151220Seric 251220Seric 357246Seric NEW SENDMAIL CONFIGURATION FILES 451220Seric 557246Seric Eric Allman <eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU> 651220Seric 7*68694Seric @(#)README 8.49 (Berkeley) 03/31/95 851220Seric 951220Seric 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******************************************************************* 5958087Seric 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 14368452Seric commas 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. 15968340SericLOCAL_MAILER_MAX [undefined] If defined, the maximum size of local 16068340Seric mail that you are willing to accept. 16158087SericLOCAL_SHELL_PATH [/bin/sh] The shell used to deliver piped email. 16263791SericLOCAL_SHELL_FLAGS [eu] The flags used by the shell mailer. The 16363791Seric flags lsDFM are always included. 16463791SericLOCAL_SHELL_ARGS [sh -c $u] The arguments passed to deliver "prog" 16563791Seric mail. 16667989SericLOCAL_SHELL_DIR [$z:/] The directory search path in which the 16767989Seric shell should run. 16858087SericUSENET_MAILER_PATH [/usr/lib/news/inews] The name of the program 16958087Seric used to submit news. 17058087SericUSENET_MAILER_FLAGS [rlsDFMmn] The mailer flags for the usenet mailer. 17158087SericUSENET_MAILER_ARGS [-m -h -n] The command line arguments for the 17258087Seric usenet mailer. 17365911SericUSENET_MAILER_MAX [100000] The maximum size of messages that will 17465911Seric be accepted by the usenet mailer. 17563857SericSMTP_MAILER_FLAGS [undefined] Flags added to SMTP mailer. Default 17667915Seric flags are `mDFMUX' for all SMTP-based mailers; the 17767915Seric "esmtp" mailer adds `a' and "smtp8" adds `8'. 17865911SericSMTP_MAILER_MAX [undefined] The maximum size of messages that will 17967915Seric be transported using the smtp, smtp8, or esmtp 18067915Seric mailers. 18167915SericSMTP_MAILER_ARGS [IPC $h] The arguments passed to the smtp mailer. 18267915Seric About the only reason you would want to change this 18367915Seric would be to change the default port. 18467915SericESMTP_MAILER_ARGS [IPC $h] The arguments passed to the esmtp mailer. 18567915SericSMTP8_MAILER_ARGS [IPC $h] The arguments passed to the smtp8 mailer. 18667915SericRELAY_MAILER_ARGS [IPC $h] The arguments passed to the relay mailer. 18763857SericUUCP_MAILER_FLAGS [undefined] Flags added to UUCP mailer. Default 188*68694Seric flags are `DFMhuU' (and `m' for uucp-new mailer, 189*68694Seric minus `U' for uucp-dom mailer). 19068057SericUUCP_MAILER_ARGS [uux - -r -z -a$g -gC $h!rmail ($u)] The arguments 19163761Seric passed to the UUCP mailer. 19263791SericUUCP_MAX_SIZE [100000] The maximum size message accepted for 19363791Seric transmission by the UUCP mailers. 19465911SericFAX_MAILER_PATH [/usr/local/lib/fax/mailfax] The program used to 19565911Seric submit FAX messages. 19665911SericFAX_MAILER_MAX [100000] The maximum size message accepted for 19765911Seric transmission by FAX. 19867934SericPOP_MAILER_PATH [/usr/lib/mh/spop] The pathname of the POP mailer. 19967934SericPOP_MAILER_FLAGS [Penu] Flags added to POP mailer. Flags "lsDFM" 20067934Seric are always added. 20167934SericPOP_MAILER_ARGS [pop $u] The arguments passed to the POP mailer. 20267942SericPROCMAIL_MAILER_FLAGS [Shu] Flags added to Procmail mailer. Flags 20367942Seric ``DFMmn'' are always set. 20467942SericPROCMAIL_MAILER_ARGS [procmail -m $h $f $u] The arguments passed to 20567942Seric the Procmail mailer. 20668340SericPROCMAIL_MAILER_MAX [undefined] If set, the maximum size message that 20768340Seric will be accepted by the procmail mailer. 20857246Seric 20957246Seric+---------+ 21057246Seric| DOMAINS | 21157246Seric+---------+ 21257246Seric 21357246SericYou will probably want to collect domain-dependent defines into one 21457246Sericfile, referenced by the DOMAIN macro. For example, our Berkeley 21557246Sericdomain file includes definitions for several internal distinguished 21657246Serichosts: 21757246Seric 21857246SericUUCP_RELAY The host that will forward UUCP-addressed email. 21957246Seric If not defined, all UUCP sites must be directly 22064028Seric connected. 22157246SericBITNET_RELAY The host that will forward BITNET-addressed email. 22257246Seric If not defined, the .BITNET pseudo-domain won't work. 22357246SericLOCAL_RELAY The site that will handle unqualified names -- that 22457246Seric is, names with out an @domain extension. If not set, 22557246Seric they are assumed to belong on this machine. This 22657246Seric allows you to have a central site to store a 22757246Seric company- or department-wide alias database. This 22857246Seric only works at small sites, and there are better 22964028Seric methods. 23067915SericLUSER_RELAY The site that will handle lusers -- that is, apparently 23167915Seric local names that aren't local accounts or aliases. 23257246Seric 23367915SericAny of these can be either ``mailer:hostname'' (in which case the 234*68694Sericmailer is the internal mailer name, such as ``uucp-new'' and the hostname 23564028Sericis the name of the host as appropriate for that mailer) or just a 23664028Seric``hostname'', in which case a default mailer type (usually ``relay'', 23764153Serica variant on SMTP) is used. WARNING: if you have a wildcard MX 23864153Sericrecord matching your domain, you probably want to define these to 23964153Serichave a trailing dot so that you won't get the mail diverted back 24064153Sericto yourself. 24164028Seric 24257246SericThe domain file can also be used to define a domain name, if needed 24357982Seric(using "DD<domain>") and set certain site-wide features. If all hosts 24457982Sericat your site masquerade behind one email name, you could also use 24557982SericMASQUERADE_AS here. 24657246Seric 24758408SericYou do not have to define a domain -- in particular, if you are a 24858408Sericsingle machine sitting off somewhere, it is probably more work than 24958408Sericit's worth. This is just a mechanism for combining "domain dependent 25058408Sericknowledge" into one place. 25158408Seric 25257246Seric+---------+ 25357246Seric| MAILERS | 25457246Seric+---------+ 25557246Seric 25651220SericThere are fewer mailers supported in this version than the previous 25751220Sericversion, owing mostly to a simpler world. 25851220Seric 25951220Sericlocal The local and prog mailers. You will almost always 26051220Seric need these; the only exception is if you relay ALL 26157247Seric your mail to another site. This mailer is included 26257247Seric automatically. 26351220Seric 26451220Sericsmtp The Simple Mail Transport Protocol mailer. This does 26551220Seric not hide hosts behind a gateway or another other 26651220Seric such hack; it assumes a world where everyone is 26763761Seric running the name server. This file actually defines 26867915Seric four mailers: "smtp" for regular (old-style) SMTP to 26963761Seric other servers, "esmtp" for extended SMTP to other 27067915Seric servers, "smtp8" to do SMTP to other servers without 27167915Seric converting 8-bit data to MIME (essentially, this is 27267915Seric your statement that you know the other end is 8-bit 27367915Seric clean even if it doesn't say so), and "relay" for 27467915Seric transmission to our RELAY_HOST, LUSER_RELAY, or 27567915Seric MAILER_HUB. 27651220Seric 27751220Sericuucp The Unix-to-Unix Copy Program mailer. Actually, this 27867471Seric defines two mailers, "uucp-old" (a.k.a. "uucp") and 27967471Seric "uucp-new" (a.k.a. "suucp"). The latter is for when you 28067471Seric know that the UUCP mailer at the other end can handle 28167471Seric multiple recipients in one transfer. If the smtp mailer 28267471Seric is also included in your configuration, two other mailers 283*68694Seric ("uucp-dom" and "uucp-uudom") are also defined [warning: 284*68694Seric you MUST specify MAILER(smtp) before MAILER(uucp)]. When you 28567471Seric include the uucp mailer, sendmail looks for all names in 28665218Seric the $=U class and sends them to the uucp-old mailer; all 28765218Seric names in the $=Y class are sent to uucp-new; and all 28865218Seric names in the $=Z class are sent to uucp-uudom. Note that 28957246Seric this is a function of what version of rmail runs on 29057246Seric the receiving end, and hence may be out of your control. 