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251220Seric
357246Seric		NEW SENDMAIL CONFIGURATION FILES
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557246Seric		Eric Allman <eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU>
651220Seric
7*67989Seric		@(#)README	8.42 (Berkeley) 11/24/94
851220Seric
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1057246SericThis document describes the sendmail configuration files being used
1167469Sericat Berkeley.  These use features in the new (R8) sendmail; they will
1267469Sericnot work on other versions.
1351220Seric
1457246SericThese configuration files are probably not as general as previous
1565957Sericversions, and don't handle as many of the weird cases automagically.
1657246SericI was able to simplify by them for two reasons.  First, the network
1757246Serichas become more consistent -- for example, at this point, everyone
1857246Sericon the internet is supposed to be running a name server, so hacks to
1957246Serichandle NIC-registered hosts can go away.  Second, I assumed that a
2057246Sericsubdomain would be running SMTP internally -- UUCP is presumed to be
2157246Serica long-haul protocol.  I realize that this is not universal, but it
2257246Sericdoes describe the vast majority of sites with which I am familiar,
2357246Sericincluding those outside the US.
2451220Seric
2565957SericOf course, the downside of this is that if you do live in a weird
2665957Sericworld, things are going to get weirder for you.  I'm sorry about that,
2757246Sericbut at the time we at Berkeley had a problem, and it seemed like the
2857246Sericright thing to do.
2951220Seric
3057247SericThis package requires a post-V7 version of m4; if you are running the
3157247Seric4.2bsd, SysV.2, or 7th Edition version, I suggest finding a friend with
3257247Serica newer version.  You can m4-expand on their system, then run locally.
3365002SericSunOS's /usr/5bin/m4 or BSD-Net/2's m4 both work.  GNU m4 version 1.1
3465002Sericalso works.  Unfortunately, I'm told that the M4 on BSDI 1.0 doesn't
3565002Sericwork -- you'll have to use a Net/2 or GNU version.
3651220Seric
3758284SericIF YOU DON'T HAVE A BERKELEY MAKE, don't despair!  Just run
3864371Seric"m4 foo.mc > foo.cf" -- that should be all you need.  There is also
3964371Serica fairly crude (but functional) Makefile.dist that works on the
4064371Sericold version of make.
4158284Seric
4258284SericTo get started, you may want to look at tcpproto.mc (for TCP-only
4364324Sericsites), uucpproto.mc (for UUCP-only sites), and clientproto.mc (for
4464324Sericclusters of clients using a single mail host).  Others are versions
4558284Sericthat we use at Berkeley, although not all are in current use.  For
4658284Sericexample, ucbarpa has gone away, but I've left ucbarpa.mc in because
4758284Sericit demonstrates some interesting techniques.
4858284Seric
4957246SericI'm not pretending that this README describes everything that these
5057246Sericconfiguration files can do; clever people can probably tweak them
5157246Sericto great effect.  But it should get you started.
5257246Seric
5365509Seric*******************************************************************
5465509Seric***  BE SURE YOU CUSTOMIZE THESE FILES!  They have some		***
5565509Seric***  Berkeley-specific assumptions built in, such as the name	***
5665509Seric***  of our UUCP-relay.  You'll want to create your own domain	***
5765509Seric***  description, and use that in place of domain/Berkeley.m4.	***
5865509Seric*******************************************************************
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6065509Seric
6157246Seric+--------------------------+
6257246Seric| INTRODUCTION AND EXAMPLE |
6357246Seric+--------------------------+
6457246Seric
6557246SericConfiguration files are contained in the subdirectory "cf", with a
6657246Sericsuffix ".mc".  They must be run through "m4" to produce a ".cf" file.
6757246Seric
6851220SericLet's examine a typical .mc file (cf/cs-exposed.mc):
6951220Seric
7051220Seric	divert(-1)
7151220Seric	#
7251220Seric	# Copyright (c) 1983 Eric P. Allman
7351220Seric	# Copyright (c) 1988 The Regents of the University of California.
7451220Seric	# All rights reserved.
7551220Seric	#
7651220Seric	# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
7751220Seric	# provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
7851220Seric	# duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
7951220Seric	# advertising materials, and other materials related to such
8051220Seric	# distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
8151220Seric	# by the University of California, Berkeley.  The name of the
8251220Seric	# University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
8351220Seric	# from this software without specific prior written permission.
8451220Seric	# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
8551220Seric	# IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
8651220Seric	# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
8751220Seric	#
8851220Seric
8957246SericThe divert(-1) will delete the crud in the resulting output file.
9057247SericThe copyright notice is what your lawyers require.  Our lawyers require
9157246Sericthe one that I've included in my files. A copyleft is a copyright by
9257246Sericanother name.
9351220Seric
9457246SericThe next line MUST be
9557246Seric
9651220Seric	include(`../m4/cf.m4')
9751220Seric
9857246SericThis will pull in the M4 macros you will need to make sense of
9957246Sericeverything else.  As the saying goes, don't think about it, just
10057246Sericdo it.  If you don't do it, don't bother reading the rest of this
10157246Sericfile.
10251220Seric
10356778Seric	VERSIONID(`<SCCS or RCS version id>')
10451220Seric
10551220SericVERSIONID is a macro that stuffs the version information into the
10651220Sericresulting file.  We use SCCS; you could use RCS, something else, or
10757246Sericomit it completely.  This is not the same as the version id included
10857246Sericin SMTP greeting messages -- this is defined in m4/version.m4.
10951220Seric
11051268Seric	DOMAIN(cs.exposed)
11151220Seric
11251220SericThis example exposes the host inside of the CS subdomain -- that is,
11351220Sericit doesn't try to hide the name of the workstation to the outside
11451220Sericworld.  Changing this to DOMAIN(cs.hidden) would have made outgoing
11551220Sericmessages refer to "<username>@CS.Berkeley.EDU" instead of using the
11663857Sericlocal hostname.  Internally this is effected by using
11757246Seric"MASQUERADE_AS(CS.Berkeley.EDU)".
11851220Seric
11951268Seric	MAILER(smtp)
12051220Seric
12151309SericThese describe the mailers used at the default CS site site.  The
12251309Sericlocal mailer is always included automatically.
12351220Seric
12458087Seric
12557246Seric+--------+
12657246Seric| OSTYPE |
12757246Seric+--------+
12857246Seric
12951220SericNote that cf/cs-exposed.mc omits an OSTYPE macro -- this assumes
13051220Sericdefault Computer Science Division environment.  There are several
13157247Sericexplicit environments available: bsd4.3, bsd4.4, hpux, irix, osf1,
13257247Sericriscos4.5, sunos3.5, sunos4.1, and ultrix4.1.  These change things
13357247Sericlike the location of the alias file and queue directory.  Some of
13457247Sericthese files are identical to one another.
13551220Seric
13657246SericOperating system definitions are easy to write.  They may define
13757246Sericthe following variables (everything defaults, so an ostype file
13857246Sericmay be empty).
13951220Seric
14057246SericALIAS_FILE		[/etc/aliases] The location of the text version
14159761Seric			of the alias file(s).  It can be a comma-separated
14266790Seric			list of names (but be sure you quote values with
14366790Seric			comments in them -- for example, use
14466790Seric				define(`ALIAS_FILE', `a,b')
14566790Seric			to get "a" and "b" both listed as alias files;
14666790Seric			otherwise the define() primitive only sees "a").
14757246SericHELP_FILE		[/usr/lib/sendmail.hf] The name of the file
14857246Seric			containing information printed in response to
14957246Seric			the SMTP HELP command.
15057246SericQUEUE_DIR		[/var/spool/mqueue] The directory containing
15157246Seric			queue files.
15257246SericSTATUS_FILE		[/etc/sendmail.st] The file containing status
15357246Seric			information.
15458087SericLOCAL_MAILER_PATH	[/bin/mail] The program used to deliver local mail.
15564153SericLOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS	[rmn] The flags used by the local mailer.  The
15664153Seric			flags lsDFM are always included.
15763761SericLOCAL_MAILER_ARGS	[mail -d $u] The arguments passed to deliver local
15863761Seric			mail.
15958087SericLOCAL_SHELL_PATH	[/bin/sh] The shell used to deliver piped email.
16063791SericLOCAL_SHELL_FLAGS	[eu] The flags used by the shell mailer.  The
16163791Seric			flags lsDFM are always included.
16263791SericLOCAL_SHELL_ARGS	[sh -c $u] The arguments passed to deliver "prog"
16363791Seric			mail.
164*67989SericLOCAL_SHELL_DIR		[$z:/] The directory search path in which the
165*67989Seric			shell should run.
16658087SericUSENET_MAILER_PATH	[/usr/lib/news/inews] The name of the program
16758087Seric			used to submit news.
16858087SericUSENET_MAILER_FLAGS	[rlsDFMmn] The mailer flags for the usenet mailer.
16958087SericUSENET_MAILER_ARGS	[-m -h -n] The command line arguments for the
17058087Seric			usenet mailer.
17165911SericUSENET_MAILER_MAX	[100000] The maximum size of messages that will
17265911Seric			be accepted by the usenet mailer.
