oz	Priority multiplier for class.
69557945SericconfWORK_TIME_FACTOR	(undefined)	OZ	Cost of each delivery attempt.
69658408SericconfCW_FILE		/etc/sendmail.cw	Name of file used to get the
69758408Seric					Fw	local additions to the $=w
69858408Seric						class.
69957945Seric
70058087Seric
70157246Seric+-----------+
70257246Seric| HIERARCHY |
70357246Seric+-----------+
70457246Seric
70551220SericWithin this directory are several subdirectories, to wit:
70651220Seric
70751220Sericm4		General support routines.  These are typically
70851220Seric		very important and should not be changed without
70957247Seric		very careful consideration.
71051220Seric
71151220Sericcf		The configuration files themselves.  They have
71251220Seric		".mc" suffixes, and must be run through m4 to
71351220Seric		become complete.  The resulting output should
71451220Seric		have a ".cf" suffix.
71551220Seric
71651220Sericostype		Definitions describing a particular operating
71751220Seric		system type.  These should always be referenced
71851220Seric		using the OSTYPE macro in the .mc file.  Examples
71951220Seric		include "bsd4.3", "bsd4.4", "sunos3.5", and
72051220Seric		"sunos4.1".
72151220Seric
72251220Sericdomain		Definitions describing a particular domain, referenced
72351220Seric		using the DOMAIN macro in the .mc file.  These are
72451220Seric		site dependent; for example, we contribute "cs.exposed.m4"
72551220Seric		and "cs.hidden.m4" which both describe hosts in the
72651220Seric		CS.Berkeley.EDU subdomain; the former displays the local
72751220Seric		hostname (e.g., mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU), whereas the
72851220Seric		latter does its best to hide the identity of the local
72951220Seric		workstation inside the CS subdomain.
73051220Seric
73151220Sericmailer		Descriptions of mailers.   These are referenced using
73251220Seric		the MAILER macro in the .mc file.
73351220Seric
73451220Sericsh		Shell files used when building the .cf file from the
73551220Seric		.mc file in the cf subdirectory.
73651220Seric
73751220Sericfeature		These hold special orthogonal features that you might
73851220Seric		want to include.  They should be referenced using
73951220Seric		the FEATURE macro.
74051220Seric
74151220Serichack		Local hacks.  These can be referenced using the HACK
74251220Seric		macro.  They shouldn't be of more than voyeuristic
74351220Seric		interest outside the .Berkeley.EDU domain, but who knows?
74451220Seric		We've all got our own peccadilloes.
74551220Seric
74651268Sericsiteconfig	Site configuration -- e.g., tables of locally connected
74751268Seric		UUCP sites.
74851220Seric
74951268Seric
75057246Seric+------------------------+
75157246Seric| ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS |
75257246Seric+------------------------+
75351220Seric
75451220SericThe following sections detail usage of certain internal parts of the
75551220Sericsendmail.cf file.  Read them carefully if you are trying to modify
75651220Sericthe current model.  If you find the above descriptions adequate, these
75751220Sericshould be {boring, confusing, tedious, ridiculous} (pick one or more).
75851220Seric
75951220SericRULESETS (* means built in to sendmail)
76051220Seric
76151220Seric   0 *	Parsing
76251220Seric   1 *	Sender rewriting
76351220Seric   2 *	Recipient rewriting
76451220Seric   3 *	Canonicalization
76551220Seric   4 *	Post cleanup
76654839Seric   5 *	Local address rewrite (after aliasing)
76751220Seric   6	Bottom half of Ruleset 3
76857247Seric   7	Hook for recursive ruleset 0 call
76957247Seric   8
77057247Seric   9
77151220Seric
77251220Seric
77351220SericMAILERS
77451220Seric
77551220Seric   0	local, prog	local and program mailers
77651220Seric   1	smtp		SMTP channel
77758087Seric   2	uucp		UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program
77858087Seric   3	netnews		Network News delivery
77958363Seric   4	fax		Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software
78051220Seric
78151220Seric
78251220SericMACROS
78351220Seric
78451220Seric   A
78551220Seric   B	Bitnet Relay
78651220Seric   C	CSNET Relay
78754839Seric   D	The local domain -- usually not needed
78851220Seric   E
78958363Seric   F	FAX Relay
79051220Seric   G
79157591Seric   H	mail Hub (for mail clusters)
79251220Seric   I
79351220Seric   J
79451220Seric   K
79551220Seric   L
79651220Seric   M	Masquerade (who I claim to be)
79751220Seric   N
79851220Seric   O
79951220Seric   P
80051220Seric   Q
80151220Seric   R	Relay (for unqualified names)
80258071Seric   S	Smart Host
80351220Seric   T
80451309Seric   U	my UUCP name (if I have a UUCP connection)
80551309Seric   V	UUCP Relay (class V hosts)
80651220Seric   W	UUCP Relay (class W hosts)
80751220Seric   X	UUCP Relay (class X hosts)
80851309Seric   Y	UUCP Relay (all other hosts)
80951220Seric   Z	Version number
81051220Seric
81151220Seric
81251220SericCLASSES
81351220Seric
81451220Seric   A
81551220Seric   B
81651220Seric   C
81751220Seric   D
81857246Seric   E	addresses that should not seem to come from $M
81954839Seric   F	hosts we forward for
82051220Seric   G
82151220Seric   H
82251220Seric   I
82351220Seric   J
82451220Seric   K
82551220Seric   L	addresses that should not be forwarded to $R
82651220Seric   M
82751220Seric   N
82851220Seric   O	operators that indicate network operations (cannot be in local names)
82960211Seric   P	top level pseudo-domains: BITNET, FAX, UUCP, etc.
83051220Seric   Q
83151220Seric   R
83251220Seric   S
83351220Seric   T
83451220Seric   U	locally connected UUCP hosts
83551309Seric   V	UUCP hosts connected to relay $V
83651309Seric   W	UUCP hosts connected to relay $W
83751309Seric   X	UUCP hosts connected to relay $X
83851309Seric   Y	locally connected smart UUCP hosts
83951220Seric   Z
84054839Seric   .	the class containing only a dot
84151220Seric
84251220Seric
84351220SericM4 DIVERSIONS
84451220Seric
84558071Seric   1	Local host detection and resolution
84658071Seric   2	Local Ruleset 3 additions
84758071Seric   3	Local Ruleset 0 additions
84851268Seric   4	UUCP Ruleset 0 additions
84951309Seric   5	locally interpreted names (overrides $R)
85054839Seric   6	local configuration (at top of file)
85151220Seric   7	mailer definitions
85254839Seric   8	special local name recognition (late in ruleset 3)
85358681Seric   9	special local rulesets (1 and 2)
854