29165218Seric See the section below describing UUCP mailers in more 29265218Seric detail. 29351220Seric 29458087Sericusenet Usenet (network news) delivery. If this is specified, 29558087Seric an extra rule is added to ruleset 0 that forwards all 29658087Seric local email for users named ``group.usenet'' to the 29758087Seric ``inews'' program. Note that this works for all groups, 29858087Seric and may be considered a security problem. 29958087Seric 30058363Sericfax Facsimile transmission. This is experimental and based 30158363Seric on Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software. For more information, 30258363Seric see below. 30358087Seric 30465148Sericpop Post Office Protocol. 30558363Seric 30667942Sericprocmail An interface to procmail (does not come with sendmail). 30767942Seric This is designed to be used in mailertables. For example, 30867942Seric a common question is "how do I forward all mail for a given 30967942Seric domain to a single person?". If you have this mailer 31067942Seric defined, you could set up a mailertable reading: 31167942Seric 31267942Seric host.com procmail:/etc/procmailrcs/host.com 31367942Seric 31467942Seric with the file /etc/procmailrcs/host.com reading: 31567942Seric 31667942Seric :0 # forward mail for host.com 31767942Seric ! -oi -f $1 person@other.host 31867942Seric 31967942Seric This would arrange for (anything)@host.com to be sent 32067942Seric to person@other.host. Within the procmail script, $1 is 32167942Seric the name of the sender and $2 is the name of the recipient. 32267942Seric If you use this with FEATURE(local_procmail), the FEATURE 32367942Seric should be listed first. 32467942Seric 32567929SericThe local mailer accepts addresses of the form "user+detail", where 32667929Sericthe "+detail" is not used for mailbox matching but is available 32767942Sericto certain local mail programs (in particular, see FEATURE(local_procmail)). 32867929SericFor example, "eric", "eric+sendmail", and "eric+sww" all indicate 32967929Sericthe same user, but additional arguments <null>, "sendmail", and "sww" 33067929Sericmay be provided for use in sorting mail. 33165148Seric 33267929Seric 33357246Seric+----------+ 33457246Seric| FEATURES | 33557246Seric+----------+ 33651268Seric 33757246SericSpecial features can be requested using the "FEATURE" macro. For 33857246Sericexample, the .mc line: 33957246Seric 34057246Seric FEATURE(use_cw_file) 34157246Seric 34257246Serictells sendmail that you want to have it read an /etc/sendmail.cw 34358782Sericfile to get values for class $=w. The FEATURE may contain a single 34458782Sericoptional parameter -- for example: 34557246Seric 34658782Seric FEATURE(mailertable, dbm /usr/lib/mailertable) 34758782Seric 34858782SericAvailable features are: 34958782Seric 35057246Sericuse_cw_file Read the file /etc/sendmail.cw file to get alternate 35157246Seric names for this host. This might be used if you were 35257246Seric on a host that MXed for a dynamic set of other 35357246Seric hosts. If the set is static, just including the line 35457246Seric "Cw<name1> <name2> ..." is probably superior. 35558408Seric The actual filename can be overridden by redefining 35658408Seric confCW_FILE. 35764324Seric 35858087Sericredirect Reject all mail addressed to "address.REDIRECT" with 35958087Seric a ``551 User not local; please try <address>'' message. 36058087Seric If this is set, you can alias people who have left 36158087Seric to their new address with ".REDIRECT" appended. 36264324Seric 36358284Sericnouucp Don't do anything special with UUCP addresses at all. 36464324Seric 36559080Sericnocanonify Don't pass addresses to $[ ... $] for canonification. 36659080Seric This would generally only be used by sites that only 36759080Seric act as mail gateways or which have user agents that do 36864028Seric full canonification themselves. You may also want to 36964028Seric use "define(`confBIND_OPTS',`-DNSRCH -DEFNAMES')" to 37064028Seric turn off the usual resolver options that do a similar 37164028Seric thing. 37264324Seric 37367917Sericstickyhost If set, email sent to "user@local.host" are marked 37458526Seric as "sticky" -- that is, the local addresses aren't 37558526Seric matched against UDB and don't go through ruleset 5. 37667915Seric This is used if you want a set up where "user" is 37767915Seric not necessarily the same as "user@local.host", e.g., 37867915Seric to make a distinct domain-wide namespace. Prior to 37967915Seric 8.7 this was the default, and notsticky was used to 38067915Seric turn this off. 38164324Seric 38258782Sericmailertable Include a "mailer table" which can be used to override 38358782Seric routing for particular domains. The argument of the 38458782Seric FEATURE may be the key definition. If none is specified, 38558782Seric the definition used is: 38664164Seric hash -o /etc/mailertable 38763761Seric Keys in this database are fully qualified domain names 38863761Seric or partial domains preceded by a dot -- for example, 38963761Seric "vangogh.CS.Berkeley.EDU" or ".CS.Berkeley.EDU". 39063761Seric Values must be of the form: 39158782Seric mailer:domain 39263761Seric where "mailer" is the internal mailer name, and "domain" 39363761Seric is where to send the message. These maps are not 39463761Seric reflected into the message header. 39564324Seric 39663761Sericdomaintable Include a "domain table" which can be used to provide 39767451Seric domain name mapping. Use of this should really be 39867451Seric limited to your own domains. It may be useful if you 39967451Seric change names (e.g., your company changes names from 40067451Seric oldname.com to newname.com). The argument of the 40167451Seric FEATURE may be the key definition. If none is specified, 40267451Seric the definition used is: 40364164Seric hash -o /etc/domaintable 40467451Seric The key in this table is the domain name; the value is 40567451Seric the new (fully qualified) domain. Anything in the 40663761Seric domaintable is reflected into headers; that is, this 40763761Seric is done in ruleset 3. 40864324Seric 40959034Sericbitdomain Look up bitnet hosts in a table to try to turn them into 41059034Seric internet addresses. The table can be built using the 41164153Seric bitdomain program contributed by John Gardiner Myers. 41259034Seric The argument of the FEATURE may be the key definition; if 41359034Seric none is specified, the definition used is: 41464164Seric hash -o /etc/bitdomain.db 41559034Seric Keys are the bitnet hostname; values are the corresponding 41659034Seric internet hostname. 41764324Seric 41859037Sericuucpdomain Similar feature for UUCP hosts. The default map definition 41959037Seric is: 42064164Seric hash -o /etc/uudomain.db 42159037Seric At the moment there is no automagic tool to build this 42259037Seric database. 42364324Seric 42460263Sericalways_add_domain 42560263Seric Include the local host domain even on locally delivered 42660263Seric mail. Normally it is not added unless it is already 42760263Seric present. 42864324Seric 42963761Sericallmasquerade If masquerading is enabled (using MASQUERADE_AS), this 43063761Seric feature will cause recipient addresses to also masquerade 43163761Seric as being from the masquerade host. Normally they get 43263761Seric the local hostname. Although this may be right for 43363761Seric ordinary users, it can break local aliases. For example, 43463761Seric if you send to "localalias", the originating sendmail will 43563761Seric find that alias and send to all members, but send the 43663761Seric message with "To: localalias@masqueradehost". Since that 43763761Seric alias likely does not exist, replies will fail. Use this 43863761Seric feature ONLY if you can guarantee that the ENTIRE 43963761Seric namespace on your masquerade host supersets all the 44063761Seric local entries. 44164324Seric 44264153Sericnodns We aren't running DNS at our site (for example, 44364153Seric we are UUCP-only connected). It's hard to consider 44464153Seric this a "feature", but hey, it had to go somewhere. 