17363857SericSMTP_MAILER_FLAGS	[undefined] Flags added to SMTP mailer.  Default
17467915Seric			flags are `mDFMUX' for all SMTP-based mailers; the
17567915Seric			"esmtp" mailer adds `a' and "smtp8" adds `8'.
17665911SericSMTP_MAILER_MAX		[undefined] The maximum size of messages that will
17767915Seric			be transported using the smtp, smtp8, or esmtp
17867915Seric			mailers.
17967915SericSMTP_MAILER_ARGS	[IPC $h] The arguments passed to the smtp mailer.
18067915Seric			About the only reason you would want to change this
18167915Seric			would be to change the default port.
18267915SericESMTP_MAILER_ARGS	[IPC $h] The arguments passed to the esmtp mailer.
18367915SericSMTP8_MAILER_ARGS	[IPC $h] The arguments passed to the smtp8 mailer.
18467915SericRELAY_MAILER_ARGS	[IPC $h] The arguments passed to the relay mailer.
18563857SericUUCP_MAILER_FLAGS	[undefined] Flags added to UUCP mailer.  Default
18663857Seric			flags are `DFMhuU' (and `m' for suucp mailer, minus
18763857Seric			`U' for uucp-dom mailer).
18863761SericUUCP_MAILER_ARGS	[uux - -r -z -a$f -gC $h!rmail ($u)] The arguments
18963761Seric			passed to the UUCP mailer.
19063791SericUUCP_MAX_SIZE		[100000] The maximum size message accepted for
19163791Seric			transmission by the UUCP mailers.
19265911SericFAX_MAILER_PATH		[/usr/local/lib/fax/mailfax] The program used to
19365911Seric			submit FAX messages.
19465911SericFAX_MAILER_MAX		[100000] The maximum size message accepted for
19565911Seric			transmission by FAX.
19667934SericPOP_MAILER_PATH		[/usr/lib/mh/spop] The pathname of the POP mailer.
19767934SericPOP_MAILER_FLAGS	[Penu] Flags added to POP mailer.  Flags "lsDFM"
19867934Seric			are always added.
19967934SericPOP_MAILER_ARGS		[pop $u] The arguments passed to the POP mailer.
20067942SericPROCMAIL_MAILER_FLAGS	[Shu] Flags added to Procmail mailer.  Flags
20167942Seric			``DFMmn'' are always set.
20267942SericPROCMAIL_MAILER_ARGS	[procmail -m $h $f $u] The arguments passed to
20367942Seric			the Procmail mailer.
20457246Seric
20557246Seric+---------+
20657246Seric| DOMAINS |
20757246Seric+---------+
20857246Seric
20957246SericYou will probably want to collect domain-dependent defines into one
21057246Sericfile, referenced by the DOMAIN macro.  For example, our Berkeley
21157246Sericdomain file includes definitions for several internal distinguished
21257246Serichosts:
21357246Seric
21457246SericUUCP_RELAY	The host that will forward UUCP-addressed email.
21557246Seric		If not defined, all UUCP sites must be directly
21664028Seric		connected.
21757246SericBITNET_RELAY	The host that will forward BITNET-addressed email.
21857246Seric		If not defined, the .BITNET pseudo-domain won't work.
21957246SericLOCAL_RELAY	The site that will handle unqualified names -- that
22057246Seric		is, names with out an @domain extension.  If not set,
22157246Seric		they are assumed to belong on this machine.  This
22257246Seric		allows you to have a central site to store a
22357246Seric		company- or department-wide alias database.  This
22457246Seric		only works at small sites, and there are better
22564028Seric		methods.
22667915SericLUSER_RELAY	The site that will handle lusers -- that is, apparently
22767915Seric		local names that aren't local accounts or aliases.
22857246Seric
22967915SericAny of these can be either ``mailer:hostname'' (in which case the
23064028Sericmailer is the internal mailer name, such as ``suucp'' and the hostname
23164028Sericis the name of the host as appropriate for that mailer) or just a
23264028Seric``hostname'', in which case a default mailer type (usually ``relay'',
23364153Serica variant on SMTP) is used.  WARNING: if you have a wildcard MX
23464153Sericrecord matching your domain, you probably want to define these to
23564153Serichave a trailing dot so that you won't get the mail diverted back
23664153Sericto yourself.
23764028Seric
23857246SericThe domain file can also be used to define a domain name, if needed
23957982Seric(using "DD<domain>") and set certain site-wide features.  If all hosts
24057982Sericat your site masquerade behind one email name, you could also use
24157982SericMASQUERADE_AS here.
24257246Seric
24358408SericYou do not have to define a domain -- in particular, if you are a
24458408Sericsingle machine sitting off somewhere, it is probably more work than
24558408Sericit's worth.  This is just a mechanism for combining "domain dependent
24658408Sericknowledge" into one place.
24758408Seric
24857246Seric+---------+
24957246Seric| MAILERS |
25057246Seric+---------+
25157246Seric
25251220SericThere are fewer mailers supported in this version than the previous
25351220Sericversion, owing mostly to a simpler world.
25451220Seric
25551220Sericlocal		The local and prog mailers.  You will almost always
25651220Seric		need these; the only exception is if you relay ALL
25757247Seric		your mail to another site.  This mailer is included
25857247Seric		automatically.
25951220Seric
26051220Sericsmtp		The Simple Mail Transport Protocol mailer.  This does
26151220Seric		not hide hosts behind a gateway or another other
26251220Seric		such hack; it assumes a world where everyone is
26363761Seric		running the name server.  This file actually defines
26467915Seric		four mailers: "smtp" for regular (old-style) SMTP to
26563761Seric		other servers, "esmtp" for extended SMTP to other
26667915Seric		servers, "smtp8" to do SMTP to other servers without
26767915Seric		converting 8-bit data to MIME (essentially, this is
26867915Seric		your statement that you know the other end is 8-bit
26967915Seric		clean even if it doesn't say so), and "relay" for
27067915Seric		transmission to our RELAY_HOST, LUSER_RELAY, or
27167915Seric		MAILER_HUB.
27251220Seric
27351220Sericuucp		The Unix-to-Unix Copy Program mailer.  Actually, this
27467471Seric		defines two mailers, "uucp-old" (a.k.a. "uucp") and
27567471Seric		"uucp-new" (a.k.a. "suucp").  The latter is for when you
27667471Seric		know that the UUCP mailer at the other end can handle
27767471Seric		multiple recipients in one transfer.  If the smtp mailer
27867471Seric		is also included in your configuration, two other mailers
27967471Seric		("uucp-dom" and "uucp-uudom") are also defined.  When you
28067471Seric		include the uucp mailer, sendmail looks for all names in
28165218Seric		the $=U class and sends them to the uucp-old mailer; all
28265218Seric		names in the $=Y class are sent to uucp-new; and all
28365218Seric		names in the $=Z class are sent to uucp-uudom.  Note that
28457246Seric		this is a function of what version of rmail runs on
28557246Seric		the receiving end, and hence may be out of your control.
28665218Seric		See the section below describing UUCP mailers in more
28765218Seric		detail.
28851220Seric
28958087Sericusenet		Usenet (network news) delivery.  If this is specified,
29058087Seric		an extra rule is added to ruleset 0 that forwards all
29158087Seric		local email for users named ``group.usenet'' to the
29258087Seric		``inews'' program.  Note that this works for all groups,
29358087Seric		and may be considered a security problem.
29458087Seric
29558363Sericfax		Facsimile transmission.  This is experimental and based
29658363Seric		on Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software.  For more information,
29758363Seric		see below.
29858087Seric
29965148Sericpop		Post Office Protocol.
30058363Seric
30167942Sericprocmail	An interface to procmail (does not come with sendmail).
30267942Seric		This is designed to be used in mailertables.  For example,
30367942Seric		a common question is "how do I forward all mail for a given
30467942Seric		domain to a single person?".  If you have this mailer
30567942Seric		defined, you could set up a mailertable reading:
30667942Seric
30767942Seric			host.com	procmail:/etc/procmailrcs/host.com
30867942Seric
30967942Seric		with the file /etc/procmailrcs/host.com reading:
31067942Seric
31167942Seric			:0	# forward mail for host.com
31267942Seric			! -oi -f $1 person@other.host
31367942Seric
31467942Seric		This would arrange for (anything)@host.com to be sent
31567942Seric		to person@other.host.  Within the procmail script, $1 is
31667942Seric		the name of the sender and $2 is the name of the recipient.
31767942Seric		If you use this with FEATURE(local_procmail), the FEATURE
31867942Seric		should be listed first.
31967942Seric
32067929SericThe local mailer accepts addresses of the form "user+detail", where
32167929Sericthe "+detail" is not used for mailbox matching but is available
32267942Sericto certain local mail programs (in particular, see FEATURE(local_procmail)).
32367929SericFor example, "eric", "eric+sendmail", and "eric+sww" all indicate
32467929Sericthe same user, but additional arguments <null>, "sendmail", and "sww"
32567929Sericmay be provided for use in sorting mail.