44557246Seric 44664324Sericnullclient This is a special case -- it creates a stripped down 44764324Seric configuration file containing nothing but support for 44864394Seric forwarding all mail to a central hub via a local 44964394Seric SMTP-based network. The argument is the name of that 45064394Seric hub. 45164394Seric 45264394Seric The only other feature that should be used in conjunction 45364394Seric with this one is "nocanonify" (this causes addresses to 45464394Seric be sent unqualified via the SMTP connection; normally 45564394Seric they are qualifed with the masquerade name, which 45664394Seric defaults to the name of the hub machine). No mailers 45764394Seric should be defined. No aliasing or forwarding is done. 45857246Seric 45967942Sericlocal_procmail Use procmail as the local mailer. This mailer can 46067929Seric make use of the "user+indicator@local.host" syntax; 46167929Seric normally the +indicator is just tossed, but by default 46267929Seric it is passed as the -a argument to procmail. The 46367929Seric argument to this feature is the pathname of procmail, 46467929Seric which defaults to /usr/local/bin/procmail. 46564324Seric 46668206Sericbestmx_is_local Accept mail as though locally addressed for any host that 46768206Seric lists us as the best possible MX record. This generates 46868206Seric additional DNS traffic, but should be OK for low to 46968206Seric medium traffic hosts. 47067929Seric 47168216Sericsmrsh Use the SendMail Restricted SHell (smrsh) provided 47268216Seric with the distribution instead of /bin/sh for mailing 47368216Seric to programs. This improves the ability of the local 47468216Seric system administrator to control what gets run via 47568216Seric e-mail. If an argument is provided it is used as the 47668216Seric pathname to smrsh; otherwise, /usr/local/etc/smrsh is 47768216Seric assumed. 47868206Seric 47968216Seric 48057246Seric+-------+ 48157246Seric| HACKS | 48257246Seric+-------+ 48357246Seric 48457246SericSome things just can't be called features. To make this clear, 48557247Sericthey go in the hack subdirectory and are referenced using the HACK 48657246Sericmacro. These will tend to be site-dependent. The release 48757246Sericincludes the Berkeley-dependent "cssubdomain" hack (that makes 48857246Sericsendmail accept local names in either Berkeley.EDU or CS.Berkeley.EDU; 48957246Sericthis is intended as a short-term aid while we move hosts into 49057246Sericsubdomains. 49157246Seric 49258087Seric 49357246Seric+--------------------+ 49457246Seric| SITE CONFIGURATION | 49557246Seric+--------------------+ 49657246Seric 49768057Seric ***************************************************** 49868057Seric * This section is really obsolete, and is preserved * 49968057Seric * only for back compatibility. You should plan on * 50068057Seric * using mailertables for new installations. In * 50168057Seric * particular, it doesn't work for the newer forms * 50268057Seric * of UUCP mailers, such as uucp-uudom. * 50368057Seric ***************************************************** 50468057Seric 50557246SericComplex sites will need more local configuration information, such as 50657246Sericlists of UUCP hosts they speak with directly. This can get a bit more 50757246Serictricky. For an example of a "complex" site, see cf/ucbvax.mc. 50857246Seric 50966336SericIf your host is known by several different names, you need to augment 51066336Sericthe $=w class. This is a list of names by which you are known, and 51166336Sericanything sent to an address using a host name in this list will be 51266336Serictreated as local mail. You can do this in two ways: either create 51366336Sericthe file /etc/sendmail.cw containing a list of your aliases (one per 51466336Sericline), and use ``FEATURE(use_cw_file)'' in the .mc file, or add the 51566336Sericline: 51666336Seric 51766336Seric Cw alias.host.name 51866336Seric 51966336Sericat the end of that file. See the ``vangogh.mc'' file for an example. 52066336SericBe sure you use the fully-qualified name of the host, rather than a 52166336Sericshort name. 52266336Seric 52357246SericThe SITECONFIG macro allows you to indirectly reference site-dependent 52457246Sericconfiguration information stored in the siteconfig subdirectory. For 52557246Sericexample, the line 52657246Seric 52757246Seric SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbvax, ucbvax, U) 52857246Seric 52957246Sericreads the file uucp.ucbvax for local connection information. The 53057246Sericsecond parameter is the local name (in this case just "ucbvax" since 53166336Sericit is locally connected, and hence a UUCP hostname). The third 53266336Sericparameter is the name of both a macro to store the local name (in 53366336Sericthis case, $U) and the name of the class (e.g., $=U) in which to store 53466336Sericthe host information read from the file. Another SITECONFIG line reads 53557246Seric 53657246Seric SITECONFIG(uucp.ucbarpa, ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU, W) 53757246Seric 53857246SericThis says that the file uucp.ucbarpa contains the list of UUCP sites 53957246Sericconnected to ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU. The $=W class will be used to 54066336Sericstore this list, and $W is defined to be ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU, that 54166336Sericis, the name of the relay to which the hosts listed in uucp.ucbarpa 54266336Sericare connected. [The machine ucbarpa is gone now, but I've left 54357246Sericthis out-of-date configuration file around to demonstrate how you 54457246Sericmight do this.] 54557246Seric 54666336SericNote that the case of SITECONFIG with a third parameter of ``U'' is 54766336Sericspecial; the second parameter is assumed to be the UUCP name of the 54866336Sericlocal site, rather than the name of a remote site, and the UUCP name 54966336Sericis entered into $=w (the list of local hostnames) as $U.UUCP. 55066336Seric 55157246SericThe siteconfig file (e.g., siteconfig/uucp.ucbvax.m4) contains nothing 55257246Sericmore than a sequence of SITE macros describing connectivity. For 55357246Sericexample: 55457246Seric 55557246Seric SITE(cnmat) 55657246Seric SITE(sgi olympus) 55757246Seric 55857246SericThe second example demonstrates that you can use two names on the 55957246Sericsame line; these are usually aliases for the same host (or are at 56057246Sericleast in the same company). 56157246Seric 56258087Seric 56365218Seric+--------------------+ 56465218Seric| USING UUCP MAILERS | 56565218Seric+--------------------+ 56665218Seric 56765218SericIt's hard to get UUCP mailers right because of the extremely ad hoc 56865218Sericnature of UUCP addressing. These config files are really designed 56965218Sericfor domain-based addressing, even for UUCP sites. 57065218Seric 57165218SericThere are four UUCP mailers available. The choice of which one to 57265218Sericuse is partly a matter of local preferences and what is running at 57365218Sericthe other end of your UUCP connection. Unlike good protocols that 57465218Sericdefine what will go over the wire, UUCP uses the policy that you 57565218Sericshould do what is right for the other end; if they change, you have 57665218Sericto change. This makes it hard to do the right thing, and discourages 57765218Sericpeople from updating their software. In general, if you can avoid 57865218SericUUCP, please do. 57965218Seric 58065218SericThe major choice is whether to go for a domainized scheme or a 58165218Sericnon-domainized scheme. This depends entirely on what the other 58265218Sericend will recognize. If at all possible, you should encourage the 58365218Sericother end to go to a domain-based system -- non-domainized addresses 58465218Sericdon't work entirely properly. 58565218Seric 58665218SericThe four mailers are: 58765218Seric 58865218Seric uucp-old (obsolete name: "uucp") 58965218Seric This is the oldest, the worst (but the closest to UUCP) way of 59065218Seric sending messages accros UUCP connections. It does bangify 59165218Seric everything and prepends $U (your UUCP name) to the sender's 59265218Seric address (which can already be a bang path itself). It can 59365218Seric only send to one address at a time, so it spends a lot of 59465218Seric time copying duplicates of messages. Avoid this if at all 59565218Seric possible. 59665218Seric 59765218Seric uucp-new (obsolete name: "suucp") 59865218Seric The same as above, except that it assumes that in one rmail 59965218Seric command you can specify several recipients. It still has a 60065218Seric lot of other problems. 60165218Seric 60265218Seric uucp-dom 60365218Seric This UUCP mailer keeps everything as domain addresses. 60467471Seric Basically, it uses the SMTP mailer rewriting rules. This mailer 60567471Seric is only included if MAILER(smtp) is also specified. 60665218Seric 60765218Seric Unfortunately, a lot of UUCP mailer transport agents require 60865218Seric bangified addresses in the envelope, although you can use 60965218Seric domain-based addresses in the message header. (The envelope 61065218Seric shows up as the From_ line on UNIX mail.) So.... 61165218Seric 61265218Seric uucp-uudom 61365218Seric This is a cross between uucp-new (for the envelope addresses) 61465218Seric and uucp-dom (for the header addresses). It bangifies the 61565218Seric envelope sender (From_ line in messages) without adding the 61665218Seric local hostname, unless there is no host name on the address 61765218Seric at all (e.g., "wolf") or the host component is a UUCP host name 61865218Seric instead of a domain name ("somehost!wolf" instead of 61967471Seric "some.dom.ain!wolf"). This is also included only if MAILER(smtp) 62067471Seric is also specified. 62165218Seric 62265218SericExamples: 62365218Seric 62465218SericWe are on host grasp.insa-lyon.fr (UUCP host name "grasp"). The 62565218Sericfollowing summarizes the sender rewriting for various mailers. 62665218Seric 62765218SericMailer sender rewriting in the envelope 62865218Seric------ ------ ------------------------- 62965218Sericuucp-{old,new} wolf grasp!wolf 63065218Sericuucp-dom wolf wolf@grasp.insa-lyon.fr 63165218Sericuucp-uudom wolf grasp.insa-lyon.fr!wolf 63265218Seric 63365218Sericuucp-{old,new} wolf@fr.net grasp!fr.net!wolf 63465218Sericuucp-dom wolf@fr.net wolf@fr.net 63565218Sericuucp-uudom wolf@fr.net fr.net!wolf 63665218Seric 63765218Sericuucp-{old,new} somehost!wolf grasp!somehost!wolf 63865218Sericuucp-dom somehost!wolf somehost!wolf@grasp.insa-lyon.fr 63965218Sericuucp-uudom somehost!wolf grasp.insa-lyon.fr!somehost!wolf 64065218Seric 64165218SericIf you are using one of the domainized UUCP mailers, you really want 64265218Sericto convert all UUCP addresses to domain format -- otherwise, it will 64365218Sericdo it for you (and probably not the way you expected). For example, 64465218Sericif you have the address foo!bar!baz (and you are not sending to foo), 64565218Sericthe heuristics will add the @uucp.relay.name or @local.host.name to 64665218Sericthis address. However, if you map foo to foo.host.name first, it 64765218Sericwill not add the local hostname. You can do this using the uucpdomain 64865218Sericfeature. 64965218Seric 65065218Seric 65157246Seric+-------------------+ 65257246Seric| TWEAKING RULESETS | 65357246Seric+-------------------+ 65457246Seric 65551268SericFor more complex configurations, you can define special rules. 65651268SericThe macro LOCAL_RULE_3 introduces rules that are used in canonicalizing 65751268Sericthe names. Any modifications made here are reflected in the header. 65851268Seric 65951268SericA common use is to convert old UUCP addreses to SMTP addresses using 66051268Sericthe UUCPSMTP macro. For example: 66151268Seric 66251268Seric LOCAL_RULE_3 66351268Seric UUCPSMTP(decvax, decvax.dec.com) 66451268Seric UUCPSMTP(research, research.att.com) 66551268Seric 66651268Sericwill cause addresses of the form "decvax!user" and "research!user" 66751268Sericto be converted to "user@decvax.dec.com" and "user@research.att.com" 66851268Sericrespectively. 66951268Seric 67065957SericThis could also be used to look up hosts in a database map: 67157246Seric 67257246Seric LOCAL_RULE_3 67357246Seric R$* < @ $+ > $* $: $1 < @ $(hostmap $2 $) > $3 67457246Seric 67557246SericThis map would be defined in the LOCAL_CONFIG portion, as shown below. 67657246Seric 67751268SericSimilarly, LOCAL_RULE_0 can be used to introduce new parsing rules. 67851268SericFor example, new rules are needed to parse hostnames that you accept 67951309Sericvia MX records. For example, you might have: 68051268Seric 68151309Seric LOCAL_RULE_0 68265986Seric R$+ <@ host.dom.ain.> $#uucp $@ cnmat $: $1 < @ host.dom.ain.> 68351309Seric 68451309SericYou would use this if you had installed an MX record for cnmat.Berkeley.EDU 68551309Sericpointing at this host; this rule catches the message and forwards it on 68651309Sericusing UUCP. 68751309Seric 68858681SericYou can also tweak rulesets 1 and 2 using LOCAL_RULE_1 and LOCAL_RULE_2. 68958681SericThese rulesets are normally empty. 69058681Seric 69157246SericA similar macro is LOCAL_CONFIG. This introduces lines added after the 69257246Sericboilerplate option setting but before rulesets, and can be used to 69357945Sericdeclare local database maps or whatever. For example: 69451268Seric 69557246Seric LOCAL_CONFIG 69657246Seric Khostmap hash /etc/hostmap.db 69757246Seric Kyplocal nis -m hosts.byname 69851220Seric 69958087Seric 70057246Seric+---------------------------+ 70157246Seric| MASQUERADING AND RELAYING | 70257246Seric+---------------------------+ 70357246Seric 70457246SericYou can have your host masquerade as another using 70557246Seric 70657246Seric MASQUERADE_AS(host.domain) 70757246Seric 70865957SericThis causes outgoing SMTP mail to be labeled as coming from the 70957246Sericindicated domain, rather than $j. One normally masquerades as one 71065957Sericof one's own subdomains (for example, it's unlikely that I would 71157246Sericchoose to masquerade as an MIT site). 71257246Seric 71364153SericThe masquerade name is not normally canonified, so it is important 71464153Sericthat it be your One True Name, that is, fully qualified and not a 71564153SericCNAME. 71664153Seric 71757246Sericthere are always users that need to be "exposed" -- that is, their 71857246Sericinternal site name should be displayed instead of the masquerade name. 71957246SericRoot is an example. You can add users to this list using 72057246Seric 72157246Seric EXPOSED_USER(usernames) 72257246Seric 72357246SericThis adds users to class E; you could also use something like 72457246Seric 72557246Seric FE/etc/sendmail.cE 72657246Seric 72757246SericYou can also arrange to relay all unqualified names (that is, names 72857246Sericwithout @host) to a relay host. For example, if you have a central 72957246Sericemail server, you might relay to that host so that users don't have 73057246Sericto have .forward files or aliases. You can do this using 73157246Seric 73258071Seric define(`LOCAL_RELAY', mailer:hostname) 73357246Seric 73458071SericThe ``mailer:'' can be omitted, in which case the mailer defaults to 73558071Seric"smtp". There are some user names that you don't want relayed, perhaps 73658071Sericbecause of local aliases. A common example is root, which may be 73758071Sericlocally aliased. You can add entries to this list using 73857246Seric 73957246Seric LOCAL_USER(usernames) 74057246Seric 74157246SericThis adds users to class L; you could also use something like 74257246Seric 74357246Seric FL/etc/sendmail.cL 74457246Seric 74564153SericIf you want all incoming mail sent to a centralized hub, as for a 74664153Sericshared /var/spool/mail scheme, use 74757591Seric 74858071Seric define(`MAIL_HUB', mailer:hostname) 74957591Seric 75058071SericAgain, ``mailer:'' defaults to "smtp". If you define both LOCAL_RELAY 75166047Sericand MAIL_HUB, unqualified names will be sent to the LOCAL_RELAY and 75266047Sericother local names will be sent to MAIL_HUB. Names in $=L will be 75366047Sericdelivered locally, so you MUST have aliases or .forward files for them. 75466047Seric 75566047SericFor example, if are on machine mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU, the following 75658071Sericcombinations of settings will have the indicated effects: 75757591Seric 75857591Sericemail sent to.... eric eric@mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU 75957591Seric 76057591SericLOCAL_RELAY set to mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU (delivered locally) 76157591Sericmail.CS.Berkeley.EDU 76257591Seric 76357591SericMAIL_HUB set to mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU 76457591Sericmammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU 76557591Seric 76657591SericBoth LOCAL_RELAY and mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU 76757591SericMAIL_HUB set as above 76857591Seric 76964153SericIf you want all outgoing mail to go to a central relay site, define 77064153SericSMART_HOST as well. Briefly: 77158071Seric 77264153Seric LOCAL_RELAY applies to unqualifed names (e.g., "eric"). 