32665148Seric
32767929Seric
32857246Seric+----------+
32957246Seric| FEATURES |
33057246Seric+----------+
33151268Seric
33257246SericSpecial features can be requested using the "FEATURE" macro.  For
33357246Sericexample, the .mc line:
33457246Seric
33557246Seric	FEATURE(use_cw_file)
33657246Seric
33757246Serictells sendmail that you want to have it read an /etc/sendmail.cw
33858782Sericfile to get values for class $=w.  The FEATURE may contain a single
33958782Sericoptional parameter -- for example:
34057246Seric
34158782Seric	FEATURE(mailertable, dbm /usr/lib/mailertable)
34258782Seric
34358782SericAvailable features are:
34458782Seric
34557246Sericuse_cw_file	Read the file /etc/sendmail.cw file to get alternate
34657246Seric		names for this host.  This might be used if you were
34757246Seric		on a host that MXed for a dynamic set of other
34857246Seric		hosts.  If the set is static, just including the line
34957246Seric		"Cw<name1> <name2> ..." is probably superior.
35058408Seric		The actual filename can be overridden by redefining
35158408Seric		confCW_FILE.
35264324Seric
35358087Sericredirect	Reject all mail addressed to "address.REDIRECT" with
35458087Seric		a ``551 User not local; please try <address>'' message.
35558087Seric		If this is set, you can alias people who have left
35658087Seric		to their new address with ".REDIRECT" appended.
35764324Seric
35858284Sericnouucp		Don't do anything special with UUCP addresses at all.
35964324Seric
36059080Sericnocanonify	Don't pass addresses to $[ ... $] for canonification.
36159080Seric		This would generally only be used by sites that only
36259080Seric		act as mail gateways or which have user agents that do
36364028Seric		full canonification themselves.  You may also want to
36464028Seric		use "define(`confBIND_OPTS',`-DNSRCH -DEFNAMES')" to
36564028Seric		turn off the usual resolver options that do a similar
36664028Seric		thing.
36764324Seric
36867917Sericstickyhost	If set, email sent to "user@local.host" are marked
36958526Seric		as "sticky" -- that is, the local addresses aren't
37058526Seric		matched against UDB and don't go through ruleset 5.
37167915Seric		This is used if you want a set up where "user" is
37267915Seric		not necessarily the same as "user@local.host", e.g.,
37367915Seric		to make a distinct domain-wide namespace.  Prior to
37467915Seric		8.7 this was the default, and notsticky was used to
37567915Seric		turn this off.
37664324Seric
37758782Sericmailertable	Include a "mailer table" which can be used to override
37858782Seric		routing for particular domains.  The argument of the
37958782Seric		FEATURE may be the key definition.  If none is specified,
38058782Seric		the definition used is:
38164164Seric			hash -o /etc/mailertable
38263761Seric		Keys in this database are fully qualified domain names
38363761Seric		or partial domains preceded by a dot -- for example,
38463761Seric		"vangogh.CS.Berkeley.EDU" or ".CS.Berkeley.EDU".
38563761Seric		Values must be of the form:
38658782Seric			mailer:domain
38763761Seric		where "mailer" is the internal mailer name, and "domain"
38863761Seric		is where to send the message.  These maps are not
38963761Seric		reflected into the message header.
39064324Seric
39163761Sericdomaintable	Include a "domain table" which can be used to provide
39267451Seric		domain name mapping.  Use of this should really be
39367451Seric		limited to your own domains.  It may be useful if you
39467451Seric		change names (e.g., your company changes names from
39567451Seric		oldname.com to newname.com).  The argument of the
39667451Seric		FEATURE may be the key definition.  If none is specified,
39767451Seric		the definition used is:
39864164Seric			hash -o /etc/domaintable
39967451Seric		The key in this table is the domain name; the value is
40067451Seric		the new (fully qualified) domain.  Anything in the
40163761Seric		domaintable is reflected into headers; that is, this
40263761Seric		is done in ruleset 3.
40364324Seric
40459034Sericbitdomain	Look up bitnet hosts in a table to try to turn them into
40559034Seric		internet addresses.  The table can be built using the
40664153Seric		bitdomain program contributed by John Gardiner Myers.
40759034Seric		The argument of the FEATURE may be the key definition; if
40859034Seric		none is specified, the definition used is:
40964164Seric			hash -o /etc/bitdomain.db
41059034Seric		Keys are the bitnet hostname; values are the corresponding
41159034Seric		internet hostname.
41264324Seric
41359037Sericuucpdomain	Similar feature for UUCP hosts.  The default map definition
41459037Seric		is:
41564164Seric			hash -o /etc/uudomain.db
41659037Seric		At the moment there is no automagic tool to build this
41759037Seric		database.
41864324Seric
41960263Sericalways_add_domain
42060263Seric		Include the local host domain even on locally delivered
42160263Seric		mail.  Normally it is not added unless it is already
42260263Seric		present.
42364324Seric
42463761Sericallmasquerade	If masquerading is enabled (using MASQUERADE_AS), this
42563761Seric		feature will cause recipient addresses to also masquerade
42663761Seric		as being from the masquerade host.  Normally they get
42763761Seric		the local hostname.  Although this may be right for
42863761Seric		ordinary users, it can break local aliases.  For example,
42963761Seric		if you send to "localalias", the originating sendmail will
43063761Seric		find that alias and send to all members, but send the
43163761Seric		message with "To: localalias@masqueradehost".  Since that
43263761Seric		alias likely does not exist, replies will fail.  Use this
43363761Seric		feature ONLY if you can guarantee that the ENTIRE
43463761Seric		namespace on your masquerade host supersets all the
43563761Seric		local entries.
43664324Seric
43764153Sericnodns		We aren't running DNS at our site (for example,
43864153Seric		we are UUCP-only connected).  It's hard to consider
43964153Seric		this a "feature", but hey, it had to go somewhere.
44057246Seric
44164324Sericnullclient	This is a special case -- it creates a stripped down
44264324Seric		configuration file containing nothing but support for
44364394Seric		forwarding all mail to a central hub via a local
44464394Seric		SMTP-based network.  The argument is the name of that
44564394Seric		hub.
44664394Seric
44764394Seric		The only other feature that should be used in conjunction
44864394Seric		with this one is "nocanonify" (this causes addresses to
44964394Seric		be sent unqualified via the SMTP connection; normally
45064394Seric		they are qualifed with the masquerade name, which
45164394Seric		defaults to the name of the hub machine).  No mailers
45264394Seric		should be defined.  No aliasing or forwarding is done.
45357246Seric
45467942Sericlocal_procmail	Use procmail as the local mailer.  This mailer can
45567929Seric		make use of the "user+indicator@local.host" syntax;
45667929Seric		normally the +indicator is just tossed, but by default
45767929Seric		it is passed as the -a argument to procmail.  The
45867929Seric		argument to this feature is the pathname of procmail,
45967929Seric		which defaults to /usr/local/bin/procmail.
46064324Seric
46167929Seric
46257246Seric+-------+
46357246Seric| HACKS |
46457246Seric+-------+
46557246Seric
46657246SericSome things just can't be called features.  To make this clear,
46757247Sericthey go in the hack subdirectory and are referenced using the HACK
46857246Sericmacro.  These will tend to be site-dependent.  The release
46957246Sericincludes the Berkeley-dependent "cssubdomain" hack (that makes
47057246Sericsendmail accept local names in either Berkeley.EDU or CS.Berkeley.EDU;
47157246Sericthis is intended as a short-term aid while we move hosts into
47257246Sericsubdomains.
47357246Seric
47458087Seric
47557246Seric+--------------------+
47657246Seric| SITE CONFIGURATION |
47757246Seric+--------------------+
47857246Seric
47957246SericComplex sites will need more local configuration information, such as
48057246Sericlists of UUCP hosts they speak with directly.  This can get a bit more
48157246Serictricky.  For an example of a "complex" site, see cf/ucbvax.mc.
48257246Seric
48366336SericIf your host is known by several different names, you need to augment
48466336Sericthe $=w class.  This is a list of names by which you are known, and
48566336Sericanything sent to an address using a host name in this list will be
48666336Serictreated as local mail.  You can do this in two ways: either create
48766336Sericthe file /etc/sendmail.cw containing a list of your aliases (one per
48866336Sericline), and use ``FEATURE(use_cw_file)'' in the .mc file, or add the
48966336Sericline:
49066336Seric
49166336Seric	Cw alias.host.name
49266336Seric
49366336Sericat the end of that file.  See the ``vangogh.mc'' file for an example.
49466336SericBe sure you use the fully-qualified name of the host, rather than a
49566336Sericshort name.