77364153Seric MAIL_HUB applies to names qualified with the name of the 77464153Seric local host (e.g., "eric@mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU"). 77564153Seric SMART_HOST applies to names qualified with other hosts. 77664153Seric 77764153SericHowever, beware that other relays (e.g., UUCP_RELAY, BITNET_RELAY, and 77864153SericFAX_RELAY) take precedence over SMART_HOST, so if you really want 77964153Sericabsolutely everything to go to a single central site you will need to 78064153Sericunset all the other relays -- or better yet, find or build a minimal 78164153Sericconfig file that does this. 78264153Seric 78364153Seric 78458071Seric+-------------------------------+ 78558071Seric| NON-SMTP BASED CONFIGURATIONS | 78658071Seric+-------------------------------+ 78758071Seric 78858071SericThese configuration files are designed primarily for use by SMTP-based 78958071Sericsites. I don't pretend that they are well tuned for UUCP-only or 79058071SericUUCP-primarily nodes (the latter is defined as a small local net 79158071Sericconnected to the rest of the world via UUCP). However, there is one 79258071Serichook to handle some special cases. 79358071Seric 79458071SericYou can define a ``smart host'' that understands a richer address syntax 79558071Sericusing: 79658071Seric 79758071Seric define(`SMART_HOST', mailer:hostname) 79858071Seric 79964028SericIn this case, the ``mailer:'' defaults to "relay". Any messages that 80058071Sericcan't be handled using the usual UUCP rules are passed to this host. 80158071Seric 80258071SericIf you are on a local SMTP-based net that connects to the outside 80358071Sericworld via UUCP, you can use LOCAL_NET_CONFIG to add appropriate rules. 80458071SericFor example: 80558071Seric 80658071Seric define(`SMART_HOST', suucp:uunet) 80758071Seric LOCAL_NET_CONFIG 80863761Seric R$* < @ $* .$m. > $* $#smtp $@ $2.$m. $: $1 < @ $2.$m. > $3 80958071Seric 81058071SericThis will cause all names that end in your domain name ($m) via 81158071SericSMTP; anything else will be sent via suucp (smart UUCP) to uunet. 81263761SericIf you have FEATURE(nocanonify), you may need to omit the dots after 81363761Sericthe $m. If you are running a local DNS inside your domain which is 81463761Sericnot otherwise connected to the outside world, you probably want to 81563761Sericuse: 81658071Seric 81763761Seric define(`SMART_HOST', smtp:fire.wall.com) 81863761Seric LOCAL_NET_CONFIG 81963761Seric R$* < @ $* . > $* $#smtp $@ $2. $: $1 < @ $2. > $3 82058071Seric 82163761SericThat is, send directly only to things you found in your DNS lookup; 82263761Sericanything else goes through SMART_HOST. 82363761Seric 82464153SericIf you are not running DNS at all, it is important to use 82564153SericFEATURE(nodns) to avoid having sendmail queue everything waiting 82664153Sericfor the name server to come up. 82763761Seric 82864153Seric 82964259Seric+-----------+ 83064259Seric| WHO AM I? | 83164259Seric+-----------+ 83264259Seric 83364259SericNormally, the $j macro is automatically defined to be your fully 83464259Sericqualified domain name (FQDN). Sendmail does this by getting your 83564259Serichost name using gethostname and then calling gethostbyname on the 83664259Sericresult. For example, in some environments gethostname returns 83764259Sericonly the root of the host name (such as "foo"); gethostbyname is 83864259Sericsupposed to return the FQDN ("foo.bar.com"). In some (fairly rare) 83964259Sericcases, gethostbyname may fail to return the FQDN. In this case 84064259Sericyou MUST define confDOMAIN_NAME to be your fully qualified domain 84164259Sericname. This is usually done using: 84264259Seric 84364259Seric Dmbar.com 84464259Seric define(`confDOMAIN_NAME', `$w.$m')dnl 84564259Seric 84664259Seric 84764028Seric+--------------------+ 84864028Seric| USING MAILERTABLES | 84964028Seric+--------------------+ 85064028Seric 85164028SericTo use FEATURE(mailertable), you will have to create an external 85264028Sericdatabase containing the routing information for various domains. 85364028SericFor example, a mailertable file in text format might be: 85464028Seric 85564028Seric .my.domain xnet:%1.my.domain 85664028Seric uuhost1.my.domain suucp:uuhost1 85764028Seric .bitnet smtp:relay.bit.net 85864028Seric 85964028SericThis should normally be stored in /etc/mailertable. The actual 86064028Sericdatabase version of the mailertable is built using: 86164028Seric 86264028Seric makemap hash /etc/mailertable.db < /etc/mailertable 86364028Seric 86464028SericThe semantics are simple. Any LHS entry that does not begin with 86564028Serica dot matches the full host name indicated. LHS entries beginning 86664028Sericwith a dot match anything ending with that domain name -- that is, 86764028Sericthey can be thought of as having a leading "*" wildcard. Matching 86864028Sericis done in order of most-to-least qualified -- for example, even 86964028Sericthough ".my.domain" is listed first in the above example, an entry 87064028Sericof "uuhost1.my.domain" will match the second entry since it is 87164028Sericmore explicit. 87264028Seric 87364028SericThe RHS should always be a "mailer:host" pair. The mailer is the 87464028Sericconfiguration name of a mailer (that is, an `M' line in the 87564028Sericsendmail.cf file). The "host" will be the hostname passed to 87664028Sericthat mailer. In domain-based matches (that is, those with leading 87764028Sericdots) the "%1" may be used to interpolate the wildcarded part of 87864028Sericthe host name. For example, the first line above sends everything 87964028Sericaddressed to "anything.my.domain" to that same host name, but using 88064028Sericthe (presumably experimental) xnet mailer. 88164028Seric 88267915SericIn some cases you may want to temporarily turn off MX records, 88367915Sericparticularly on gateways. For example, you may want to MX 88467915Sericeverything in a domain to one machine that then forwards it 88567915Sericdirectly. To do this, you might use the DNS configuration: 88664028Seric 88767915Seric *.domain. IN MX 0 relay.machine 88867915Seric 88967915Sericand on relay.machine use the mailertable: 89067915Seric 89167915Seric .domain smtp:[gateway.domain] 89267915Seric 89367915SericThe [square brackets] turn off MX records for this host only. 89467915SericIf you didn't do this, the mailertable would use the MX record 89567915Sericagain, which would give you an MX loop. 89667915Seric 89767915Seric 89864153Seric+--------------------------------+ 89964153Seric| USING USERDB TO MAP FULL NAMES | 90064153Seric+--------------------------------+ 90164153Seric 90264153SericThe user database was not originally intended for mapping full names 90364153Sericto login names (e.g., Eric.Allman => eric), but some people are using 90464153Sericit that way. (I would recommend that you set up aliases for this 90564153Sericpurpose instead -- since you can specify multiple alias files, this 90664153Sericis fairly easy.) The intent was to locate the default maildrop at 90764153Serica site, but allow you to override this by sending to a specific host. 90864153Seric 90964153SericIf you decide to set up the user database in this fashion, it is 91067917Sericimperative that you not use FEATURE(stickyhost) -- otherwise, 91164153Serice-mail sent to Full.Name@local.host.name will be rejected. 