49666336Seric
49757246SericThe SITECONFIG macro allows you to indirectly reference site-dependent
49857246Sericconfiguration information stored in the siteconfig subdirectory.  For
49957246Sericexample, the line
50057246Seric
50157246Seric	SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbvax, ucbvax, U)
50257246Seric
50357246Sericreads the file uucp.ucbvax for local connection information.  The
50457246Sericsecond parameter is the local name (in this case just "ucbvax" since
50566336Sericit is locally connected, and hence a UUCP hostname).  The third
50666336Sericparameter is the name of both a macro to store the local name (in
50766336Sericthis case, $U) and the name of the class (e.g., $=U) in which to store
50866336Sericthe host information read from the file.  Another SITECONFIG line reads
50957246Seric
51057246Seric	SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbarpa, ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU, W)
51157246Seric
51257246SericThis says that the file uucp.ucbarpa contains the list of UUCP sites
51357246Sericconnected to ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU.  The $=W class will be used to
51466336Sericstore this list, and $W is defined to be ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU, that
51566336Sericis, the name of the relay to which the hosts listed in uucp.ucbarpa
51666336Sericare connected.  [The machine ucbarpa is gone now, but I've left
51757246Sericthis out-of-date configuration file around to demonstrate how you
51857246Sericmight do this.]
51957246Seric
52066336SericNote that the case of SITECONFIG with a third parameter of ``U'' is
52166336Sericspecial; the second parameter is assumed to be the UUCP name of the
52266336Sericlocal site, rather than the name of a remote site, and the UUCP name
52366336Sericis entered into $=w (the list of local hostnames) as $U.UUCP.
52466336Seric
52557246SericThe siteconfig file (e.g., siteconfig/uucp.ucbvax.m4) contains nothing
52657246Sericmore than a sequence of SITE macros describing connectivity.  For
52757246Sericexample:
52857246Seric
52957246Seric	SITE(cnmat)
53057246Seric	SITE(sgi olympus)
53157246Seric
53257246SericThe second example demonstrates that you can use two names on the
53357246Sericsame line; these are usually aliases for the same host (or are at
53457246Sericleast in the same company).
53557246Seric
53658087Seric
53765218Seric+--------------------+
53865218Seric| USING UUCP MAILERS |
53965218Seric+--------------------+
54065218Seric
54165218SericIt's hard to get UUCP mailers right because of the extremely ad hoc
54265218Sericnature of UUCP addressing.  These config files are really designed
54365218Sericfor domain-based addressing, even for UUCP sites.
54465218Seric
54565218SericThere are four UUCP mailers available.  The choice of which one to
54665218Sericuse is partly a matter of local preferences and what is running at
54765218Sericthe other end of your UUCP connection.  Unlike good protocols that
54865218Sericdefine what will go over the wire, UUCP uses the policy that you
54965218Sericshould do what is right for the other end; if they change, you have
55065218Sericto change.  This makes it hard to do the right thing, and discourages
55165218Sericpeople from updating their software.  In general, if you can avoid
55265218SericUUCP, please do.
55365218Seric
55465218SericThe major choice is whether to go for a domainized scheme or a
55565218Sericnon-domainized scheme.  This depends entirely on what the other
55665218Sericend will recognize.  If at all possible, you should encourage the
55765218Sericother end to go to a domain-based system -- non-domainized addresses
55865218Sericdon't work entirely properly.
55965218Seric
56065218SericThe four mailers are:
56165218Seric
56265218Seric    uucp-old (obsolete name: "uucp")
56365218Seric	This is the oldest, the worst (but the closest to UUCP) way of
56465218Seric	sending messages accros UUCP connections.  It does bangify
56565218Seric	everything and prepends $U (your UUCP name) to the sender's
56665218Seric	address (which can already be a bang path itself).  It can
56765218Seric	only send to one address at a time, so it spends a lot of
56865218Seric	time copying duplicates of messages.  Avoid this if at all
56965218Seric	possible.
57065218Seric
57165218Seric    uucp-new (obsolete name: "suucp")
57265218Seric	The same as above, except that it assumes that in one rmail
57365218Seric	command you can specify several recipients.  It still has a
57465218Seric	lot of other problems.
57565218Seric
57665218Seric    uucp-dom
57765218Seric	This UUCP mailer keeps everything as domain addresses.
57867471Seric	Basically, it uses the SMTP mailer rewriting rules.  This mailer
57967471Seric	is only included if MAILER(smtp) is also specified.
58065218Seric
58165218Seric	Unfortunately, a lot of UUCP mailer transport agents require
58265218Seric	bangified addresses in the envelope, although you can use
58365218Seric	domain-based addresses in the message header.  (The envelope
58465218Seric	shows up as the From_ line on UNIX mail.)  So....
58565218Seric
58665218Seric    uucp-uudom
58765218Seric	This is a cross between uucp-new (for the envelope addresses)
58865218Seric	and uucp-dom (for the header addresses).  It bangifies the
58965218Seric	envelope sender (From_ line in messages) without adding the
59065218Seric	local hostname, unless there is no host name on the address
59165218Seric	at all (e.g., "wolf") or the host component is a UUCP host name
59265218Seric	instead of a domain name ("somehost!wolf" instead of
59367471Seric	"some.dom.ain!wolf").  This is also included only if MAILER(smtp)
59467471Seric	is also specified.
59565218Seric
59665218SericExamples:
59765218Seric
59865218SericWe are on host grasp.insa-lyon.fr (UUCP host name "grasp").  The
59965218Sericfollowing summarizes the sender rewriting for various mailers.
60065218Seric
60165218SericMailer          sender		rewriting in the envelope
60265218Seric------		------		-------------------------
60365218Sericuucp-{old,new}	wolf		grasp!wolf
60465218Sericuucp-dom	wolf		wolf@grasp.insa-lyon.fr
60565218Sericuucp-uudom	wolf		grasp.insa-lyon.fr!wolf
60665218Seric
60765218Sericuucp-{old,new}	wolf@fr.net	grasp!fr.net!wolf
60865218Sericuucp-dom	wolf@fr.net	wolf@fr.net
60965218Sericuucp-uudom	wolf@fr.net	fr.net!wolf
61065218Seric
61165218Sericuucp-{old,new}	somehost!wolf	grasp!somehost!wolf
61265218Sericuucp-dom	somehost!wolf	somehost!wolf@grasp.insa-lyon.fr
61365218Sericuucp-uudom	somehost!wolf	grasp.insa-lyon.fr!somehost!wolf
61465218Seric
61565218SericIf you are using one of the domainized UUCP mailers, you really want
61665218Sericto convert all UUCP addresses to domain format -- otherwise, it will
61765218Sericdo it for you (and probably not the way you expected).  For example,
61865218Sericif you have the address foo!bar!baz (and you are not sending to foo),
61965218Sericthe heuristics will add the @uucp.relay.name or @local.host.name to
62065218Sericthis address.  However, if you map foo to foo.host.name first, it
62165218Sericwill not add the local hostname.  You can do this using the uucpdomain
62265218Sericfeature.
62365218Seric
62465218Seric
62557246Seric+-------------------+
62657246Seric| TWEAKING RULESETS |
62757246Seric+-------------------+
62857246Seric
62951268SericFor more complex configurations, you can define special rules.
63051268SericThe macro LOCAL_RULE_3 introduces rules that are used in canonicalizing
63151268Sericthe names.  Any modifications made here are reflected in the header.
63251268Seric
63351268SericA common use is to convert old UUCP addreses to SMTP addresses using
63451268Sericthe UUCPSMTP macro.  For example:
63551268Seric
63651268Seric	LOCAL_RULE_3
63751268Seric	UUCPSMTP(decvax,	decvax.dec.com)
63851268Seric	UUCPSMTP(research,	research.att.com)
63951268Seric
64051268Sericwill cause addresses of the form "decvax!user" and "research!user"
64151268Sericto be converted to "user@decvax.dec.com" and "user@research.att.com"
64251268Sericrespectively.
64351268Seric
64465957SericThis could also be used to look up hosts in a database map:
64557246Seric
64657246Seric	LOCAL_RULE_3
64757246Seric	R$* < @ $+ > $*		$: $1 < @ $(hostmap $2 $) > $3
64857246Seric
64957246SericThis map would be defined in the LOCAL_CONFIG portion, as shown below.
65057246Seric
65151268SericSimilarly, LOCAL_RULE_0 can be used to introduce new parsing rules.
65251268SericFor example, new rules are needed to parse hostnames that you accept
65351309Sericvia MX records.  For example, you might have:
65451268Seric
65551309Seric	LOCAL_RULE_0
65665986Seric	R$+ <@ host.dom.ain.>	$#uucp $@ cnmat $: $1 < @ host.dom.ain.>
65751309Seric
65851309SericYou would use this if you had installed an MX record for cnmat.Berkeley.EDU
65951309Sericpointing at this host; this rule catches the message and forwards it on
66051309Sericusing UUCP.
66151309Seric
66258681SericYou can also tweak rulesets 1 and 2 using LOCAL_RULE_1 and LOCAL_RULE_2.
66358681SericThese rulesets are normally empty.
66458681Seric
66557246SericA similar macro is LOCAL_CONFIG.  This introduces lines added after the
66657246Sericboilerplate option setting but before rulesets, and can be used to
66757945Sericdeclare local database maps or whatever.  For example:
66851268Seric
66957246Seric	LOCAL_CONFIG
67057246Seric	Khostmap hash /etc/hostmap.db
67157246Seric	Kyplocal nis -m hosts.byname
67251220Seric
67358087Seric
67457246Seric+---------------------------+
67557246Seric| MASQUERADING AND RELAYING |
67657246Seric+---------------------------+
67757246Seric
67857246SericYou can have your host masquerade as another using
67957246Seric
68057246Seric	MASQUERADE_AS(host.domain)
68157246Seric
68265957SericThis causes outgoing SMTP mail to be labeled as coming from the
68357246Sericindicated domain, rather than $j.  One normally masquerades as one
68465957Sericof one's own subdomains (for example, it's unlikely that I would
68557246Sericchoose to masquerade as an MIT site).
68657246Seric
68764153SericThe masquerade name is not normally canonified, so it is important
68864153Sericthat it be your One True Name, that is, fully qualified and not a
68964153SericCNAME.
69064153Seric
69157246Sericthere are always users that need to be "exposed" -- that is, their
69257246Sericinternal site name should be displayed instead of the masquerade name.
69357246SericRoot is an example.  You can add users to this list using
69457246Seric
69557246Seric	EXPOSED_USER(usernames)
69657246Seric
69757246SericThis adds users to class E; you could also use something like
69857246Seric
69957246Seric	FE/etc/sendmail.cE
70057246Seric
70157246SericYou can also arrange to relay all unqualified names (that is, names
70257246Sericwithout @host) to a relay host.  For example, if you have a central
70357246Sericemail server, you might relay to that host so that users don't have
70457246Sericto have .forward files or aliases.  You can do this using
70557246Seric
70658071Seric	define(`LOCAL_RELAY', mailer:hostname)
70757246Seric
70858071SericThe ``mailer:'' can be omitted, in which case the mailer defaults to
70958071Seric"smtp".  There are some user names that you don't want relayed, perhaps
71058071Sericbecause of local aliases.  A common example is root, which may be
71158071Sericlocally aliased.  You can add entries to this list using
71257246Seric
71357246Seric	LOCAL_USER(usernames)
71457246Seric
71557246SericThis adds users to class L; you could also use something like
71657246Seric
71757246Seric	FL/etc/sendmail.cL
71857246Seric
71964153SericIf you want all incoming mail sent to a centralized hub, as for a
72064153Sericshared /var/spool/mail scheme, use
72157591Seric
72258071Seric	define(`MAIL_HUB', mailer:hostname)
72357591Seric
72458071SericAgain, ``mailer:'' defaults to "smtp".  If you define both LOCAL_RELAY
72566047Sericand MAIL_HUB, unqualified names will be sent to the LOCAL_RELAY and
72666047Sericother local names will be sent to MAIL_HUB.  Names in $=L will be
72766047Sericdelivered locally, so you MUST have aliases or .forward files for them.
72866047Seric
72966047SericFor example, if are on machine mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU, the following
73058071Sericcombinations of settings will have the indicated effects:
73157591Seric
73257591Sericemail sent to....	eric			  eric@mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU
73357591Seric
73457591SericLOCAL_RELAY set to	mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  (delivered locally)
73557591Sericmail.CS.Berkeley.EDU
73657591Seric
73757591SericMAIL_HUB set to		mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
73857591Sericmammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
73957591Seric
74057591SericBoth LOCAL_RELAY and	mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
74157591SericMAIL_HUB set as above
74257591Seric
74364153SericIf you want all outgoing mail to go to a central relay site, define
74464153SericSMART_HOST as well.  Briefly:
74558071Seric
74664153Seric	LOCAL_RELAY applies to unqualifed names (e.g., "eric").
74764153Seric	MAIL_HUB applies to names qualified with the name of the
74864153Seric		local host (e.g., "eric@mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU").
74964153Seric	SMART_HOST applies to names qualified with other hosts.
75064153Seric
75164153SericHowever, beware that other relays (e.g., UUCP_RELAY, BITNET_RELAY, and
75264153SericFAX_RELAY) take precedence over SMART_HOST, so if you really want
75364153Sericabsolutely everything to go to a single central site you will need to
75464153Sericunset all the other relays -- or better yet, find or build a minimal
75564153Sericconfig file that does this.
75664153Seric
75764153Seric
75858071Seric+-------------------------------+
75958071Seric| NON-SMTP BASED CONFIGURATIONS |
76058071Seric+-------------------------------+
76158071Seric
76258071SericThese configuration files are designed primarily for use by SMTP-based
76358071Sericsites.  I don't pretend that they are well tuned for UUCP-only or
76458071SericUUCP-primarily nodes (the latter is defined as a small local net
76558071Sericconnected to the rest of the world via UUCP).  However, there is one
76658071Serichook to handle some special cases.
76758071Seric
76858071SericYou can define a ``smart host'' that understands a richer address syntax
76958071Sericusing:
77058071Seric
77158071Seric	define(`SMART_HOST', mailer:hostname)
77258071Seric
77364028SericIn this case, the ``mailer:'' defaults to "relay".  Any messages that
77458071Sericcan't be handled using the usual UUCP rules are passed to this host.
77558071Seric
77658071SericIf you are on a local SMTP-based net that connects to the outside
77758071Sericworld via UUCP, you can use LOCAL_NET_CONFIG to add appropriate rules.
77858071SericFor example:
77958071Seric
78058071Seric	define(`SMART_HOST', suucp:uunet)
78158071Seric	LOCAL_NET_CONFIG
78263761Seric	R$* < @ $* .$m. > $*	$#smtp $@ $2.$m. $: $1 < @ $2.$m. > $3
78358071Seric
78458071SericThis will cause all names that end in your domain name ($m) via
78558071SericSMTP; anything else will be sent via suucp (smart UUCP) to uunet.
78663761SericIf you have FEATURE(nocanonify), you may need to omit the dots after
78763761Sericthe $m.  If you are running a local DNS inside your domain which is
78863761Sericnot otherwise connected to the outside world, you probably want to
78963761Sericuse:
79058071Seric
79163761Seric	define(`SMART_HOST', smtp:fire.wall.com)
79263761Seric	LOCAL_NET_CONFIG
79363761Seric	R$* < @ $* . > $*	$#smtp $@ $2. $: $1 < @ $2. > $3
79458071Seric
79563761SericThat is, send directly only to things you found in your DNS lookup;
79663761Sericanything else goes through SMART_HOST.
79763761Seric
79864153SericIf you are not running DNS at all, it is important to use
79964153SericFEATURE(nodns) to avoid having sendmail queue everything waiting
80064153Sericfor the name server to come up.
80163761Seric
80264153Seric
80364259Seric+-----------+
80464259Seric| WHO AM I? |
80564259Seric+-----------+
80664259Seric
80764259SericNormally, the $j macro is automatically defined to be your fully
80864259Sericqualified domain name (FQDN).  Sendmail does this by getting your
80964259Serichost name using gethostname and then calling gethostbyname on the
81064259Sericresult.  For example, in some environments gethostname returns
81164259Sericonly the root of the host name (such as "foo"); gethostbyname is
81264259Sericsupposed to return the FQDN ("foo.bar.com").  In some (fairly rare)
81364259Sericcases, gethostbyname may fail to return the FQDN.  In this case
81464259Sericyou MUST define confDOMAIN_NAME to be your fully qualified domain
81564259Sericname.  This is usually done using:
81664259Seric
81764259Seric	Dmbar.com
81864259Seric	define(`confDOMAIN_NAME', `$w.$m')dnl
81964259Seric
82064259Seric
82164028Seric+--------------------+
82264028Seric| USING MAILERTABLES |
82364028Seric+--------------------+
82464028Seric
82564028SericTo use FEATURE(mailertable), you will have to create an external
82664028Sericdatabase containing the routing information for various domains.
82764028SericFor example, a mailertable file in text format might be:
82864028Seric
82964028Seric	.my.domain		xnet:%1.my.domain
83064028Seric	uuhost1.my.domain	suucp:uuhost1
83164028Seric	.bitnet			smtp:relay.bit.net
83264028Seric
83364028SericThis should normally be stored in /etc/mailertable.  The actual
83464028Sericdatabase version of the mailertable is built using:
83564028Seric
83664028Seric	makemap hash /etc/mailertable.db < /etc/mailertable
83764028Seric
83864028SericThe semantics are simple.  Any LHS entry that does not begin with
83964028Serica dot matches the full host name indicated.  LHS entries beginning
84064028Sericwith a dot match anything ending with that domain name -- that is,
84164028Sericthey can be thought of as having a leading "*" wildcard.  Matching
84264028Sericis done in order of most-to-least qualified -- for example, even
84364028Sericthough ".my.domain" is listed first in the above example, an entry
84464028Sericof "uuhost1.my.domain" will match the second entry since it is
84564028Sericmore explicit.
84664028Seric
84764028SericThe RHS should always be a "mailer:host" pair.  The mailer is the
84864028Sericconfiguration name of a mailer (that is, an `M' line in the
84964028Sericsendmail.cf file).  The "host" will be the hostname passed to
85064028Sericthat mailer.  In domain-based matches (that is, those with leading
85164028Sericdots) the "%1" may be used to interpolate the wildcarded part of
85264028Sericthe host name.  For example, the first line above sends everything
85364028Sericaddressed to "anything.my.domain" to that same host name, but using
85464028Sericthe (presumably experimental) xnet mailer.