91264153Seric 91367917SericTo build the internal form of the user database, use: 91464153Seric 91564259Seric makemap btree /usr/data/base.db < /usr/data/base.txt 91664259Seric 91764259Seric 91867539Seric+--------------------------------+ 91967539Seric| MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL FEATURES | 92067539Seric+--------------------------------+ 92167539Seric 92267539SericDOTTED_USER(name) 92367539Seric Sometimes it is convenient to merge configuration on a 92467539Seric centralized mail machine, for example, to forward all 92567539Seric root mail to a mail server. In this case it might be 92667539Seric useful to be able to treat the root addresses as a class 92767539Seric of addresses with subtle differences. You can do this 92867539Seric using dotted users. For example, a client might include 92967539Seric the alias: 93067539Seric 93167539Seric root: root.client1@server 93267539Seric 93367539Seric On the server, the mail configuration would include: 93467539Seric 93567539Seric DOTTED_USER(root) 93667539Seric 93767539Seric Aliases on the server that would match this address would 93867539Seric be "root.client", "root.*", and "root", tried in that 93967539Seric order. You can specify multiple addresses either by 94067539Seric joining them in one DOTTTED_USER macro or by having 94167539Seric multiple macros: 94267539Seric 94367539Seric DOTTED_USER(root) 94467539Seric DOTTED_USER(postmaster mailer-daemon) 94567539Seric 94667539Seric defines three dotted users. 94767539Seric 94867539Seric 94967960Seric+----------------+ 95067960Seric| SECURITY NOTES | 95167960Seric+----------------+ 95267960Seric 95367960SericA lot of sendmail security comes down to you. Sendmail 8 is much 95467960Sericmore careful about checking for security problems than previous 95567960Sericversions, but there are some things that you still need to watch 95667960Sericfor. In particular: 95767960Seric 95867960Seric* Make sure the aliases file isn't writable except by trusted 95967960Seric system personnel. This includes both the text and database 96067960Seric version. 96167960Seric 96267960Seric* Make sure that other files that sendmail reads, such as the 96367960Seric mailertable, is only writable by trusted system personnel. 96467960Seric 96567960Seric* The queue directory should not be world writable PARTICULARLY 96667960Seric if your system allows "file giveaways" (that is, if a non-root 96767960Seric user can chown any file they own to any other user). 96867960Seric 96967960Seric* If your system allows file giveaways, DO NOT create a publically 97067960Seric writable directory for forward files. This will allow anyone 97167960Seric to steal anyone else's e-mail. Instead, create a script that 97267960Seric copies the .forward file from users' home directories once a 97367960Seric night (if you want the non-NFS-mounted forward directory). 97467960Seric 97567960Seric* If your system allows file giveaways, you'll find that 97667960Seric sendmail is much less trusting of :include: files -- in 97767960Seric particular, you'll have to have /SENDMAIL/ANY/SHELL/ in 97867960Seric /etc/shells before they will be trusted (that is, before 97967960Seric files and programs listed in them will be honored). 98067960Seric 98167960SericIn general, file giveaways are a mistake -- if you can turn them 98267960Sericoff I recommend you do so. 98367960Seric 98467960Seric 98558363Seric+------------------+ 98658363Seric| FlexFAX SOFTWARE | 98758363Seric+------------------+ 98858363Seric 98958363SericSam Leffler's FlexFAX software is still in beta test -- but he expects a 99058363Sericpublic version out "later this week" [as of 3/1/93]. The following 99158363Sericblurb is direct from Sam: 99258363Seric 99364498Seric $Header: /usr/people/sam/fax/RCS/HOWTO,v 1.14 93/05/24 11:42:16 sam Exp $ 99458363Seric 99558363Seric How To Obtain This Software (in case all you get is this file) 99664498Seric -------------------------------------------------------------- 99758363Seric The source code is available for public ftp on 99864498Seric sgi.com sgi/fax/v2.1.src.tar.Z 99958363Seric (192.48.153.1) 100058363Seric 100158363Seric You can also obtain inst'able images for Silicon Graphics machines from 100264498Seric sgi.com sgi/fax/v2.1.inst.tar 100358363Seric (192.48.153.1) 100458363Seric 100558363Seric For example, 100658363Seric % ftp -n sgi.com 100758363Seric .... 100858363Seric ftp> user anonymous 100958363Seric ... <type in password> 101058363Seric ftp> cd sgi/fax 101158363Seric ftp> binary 101264498Seric ftp> get v2.1.src.tar.Z 101358363Seric 101464498Seric In general, the latest version of the 2.1 release of the software is 101564498Seric always available as "v2.1.src.tar.Z" or "v2.1.inst.tar" in the ftp 101664498Seric directory. This file is a link to the appropriate released version (so 101764498Seric don't waste your time retrieving the linked file as well!) Any files of 101864498Seric the form v2.1.*.patch are shell scripts that can be used to patch older 101964498Seric versions of the source code. For example, the file v2.1.0.patch would 102064498Seric contain patches to update v2.1.0.tar.Z. (Note to beta testers: this is 102164498Seric different than the naming conventions used during beta testing.) Patch 102264498Seric files only work to go between consecutive versions, so if you are 102364498Seric multiple versions behind the latest release, you will need to apply 102464498Seric each patch file between your current version and the latest. 102564498Seric 102664498Seric 102764498Seric Obtaining the Software by Electronic Mail 102864498Seric ----------------------------------------- 102964498Seric Do not send me requests for the software; they will be ignored (without 103064498Seric response). If you cannot use FTP at all, there is a service called 103164498Seric "ftpmail" available from gatekeeper.dec.com: you can send e-mail to 103264498Seric this machine and it will use FTP to retrieve files for you and send you 103364498Seric the files back again via e-mail. To find out more about the ftpmail 103458363Seric service, send a message to "ftpmail@gatekeeper.dec.com" whose body 103558363Seric consists of the single line "help". 103658363Seric 103764498Seric 103864498Seric Obtaining the Software Within Silicon Graphics 103964498Seric ---------------------------------------------- 104058363Seric Internal to Silicon Graphics there are inst'able images on the host 104164498Seric flake.asd in the directory /usr/dist. Thus you can do something like: 104258363Seric 104364498Seric % inst -f flake.asd.sgi.com:/usr/dist/flexfax 104458363Seric 104564498Seric to install the latest version of the software on your machine. 104658363Seric 104764498Seric 104864498Seric What to do Once You've Retrieved Stuff 104964498Seric -------------------------------------- 105058363Seric The external distributions come in a compressed or uncompressed tar 105158363Seric file. To extract the source distribution: 105258363Seric 105364498Seric % zcat v2.1.src.tar.Z | tar xf - 105458363Seric 105558363Seric (uncompress and extract individual files in current directory). To 105658363Seric unpack and install the client portion of the inst'able distribution: 105758363Seric 105858363Seric % mkdir dist 105964498Seric % cd dist; tar xf ../v2.1.inst.tar; cd .. 106058363Seric % inst -f dist/flexfax 106158363Seric ... 106258363Seric inst> go 106358363Seric 106458363Seric (Note, the dist subdirectory is because some versions of inst fail if 106564498Seric the files are in the current directory.) Server binaries are also 106664498Seric included in the inst'able images as flexfax.server.*. They are not 106764498Seric installed by default, so to get them also you need to do: 106858363Seric 106958363Seric % inst -f flexfax 107058363Seric ... 107158363Seric inst> install flexfax.server.* 107258363Seric inst> go 107358363Seric 107464498Seric The SGI binaries were built for Version 4.0.5H of the IRIX operating 107558363Seric system. They should work w/o problem on earlier versions of the 107658363Seric system, but I have not fully tested this. Also, note that to install a 107758363Seric server on an SGI machine, you need to have installed the Display 107858363Seric PostScript execution environment product (dps_eoe). Otherwise, the fax 107958363Seric server will not be able to convert PostScript to facsimile for 108058363Seric transmission. 