85564028Seric
85667915SericIn some cases you may want to temporarily turn off MX records,
85767915Sericparticularly on gateways.  For example, you may want to MX
85867915Sericeverything in a domain to one machine that then forwards it
85967915Sericdirectly.  To do this, you might use the DNS configuration:
86064028Seric
86167915Seric	*.domain.	IN	MX	0	relay.machine
86267915Seric
86367915Sericand on relay.machine use the mailertable:
86467915Seric
86567915Seric	.domain		smtp:[gateway.domain]
86667915Seric
86767915SericThe [square brackets] turn off MX records for this host only.
86867915SericIf you didn't do this, the mailertable would use the MX record
86967915Sericagain, which would give you an MX loop.
87067915Seric
87167915Seric
87264153Seric+--------------------------------+
87364153Seric| USING USERDB TO MAP FULL NAMES |
87464153Seric+--------------------------------+
87564153Seric
87664153SericThe user database was not originally intended for mapping full names
87764153Sericto login names (e.g., Eric.Allman => eric), but some people are using
87864153Sericit that way.  (I would recommend that you set up aliases for this
87964153Sericpurpose instead -- since you can specify multiple alias files, this
88064153Sericis fairly easy.)  The intent was to locate the default maildrop at
88164153Serica site, but allow you to override this by sending to a specific host.
88264153Seric
88364153SericIf you decide to set up the user database in this fashion, it is
88467917Sericimperative that you not use FEATURE(stickyhost) -- otherwise,
88564153Serice-mail sent to Full.Name@local.host.name will be rejected.
88664153Seric
88767917SericTo build the internal form of the user database, use:
88864153Seric
88964259Seric	makemap btree /usr/data/base.db < /usr/data/base.txt
89064259Seric
89164259Seric
89267539Seric+--------------------------------+
89367539Seric| MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL FEATURES |
89467539Seric+--------------------------------+
89567539Seric
89667539SericDOTTED_USER(name)
89767539Seric	Sometimes it is convenient to merge configuration on a
89867539Seric	centralized mail machine, for example, to forward all
89967539Seric	root mail to a mail server.  In this case it might be
90067539Seric	useful to be able to treat the root addresses as a class
90167539Seric	of addresses with subtle differences.  You can do this
90267539Seric	using dotted users.  For example, a client might include
90367539Seric	the alias:
90467539Seric
90567539Seric		root:  root.client1@server
90667539Seric
90767539Seric	On the server, the mail configuration would include:
90867539Seric
90967539Seric		DOTTED_USER(root)
91067539Seric
91167539Seric	Aliases on the server that would match this address would
91267539Seric	be "root.client", "root.*", and "root", tried in that
91367539Seric	order.  You can specify multiple addresses either by
91467539Seric	joining them in one DOTTTED_USER macro or by having
91567539Seric	multiple macros:
91667539Seric
91767539Seric		DOTTED_USER(root)
91867539Seric		DOTTED_USER(postmaster mailer-daemon)
91967539Seric
92067539Seric	defines three dotted users.
92167539Seric
92267539Seric
92367960Seric+----------------+
92467960Seric| SECURITY NOTES |
92567960Seric+----------------+
92667960Seric
92767960SericA lot of sendmail security comes down to you.  Sendmail 8 is much
92867960Sericmore careful about checking for security problems than previous
92967960Sericversions, but there are some things that you still need to watch
93067960Sericfor.  In particular:
93167960Seric
93267960Seric* Make sure the aliases file isn't writable except by trusted
93367960Seric  system personnel.  This includes both the text and database
93467960Seric  version.
93567960Seric
93667960Seric* Make sure that other files that sendmail reads, such as the
93767960Seric  mailertable, is only writable by trusted system personnel.
93867960Seric
93967960Seric* The queue directory should not be world writable PARTICULARLY
94067960Seric  if your system allows "file giveaways" (that is, if a non-root
94167960Seric  user can chown any file they own to any other user).
94267960Seric
94367960Seric* If your system allows file giveaways, DO NOT create a publically
94467960Seric  writable directory for forward files.  This will allow anyone
94567960Seric  to steal anyone else's e-mail.  Instead, create a script that
94667960Seric  copies the .forward file from users' home directories once a
94767960Seric  night (if you want the non-NFS-mounted forward directory).
94867960Seric
94967960Seric* If your system allows file giveaways, you'll find that
95067960Seric  sendmail is much less trusting of :include: files -- in
95167960Seric  particular, you'll have to have /SENDMAIL/ANY/SHELL/ in
95267960Seric  /etc/shells before they will be trusted (that is, before
95367960Seric  files and programs listed in them will be honored).
95467960Seric
95567960SericIn general, file giveaways are a mistake -- if you can turn them
95667960Sericoff I recommend you do so.
95767960Seric
95867960Seric
95958363Seric+------------------+
96058363Seric| FlexFAX SOFTWARE |
96158363Seric+------------------+
96258363Seric
96358363SericSam Leffler's FlexFAX software is still in beta test -- but he expects a
96458363Sericpublic version out "later this week" [as of 3/1/93].  The following
96558363Sericblurb is direct from Sam:
96658363Seric
96764498Seric	$Header: /usr/people/sam/fax/RCS/HOWTO,v 1.14 93/05/24 11:42:16 sam Exp $
96858363Seric
96958363Seric	How To Obtain This Software (in case all you get is this file)
97064498Seric	--------------------------------------------------------------
97158363Seric	The source code is available for public ftp on
97264498Seric	    sgi.com			sgi/fax/v2.1.src.tar.Z
97358363Seric		(192.48.153.1)
97458363Seric
97558363Seric	You can also obtain inst'able images for Silicon Graphics machines from
97664498Seric	    sgi.com			sgi/fax/v2.1.inst.tar
97758363Seric		(192.48.153.1)
97858363Seric
97958363Seric	For example,
98058363Seric	    % ftp -n sgi.com
98158363Seric	    ....
98258363Seric	    ftp> user anonymous
98358363Seric	    ... <type in password>
98458363Seric	    ftp> cd sgi/fax
98558363Seric	    ftp> binary
98664498Seric	    ftp> get v2.1.src.tar.Z
98758363Seric
98864498Seric	In general, the latest version of the 2.1 release of the software is
98964498Seric	always available as "v2.1.src.tar.Z" or "v2.1.inst.tar" in the ftp
99064498Seric	directory.  This file is a link to the appropriate released version (so
99164498Seric	don't waste your time retrieving the linked file as well!) Any files of
99264498Seric	the form v2.1.*.patch are shell scripts that can be used to patch older
99364498Seric	versions of the source code.  For example, the file v2.1.0.patch would
99464498Seric	contain patches to update v2.1.0.tar.Z.  (Note to beta testers: this is
99564498Seric	different than the naming conventions used during beta testing.) Patch
99664498Seric	files only work to go between consecutive versions, so if you are
99764498Seric	multiple versions behind the latest release, you will need to apply
99864498Seric	each patch file between your current version and the latest.
99964498Seric
100064498Seric
100164498Seric	Obtaining the Software by Electronic Mail
100264498Seric	-----------------------------------------
100364498Seric	Do not send me requests for the software; they will be ignored (without
100464498Seric	response).  If you cannot use FTP at all, there is a service called
100564498Seric	"ftpmail" available from gatekeeper.dec.com:  you can send e-mail to
100664498Seric	this machine and it will use FTP to retrieve files for you and send you
100764498Seric	the files back again via e-mail.  To find out more about the ftpmail
100858363Seric	service, send a message to "ftpmail@gatekeeper.dec.com" whose body
100958363Seric	consists of the single line "help".
101058363Seric
101164498Seric
101264498Seric	Obtaining the Software Within Silicon Graphics
101364498Seric	----------------------------------------------
101458363Seric	Internal to Silicon Graphics there are inst'able images on the host
101564498Seric	flake.asd in the directory /usr/dist.  Thus you can do something like:
101658363Seric
101764498Seric	    % inst -f flake.asd.sgi.com:/usr/dist/flexfax
101858363Seric
101964498Seric	to install the latest version of the software on your machine.
102058363Seric
102164498Seric
102264498Seric	What to do Once You've Retrieved Stuff
102364498Seric	--------------------------------------
102458363Seric	The external distributions come in a compressed or uncompressed tar
102558363Seric	file.  To extract the source distribution:
102658363Seric
102764498Seric	    % zcat v2.1.src.tar.Z | tar xf -
102858363Seric
102958363Seric	(uncompress and extract individual files in current directory).  To
103058363Seric	unpack and install the client portion of the inst'able distribution:
103158363Seric
103258363Seric	    % mkdir dist
103364498Seric	    % cd dist; tar xf ../v2.1.inst.tar; cd ..
103458363Seric	    % inst -f dist/flexfax
103558363Seric	    ...