108158363Seric 108264498Seric If you are working from the source distribution, look at the file 108364498Seric README in the top of the source tree. If you are working from the inst 108464498Seric images, the subsystem flexfax.man.readme contains the README file and 108564498Seric other useful pieces of information--the installed files are placed in 108664498Seric the directory /usr/local/doc/flexfax). Basically you will need to run 108764498Seric the faxaddmodem script to setup and configure your fax modem. Consult 108864498Seric the README file and the manual page for faxaddmodem for information. 108958363Seric 109058363Seric 109164498Seric FlexFAX Mail List 109264498Seric ----------------- 109358363Seric A mailing list for users of this software is located on sgi.com. 109458363Seric If you want to join this mailing list or have a list-related request 109558363Seric such as getting your name removed from it, send a request to 109658363Seric 109764498Seric majordomo@whizzer.wpd.sgi.com 109858363Seric 109964498Seric For example, to subscribe, send the line "subscribe flexfax" in 110064498Seric the body of your message. The line "help" will return a list of 110164498Seric the commands understood by the mailing list management software. 110264498Seric 110358363Seric Submissions (including bug reports) should be directed to: 110458363Seric 110558363Seric flexfax@sgi.com 110658363Seric 110764498Seric When corresponding about this software please always specify what 110864498Seric version you have, what system you're running on, and, if the problem is 110964498Seric specific to your modem, identify the modem and firmware revision. 111058363Seric 111164498Seric 111257945Seric+--------------------------------+ 111357945Seric| TWEAKING CONFIGURATION OPTIONS | 111457945Seric+--------------------------------+ 111557945Seric 111657945SericThere are a large number of configuration options that don't normally 111757945Sericneed to be changed. However, if you feel you need to tweak them, you 111857945Sericcan define the following M4 variables. This list is shown in four 111957945Sericcolumns: the name you define, the default value for that definition, 112057945Sericthe option or macro that is affected (either Ox for an option or Dx 112157945Sericfor a macro), and a brief description. Greater detail of the semantics 112257945Sericcan be found in the Installation and Operations Guide. 112357945Seric 112463582SericSome options are likely to be deprecated in future versions -- that is, 112563582Sericthe option is only included to provide back-compatibility. These are 112663582Sericmarked with "*". 112763582Seric 112865002SericRemember that these options are M4 variables, and hence may need to 112965002Sericbe quoted. In particular, arguments with commas will usually have to 113065002Sericbe ``double quoted, like this phrase'' to avoid having the comma 113165002Sericconfuse things. This is common for alias file definitions and for 113265002Sericthe read timeout. 113365002Seric 1134*68694SericM4 Variable Name Configuration Description & [Default] 1135*68694Seric================ ============= ======================= 1136*68694SericconfMAILER_NAME $n macro [MAILER-DAEMON] The sender name used 1137*68694Seric for internally generated outgoing 1138*68694Seric messages. 1139*68694SericconfFROM_LINE $l macro [From $g $d] The From_ line used 1140*68694Seric when sending to files or programs. 1141*68694SericconfFROM_HEADER $q macro [$?x$x <$g>$|$g$.] The format of an 1142*68694Seric internally generated From: address. 1143*68694SericconfOPERATORS $o macro [.:%@!^/[]+] Address operator 1144*68694Seric characters. 1145*68694SericconfSMTP_LOGIN_MSG $e macro [$j Sendmail $v/$Z ready at $b] 1146*68694Seric The initial (spontaneous) SMTP 1147*68694Seric greeting message. 1148*68694SericconfDOMAIN_NAME $j macro If defined, sets $j. This should 1149*68694Seric only be done if your system cannot 1150*68694Seric determine your local domain name, 1151*68694Seric and then it should be set to 1152*68694Seric $w.Foo.COM, where Foo.COM is your 1153*68694Seric domain name. 1154*68694SericconfRECEIVED_HEADER Received: 1155*68694Seric [.$?_($?s$|from $.$_) $.by $j ($v/$Z)$?r with $r$. id $i$?u for $u$.; $b] 1156*68694Seric The format of the Received: header 1157*68694Seric in messages passed through this host. 1158*68694Seric It is unwise to try to change this. 1159*68694SericconfCW_FILE Fw class [/etc/sendmail.cw] Name of file used 1160*68694Seric to get the local additions to the $=w 1161*68694Seric class. 1162*68694SericconfSMTP_MAILER - [smtp] The mailer name used when 1163*68694Seric SMTP connectivity is required. 1164*68694Seric One of "smtp", "smtp8", or "esmtp". 1165*68694SericconfLOCAL_MAILER - [local] The mailer name used when 1166*68694Seric local connectivity is required. 1167*68694Seric Almost always "local". 1168*68694SericconfRELAY_MAILER - [relay] The default mailer name used 1169*68694Seric for relaying any mail (e.g., to a 1170*68694Seric BITNET_RELAY, a SMART_HOST, or 1171*68694Seric whatever). This can reasonably be 1172*68694Seric "uucp-new" if you are on a 1173*68694Seric UUCP-connected site. 1174*68694SericconfSEVEN_BIT_INPUT SevenBitInput [False] Force input to seven bits? 1175*68694SericconfEIGHT_BIT_HANDLING EightBitMode [pass8] 8-bit data handling 1176*68694SericconfALIAS_WAIT AliasWait [10m] Time to wait for alias file 1177*68694Seric rebuild until you get bored and 1178*68694Seric decide that the apparently pending 1179*68694Seric rebuild failed. 1180*68694SericconfMIN_FREE_BLOCKS MinFreeBlocks [100] Minimum number of free blocks on 1181*68694Seric queue filesystem to accept SMTP mail. 1182*68694SericconfBLANK_SUB BlankSub [.] Blank (space) substitution 1183*68694Seric character. 1184*68694SericconfCON_EXPENSIVE HoldExpensive [False] Avoid connecting immediately 1185*68694Seric to mailers marked expensive? 1186*68694SericconfCHECKPOINT_INTERVAL CheckpointInterval 1187*68694Seric Checkpoint queue files every N 1188*68694Seric recipients. 1189*68694SericconfDELIVERY_MODE DeliveryMode [background] Default delivery mode. 1190*68694SericconfAUTO_REBUILD AutoRebuildAliases 1191*68694Seric Automatically rebuild alias 1192*68694Seric file if needed. 1193*68694SericconfERROR_MODE ErrorMode Error message mode. 1194*68694SericconfERROR_MESSAGE ErrorHeader Error message header/file. 1195*68694SericconfSAVE_FROM_LINES SafeFromLine Save extra leading From_ lines. 1196*68694SericconfTEMP_FILE_MODE TempFileMode [0600] Temporary file mode. 1197*68694SericconfMATCH_GECOS MatchGECOS Match GECOS field. 1198*68694SericconfMAX_HOP MaxHopCount Maximum hop count. 1199*68694SericconfIGNORE_DOTS* IgnoreDots Ignore dot as terminator for incoming 1200*68694Seric messages? 1201*68694SericconfBIND_OPTS ResolverOptions Default options for DNS resolver. 1202*68694SericconfMIME_FORMAT_ERRORS* SendMimeErrors [True] Send error messages as MIME- 1203*68694Seric encapsulated messages per RFC 1344. 1204*68694SericconfFORWARD_PATH ForwardPath [$z/.forward.$w:$z/.forward] 1205*68694Seric The colon-separated list of places to 1206*68694Seric search for .forward files. N.B.: see 1207*68694Seric the Security Notes section. 1208*68694SericconfMCI_CACHE_SIZE ConnectionCacheSize 1209*68694Seric [2] Size of open connection cache. 1210*68694SericconfMCI_CACHE_TIMEOUT ConnectionCacheTimeout 1211*68694Seric [5m] Open connection cache timeout. 1212*68694SericconfUSE_ERRORS_TO* UserErrorsTo [False] Use the Errors-To: header to deliver 1213*68694Seric error messages. This should not be 1214*68694Seric necessary because of general acceptance 1215*68694Seric of the envelope/header distinction. 1216*68694SericconfLOG_LEVEL LogLevel [9] Log level. 1217*68694SericconfME_TOO MeToo Include sender in group expansions. 1218*68694SericconfCHECK_ALIASES CheckAliases [True] Check RHS of aliases when 1219*68694Seric running newaliases. 1220*68694SericconfOLD_STYLE_HEADERS* OldStyleHeaders [True] Assume that headers without 1221*68694Seric special chars are old style. 1222*68694SericconfDAEMON_OPTIONS DaemonPortOptions 1223*68694Seric SMTP daemon options. 