103658363Seric	    inst> go
103758363Seric
103858363Seric	(Note, the dist subdirectory is because some versions of inst fail if
103964498Seric	the files are in the current directory.) Server binaries are also
104064498Seric	included in the inst'able images as flexfax.server.*.  They are not
104164498Seric	installed by default, so to get them also you need to do:
104258363Seric
104358363Seric	    % inst -f flexfax
104458363Seric	    ...
104558363Seric	    inst> install flexfax.server.*
104658363Seric	    inst> go
104758363Seric
104864498Seric	The SGI binaries were built for Version 4.0.5H of the IRIX operating
104958363Seric	system.  They should work w/o problem on earlier versions of the
105058363Seric	system, but I have not fully tested this.  Also, note that to install a
105158363Seric	server on an SGI machine, you need to have installed the Display
105258363Seric	PostScript execution environment product (dps_eoe).  Otherwise, the fax
105358363Seric	server will not be able to convert PostScript to facsimile for
105458363Seric	transmission.
105558363Seric
105664498Seric	If you are working from the source distribution, look at the file
105764498Seric	README in the top of the source tree.  If you are working from the inst
105864498Seric	images, the subsystem flexfax.man.readme contains the README file and
105964498Seric	other useful pieces of information--the installed files are placed in
106064498Seric	the directory /usr/local/doc/flexfax).  Basically you will need to run
106164498Seric	the faxaddmodem script to setup and configure your fax modem.  Consult
106264498Seric	the README file and the manual page for faxaddmodem for information.
106358363Seric
106458363Seric
106564498Seric	FlexFAX Mail List
106664498Seric	-----------------
106758363Seric	A mailing list for users of this software is located on sgi.com.
106858363Seric	If you want to join this mailing list or have a list-related request
106958363Seric	such as getting your name removed from it, send a request to
107058363Seric
107164498Seric	    majordomo@whizzer.wpd.sgi.com
107258363Seric
107364498Seric	For example, to subscribe, send the line "subscribe flexfax" in
107464498Seric	the body of your message.  The line "help" will return a list of
107564498Seric	the commands understood by the mailing list management software.
107664498Seric
107758363Seric	Submissions (including bug reports) should be directed to:
107858363Seric
107958363Seric	    flexfax@sgi.com
108058363Seric
108164498Seric	When corresponding about this software please always specify what
108264498Seric	version you have, what system you're running on, and, if the problem is
108364498Seric	specific to your modem, identify the modem and firmware revision.
108458363Seric
108564498Seric
108657945Seric+--------------------------------+
108757945Seric| TWEAKING CONFIGURATION OPTIONS |
108857945Seric+--------------------------------+
108957945Seric
109057945SericThere are a large number of configuration options that don't normally
109157945Sericneed to be changed.  However, if you feel you need to tweak them, you
109257945Sericcan define the following M4 variables.  This list is shown in four
109357945Sericcolumns:  the name you define, the default value for that definition,
109457945Sericthe option or macro that is affected (either Ox for an option or Dx
109557945Sericfor a macro), and a brief description.  Greater detail of the semantics
109657945Sericcan be found in the Installation and Operations Guide.
109757945Seric
109863582SericSome options are likely to be deprecated in future versions -- that is,
109963582Sericthe option is only included to provide back-compatibility.  These are
110063582Sericmarked with "*".
110163582Seric
110265002SericRemember that these options are M4 variables, and hence may need to
110365002Sericbe quoted.  In particular, arguments with commas will usually have to
110465002Sericbe ``double quoted, like this phrase'' to avoid having the comma
110565002Sericconfuse things.  This is common for alias file definitions and for
110665002Sericthe read timeout.
110765002Seric
110857945SericM4 Variable Name	Default		Mac/Opt	Description
110965002Seric================	=======		=======	===========
111057945SericconfMAILER_NAME		MAILER-DAEMON	Dn	The sender name used for
111157945Seric						internally generated
111257945Seric						outgoing messages.
111358681SericconfFROM_LINE		From $g  $d	Dl	The From_ line used when
111458681Seric						sending to files or programs.
111557945SericconfFROM_HEADER		$?x$x <$g>$|$g$.	The format of an internally
111657945Seric					Dq	generated From: address.
111767929SericconfOPERATORS		.:%@!^/[]+	Do	Address operator characters.
111864153SericconfSMTP_LOGIN_MSG	$j Sendmail $v/$Z ready at $b
111957945Seric					De	The initial (spontaneous)
112057945Seric						SMTP greeting message.
112167820SericconfRECEIVED_HEADER	$?sfrom $s $.$?_($?s$|from $.$_) $.by $j ($v/$Z)$?r with $r$. id $i$?u for $u$.; $b
112267820Seric					HReceived
112367820Seric						The format of the Received:
112467820Seric						header in messages passed
112567820Seric						through this host.  It is
112667820Seric						unwise to try to change this.
112759743SericconfSEVEN_BIT_INPUT	False		O7	Force input to seven bits?
112867551SericconfEIGHT_BIT_HANDLING	pass8		O8	8-bit data handling
112957945SericconfALIAS_WAIT		10		Oa	Wait (in minutes) for alias
113057945Seric						file rebuild.
113158087SericconfMIN_FREE_BLOCKS	4		Ob	Minimum number of free blocks
113258087Seric						on queue filesystem to accept
113358087Seric						SMTP mail.
113457945SericconfBLANK_SUB		.		OB	Blank (space) substitution
113557945Seric						character.
113665619SericconfCON_EXPENSIVE	False		Oc	Avoid connecting immediately
113765619Seric						to mailers marked expensive?
113857945SericconfCHECKPOINT_INTERVAL	10		OC	Checkpoint queue files
113957945Seric						every N recipients.
114057945SericconfDELIVERY_MODE	background	Od	Default delivery mode.
114157945SericconfAUTO_REBUILD	False		OD	Automatically rebuild
114257945Seric						alias file if needed.
114357945SericconfERROR_MODE		(undefined)	Oe	Error message mode.
114457945SericconfERROR_MESSAGE	(undefined)	OE	Error message header/file.
114557945SericconfSAVE_FROM_LINES	False		Of	Save extra leading
114657945Seric						From_ lines.
114757945SericconfTEMP_FILE_MODE	0600		OF	Temporary file mode.
114857945SericconfDEF_GROUP_ID	1		Og	Default group id.
114957945SericconfMATCH_GECOS		False		OG	Match GECOS field.
115057945SericconfMAX_HOP		17		Oh	Maximum hop count.
115163582SericconfIGNORE_DOTS		False		Oi *	Ignore dot as terminator
115257945Seric						for incoming messages?
115357945SericconfBIND_OPTS		(empty)		OI	Default options for BIND.
115463582SericconfMIME_FORMAT_ERRORS	True		Oj *	Send error messages as MIME-
115559743Seric						encapsulated messages per
115659743Seric						RFC 1344.
115764153SericconfFORWARD_PATH	(undefined)	OJ	The colon-separated list of
115864153Seric						places to search for .forward
115967960Seric						files.  N.B.: see the Security
116067960Seric						Notes section.
116157945SericconfMCI_CACHE_SIZE	2		Ok	Size of open connection cache.
116257945SericconfMCI_CACHE_TIMEOUT	5m		OK	Open connection cache timeout.
116363582SericconfUSE_ERRORS_TO	False		Ol *	Use the Errors-To: header to
116463582Seric						deliver error messages.  This
116563582Seric						should not be necessary because
116663582Seric						of general acceptance of the
116763582Seric						envelope/header distinction.
116857945SericconfLOG_LEVEL		9		OL	Log level.
116957945SericconfME_TOO		False		Om	Include sender in group
117057945Seric						expansions.
117157945SericconfCHECK_ALIASES	True		On	Check RHS of aliases when
117257945Seric						running newaliases.
117363582SericconfOLD_STYLE_HEADERS	True		Oo *	Assume that headers without
117457945Seric						special chars are old style.
117558859SericconfDAEMON_OPTIONS	(undefined)	OO	SMTP daemon options.
117658806SericconfPRIVACY_FLAGS	authwarnings	Op	Privacy flags.
117757945SericconfCOPY_ERRORS_TO	(undefined)	OP	Address for additional copies
117857945Seric						of all error messages.
117957945SericconfQUEUE_FACTOR	(undefined)	Oq	Slope of queue-only function
118058116SericconfREAD_TIMEOUT	(undefined)	Or	SMTP read timeouts.
118167811SericconfDONT_PRUNE_ROUTES	False		OR	Don't prune down route-addr
118267811Seric						syntax addresses to the
118367811Seric						minimum possible.
118463582SericconfSAFE_QUEUE		True		Os *	Commit all messages to disk
118557945Seric						before forking.
118658806SericconfMESSAGE_TIMEOUT	5d/4h		OT	Timeout for messages before
118758806Seric						sending error/warning message.
118859317SericconfTIME_ZONE		USE_SYSTEM	Ot	Time zone info -- can be
118957945Seric						USE_SYSTEM to use the system's
119057945Seric						idea, USE_TZ to use the user's
119157945Seric						TZ envariable, or something
119257945Seric						else to force that value.
119357945SericconfDEF_USER_ID		1		Ou	Default user id.
119458718SericconfUSERDB_SPEC		(undefined)	OU	User database specification.
119558859SericconfFALLBACK_MX		(undefined)	OV	Fallback MX host.
119663857SericconfTRY_NULL_MX_LIST	False		Ow	If we are the best MX for a
119763857Seric						host and haven't made other
119863857Seric						arrangements, try connecting
119963857Seric						to the host directly; normally
120063857Seric						this would be a config error.
120157945SericconfQUEUE_LA		8		Ox	Load average at which queue-only
120257945Seric						function kicks in.
120357945SericconfREFUSE_LA		12		OX	Load average at which incoming
120457945Seric						SMTP connections are refused.
120563582SericconfWORK_RECIPIENT_FACTOR
120663582Seric			(undefined)	Oy	Cost of each recipient.
120763582SericconfSEPARATE_PROC	False		OY	Run all deliveries in a
120857945Seric						separate process.
120957945SericconfWORK_CLASS_FACTOR	(undefined)	Oz	Priority multiplier for class.
121057945SericconfWORK_TIME_FACTOR	(undefined)	OZ	Cost of each delivery attempt.
121158408SericconfCW_FILE		/etc/sendmail.cw	Name of file used to get the
121258408Seric					Fw	local additions to the $=w
121358408Seric						class.
121464153SericconfSMTP_MAILER		smtp		-	The mailer name used when
121563972Seric						SMTP connectivity is required.
121667915Seric						One of "smtp", "smtp8", or
121767915Seric						"esmtp".
121863999SericconfLOCAL_MAILER	local		-	The mailer name used when
121963999Seric						local connectivity is required.
122063999Seric						Almost always "local".
122164028SericconfRELAY_MAILER	relay		-	The default mailer name used
122264028Seric						for relaying any mail (e.g.,
122364028Seric						to a BITNET_RELAY, a
122464028Seric						SMART_HOST, or whatever).
122564028Seric						This can reasonably be "suucp"
122664028Seric						if you are on a UUCP-connected
122764028Seric						site.
122864259SericconfDOMAIN_NAME		(undefined)	Dj	If defined, sets $j.
122957945Seric
123058087Seric
123157246Seric+-----------+
123257246Seric| HIERARCHY |
123357246Seric+-----------+
123457246Seric
123551220SericWithin this directory are several subdirectories, to wit:
123651220Seric
123751220Sericm4		General support routines.  These are typically
123851220Seric		very important and should not be changed without
123957247Seric		very careful consideration.
124051220Seric
124151220Sericcf		The configuration files themselves.  They have
124251220Seric		".mc" suffixes, and must be run through m4 to
124351220Seric		become complete.  The resulting output should
124451220Seric		have a ".cf" suffix.
124551220Seric
124651220Sericostype		Definitions describing a particular operating
124751220Seric		system type.  These should always be referenced
124851220Seric		using the OSTYPE macro in the .mc file.  Examples
124951220Seric		include "bsd4.3", "bsd4.4", "sunos3.5", and
125051220Seric		"sunos4.1".
125151220Seric
125251220Sericdomain		Definitions describing a particular domain, referenced
125351220Seric		using the DOMAIN macro in the .mc file.  These are
125451220Seric		site dependent; for example, we contribute "cs.exposed.m4"
125551220Seric		and "cs.hidden.m4" which both describe hosts in the
125651220Seric		CS.Berkeley.EDU subdomain; the former displays the local
125751220Seric		hostname (e.g., mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU), whereas the
125851220Seric		latter does its best to hide the identity of the local
125951220Seric		workstation inside the CS subdomain.
126051220Seric
126151220Sericmailer		Descriptions of mailers.   These are referenced using
126251220Seric		the MAILER macro in the .mc file.
126351220Seric
126451220Sericsh		Shell files used when building the .cf file from the
126551220Seric		.mc file in the cf subdirectory.
126651220Seric
126751220Sericfeature		These hold special orthogonal features that you might
126851220Seric		want to include.  They should be referenced using
126951220Seric		the FEATURE macro.
127051220Seric
127151220Serichack		Local hacks.  These can be referenced using the HACK
127251220Seric		macro.  They shouldn't be of more than voyeuristic
127351220Seric		interest outside the .Berkeley.EDU domain, but who knows?
127465957Seric		We've all got our own peccadillos.
127551220Seric
127651268Sericsiteconfig	Site configuration -- e.g., tables of locally connected
127751268Seric		UUCP sites.
127851220Seric
127951268Seric
128057246Seric+------------------------+
128157246Seric| ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS |
128257246Seric+------------------------+
128351220Seric
128451220SericThe following sections detail usage of certain internal parts of the
128551220Sericsendmail.cf file.  Read them carefully if you are trying to modify
128651220Sericthe current model.  If you find the above descriptions adequate, these
128751220Sericshould be {boring, confusing, tedious, ridiculous} (pick one or more).
128851220Seric
128951220SericRULESETS (* means built in to sendmail)
129051220Seric
129151220Seric   0 *	Parsing
129251220Seric   1 *	Sender rewriting
129351220Seric   2 *	Recipient rewriting
129451220Seric   3 *	Canonicalization
129551220Seric   4 *	Post cleanup
129654839Seric   5 *	Local address rewrite (after aliasing)
129760539Seric  1x	mailer rules (sender qualification)
129860539Seric  2x	mailer rules (recipient qualification)
129964801Seric  3x	mailer rules (sender header qualification)
130064801Seric  4x	mailer rules (recipient header qualification)
130164801Seric  5x	mailer subroutines (general)
130264801Seric  6x	mailer subroutines (general)
130364801Seric  7x	mailer subroutines (general)
130464801Seric  8x	reserved
130560539Seric  90	Mailertable host stripping
130660892Seric  96	Bottom half of Ruleset 3 (ruleset 6 in old sendmail)
130760892Seric  97	Hook for recursive ruleset 0 call (ruleset 7 in old sendmail)
130863857Seric  98	Local part of ruleset 0 (ruleset 8 in old sendmail)
130951220Seric
131051220Seric
131151220SericMAILERS
131251220Seric
131351220Seric   0	local, prog	local and program mailers
131465218Seric   1	[e]smtp, relay	SMTP channel
131565218Seric   2	uucp-*		UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program
131658087Seric   3	netnews		Network News delivery
131758363Seric   4	fax		Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software
131851220Seric
131951220Seric
132051220SericMACROS
132151220Seric
132251220Seric   A
132351220Seric   B	Bitnet Relay
132465182Seric   C
132554839Seric   D	The local domain -- usually not needed
132651220Seric   E
132758363Seric   F	FAX Relay
132851220Seric   G
132957591Seric   H	mail Hub (for mail clusters)
133051220Seric   I
133151220Seric   J
133251220Seric   K
133367915Seric   L	Luser Relay
133451220Seric   M	Masquerade (who I claim to be)
133551220Seric   N
133651220Seric   O
133751220Seric   P
133851220Seric   Q
133951220Seric   R	Relay (for unqualified names)
134058071Seric   S	Smart Host
134151220Seric   T
134251309Seric   U	my UUCP name (if I have a UUCP connection)
134351309Seric   V	UUCP Relay (class V hosts)
134451220Seric   W	UUCP Relay (class W hosts)
134551220Seric   X	UUCP Relay (class X hosts)
134651309Seric   Y	UUCP Relay (all other hosts)
134751220Seric   Z	Version number
134851220Seric
134951220Seric
135051220SericCLASSES
135151220Seric
135251220Seric   A
135351220Seric   B
135451220Seric   C
135567539Seric   D	"dotted" users
135657246Seric   E	addresses that should not seem to come from $M
135754839Seric   F	hosts we forward for
135851220Seric   G
135951220Seric   H
136051220Seric   I
136151220Seric   J
136251220Seric   K
136351220Seric   L	addresses that should not be forwarded to $R
136451220Seric   M
136551220Seric   N
136651220Seric   O	operators that indicate network operations (cannot be in local names)
136760211Seric   P	top level pseudo-domains: BITNET, FAX, UUCP, etc.
136851220Seric   Q
136951220Seric   R
137051220Seric   S
137151220Seric   T
137251220Seric   U	locally connected UUCP hosts
137351309Seric   V	UUCP hosts connected to relay $V
137451309Seric   W	UUCP hosts connected to relay $W
137551309Seric   X	UUCP hosts connected to relay $X
137651309Seric   Y	locally connected smart UUCP hosts
137764153Seric   Z	locally connected domain-ized UUCP hosts
137854839Seric   .	the class containing only a dot
137951220Seric
138051220Seric
138151220SericM4 DIVERSIONS
138251220Seric
138358071Seric   1	Local host detection and resolution
138458071Seric   2	Local Ruleset 3 additions
138558071Seric   3	Local Ruleset 0 additions
138651268Seric   4	UUCP Ruleset 0 additions
138751309Seric   5	locally interpreted names (overrides $R)
138854839Seric   6	local configuration (at top of file)
138951220Seric   7	mailer definitions
139066099Seric   8
139158681Seric   9	special local rulesets (1 and 2)
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