1224*68694SericconfPRIVACY_FLAGS PrivacyOptions [authwarnings] Privacy flags. 1225*68694SericconfCOPY_ERRORS_TO PostmasterCopy Address for additional copies of all 1226*68694Seric error messages. 1227*68694SericconfQUEUE_FACTOR QueueFactor Slope of queue-only function. 1228*68694SericconfDONT_PRUNE_ROUTES DontPruneRoutes Don't prune down route-addr syntax 1229*68694Seric addresses to the minimum possible. 1230*68694SericconfSAFE_QUEUE* SuperSafe [True] Commit all messages to disk 1231*68694Seric before forking. 1232*68694SericconfTIME_ZONE TimeZoneSpec [USE_SYSTEM] Time zone info -- can be 1233*68694Seric USE_SYSTEM to use the system's idea, 1234*68694Seric USE_TZ to use the user's TZ envariable, 1235*68694Seric or something else to force that value. 1236*68694SericconfDEF_USER_ID DefaultUser [1:1] Default user id. 1237*68694SericconfUSERDB_SPEC UserDatabaseSpec 1238*68694Seric User database specification. 1239*68694SericconfFALLBACK_MX FallbackMXhost Fallback MX host. 1240*68694SericconfTRY_NULL_MX_LIST TryNullMXList If we are the best MX for a host and 1241*68694Seric haven't made other arrangements, try 1242*68694Seric connecting to the host directly; 1243*68694Seric normally this would be a config error. 1244*68694SericconfQUEUE_LA QueueLA Load average at which queue-only 1245*68694Seric function kicks in. 1246*68694SericconfREFUSE_LA RefuseLA Load average at which incoming 1247*68694Seric SMTP connections are refused. 124863582SericconfWORK_RECIPIENT_FACTOR 1249*68694Seric RecipientFactor Cost of each recipient. 1250*68694SericconfSEPARATE_PROC ForkEachJob Run all deliveries in a separate 1251*68694Seric process. 1252*68694SericconfWORK_CLASS_FACTOR ClassFactor Priority multiplier for class. 1253*68694SericconfWORK_TIME_FACTOR RetryFactor Cost of each delivery attempt. 1254*68694SericconfQUEUE_SORT_ORDER QueueSortOrder Queue sort algorithm: Priority or Host. 1255*68694SericconfBROKEN_SMTP_PEERS BrokenSmtpPeers Set this to prevent two-line greeting 1256*68694Seric messages that confuse some (mostly 1257*68694Seric PC-based) clients. 1258*68694SericconfMIN_QUEUE_AGE MinQueueAge The minimum amount of time a job 1259*68694Seric must sit in the queue between queue 1260*68694Seric runs. This allows you to set the 1261*68694Seric queue run interval low for better 1262*68694Seric resposiveness without trying all 1263*68694Seric jobs in each run. 1264*68694SericconfDEF_CHAR_SET DefaultCharSet When converting unlabelled 8 bit 1265*68694Seric input to MIME, the character set to 1266*68694Seric use by default. 1267*68694SericconfSERVICE_SWITCH_FILE ServiceSwitchFile 1268*68694Seric The file to use for the service switch 1269*68694Seric on systems that do not have a system- 1270*68694Seric defined switch. 1271*68694SericconfDIAL_DELAY DialDelay If a connection fails, wait this long 1272*68694Seric and try again. This is to allow 1273*68694Seric "dial on demand" connections to have 1274*68694Seric enough time to complete a connection. 1275*68694SericconfNO_RCPT_ACTION NoRecipientAction 1276*68694Seric What to do if there are no legal 1277*68694Seric recipient fields (To:, Cc: or Bcc:) 1278*68694Seric in the message. Legal values can 1279*68694Seric be "none" to just leave the 1280*68694Seric nonconforming message as is, "add-to" 1281*68694Seric to add a To: header with all the 1282*68694Seric known recipients (which may expose 1283*68694Seric blind recipients), "add-apparently-to" 1284*68694Seric to do the same but use Apparently-To: 1285*68694Seric instead of To:, "add-bcc" to add an 1286*68694Seric empty Bcc: header, or 1287*68694Seric "add-to-undisclosed" to add the header 1288*68694Seric ``To: undisclosed-recipients:;''. 1289*68694Seric Default is "none". 1290*68694SericconfSAFE_FILE_ENV SafeFileEnvironment 1291*68694Seric If set, sendmail will do a chroot() 1292*68694Seric into this directory before writing 1293*68694Seric files. 129457945Seric 129558087Seric 129657246Seric+-----------+ 129757246Seric| HIERARCHY | 129857246Seric+-----------+ 129957246Seric 130051220SericWithin this directory are several subdirectories, to wit: 130151220Seric 130251220Sericm4 General support routines. These are typically 130351220Seric very important and should not be changed without 130457247Seric very careful consideration. 130551220Seric 130651220Sericcf The configuration files themselves. They have 130751220Seric ".mc" suffixes, and must be run through m4 to 130851220Seric become complete. The resulting output should 130951220Seric have a ".cf" suffix. 131051220Seric 131151220Sericostype Definitions describing a particular operating 131251220Seric system type. These should always be referenced 131351220Seric using the OSTYPE macro in the .mc file. Examples 131451220Seric include "bsd4.3", "bsd4.4", "sunos3.5", and 131551220Seric "sunos4.1". 131651220Seric 131751220Sericdomain Definitions describing a particular domain, referenced 131851220Seric using the DOMAIN macro in the .mc file. These are 131951220Seric site dependent; for example, we contribute "cs.exposed.m4" 132051220Seric and "cs.hidden.m4" which both describe hosts in the 132151220Seric CS.Berkeley.EDU subdomain; the former displays the local 132251220Seric hostname (e.g., mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU), whereas the 132351220Seric latter does its best to hide the identity of the local 132451220Seric workstation inside the CS subdomain. 132551220Seric 132651220Sericmailer Descriptions of mailers. These are referenced using 132751220Seric the MAILER macro in the .mc file. 132851220Seric 132951220Sericsh Shell files used when building the .cf file from the 133051220Seric .mc file in the cf subdirectory. 133151220Seric 133251220Sericfeature These hold special orthogonal features that you might 133351220Seric want to include. They should be referenced using 133451220Seric the FEATURE macro. 133551220Seric 133651220Serichack Local hacks. These can be referenced using the HACK 133751220Seric macro. They shouldn't be of more than voyeuristic 133851220Seric interest outside the .Berkeley.EDU domain, but who knows? 133965957Seric We've all got our own peccadillos. 134051220Seric 134151268Sericsiteconfig Site configuration -- e.g., tables of locally connected 134251268Seric UUCP sites. 134351220Seric 134451268Seric 134557246Seric+------------------------+ 134657246Seric| ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS | 134757246Seric+------------------------+ 134851220Seric 134951220SericThe following sections detail usage of certain internal parts of the 135051220Sericsendmail.cf file. Read them carefully if you are trying to modify 135151220Sericthe current model. If you find the above descriptions adequate, these 135251220Sericshould be {boring, confusing, tedious, ridiculous} (pick one or more). 135351220Seric 135451220SericRULESETS (* means built in to sendmail) 135551220Seric 135651220Seric 0 * Parsing 135751220Seric 1 * Sender rewriting 135851220Seric 2 * Recipient rewriting 135951220Seric 3 * Canonicalization 136051220Seric 4 * Post cleanup 136154839Seric 5 * Local address rewrite (after aliasing) 136260539Seric 1x mailer rules (sender qualification) 136360539Seric 2x mailer rules (recipient qualification) 136464801Seric 3x mailer rules (sender header qualification) 136564801Seric 4x mailer rules (recipient header qualification) 136664801Seric 5x mailer subroutines (general) 136764801Seric 6x mailer subroutines (general) 136864801Seric 7x mailer subroutines (general) 136964801Seric 8x reserved 137060539Seric 90 Mailertable host stripping 137160892Seric 96 Bottom half of Ruleset 3 (ruleset 6 in old sendmail) 137260892Seric 97 Hook for recursive ruleset 0 call (ruleset 7 in old sendmail) 137363857Seric 98 Local part of ruleset 0 (ruleset 8 in old sendmail) 137451220Seric 137551220Seric 137651220SericMAILERS 137751220Seric 137851220Seric 0 local, prog local and program mailers 137965218Seric 1 [e]smtp, relay SMTP channel 138065218Seric 2 uucp-* UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program 138158087Seric 3 netnews Network News delivery 138258363Seric 4 fax Sam Leffler's FlexFAX software 138351220Seric 138451220Seric 138551220SericMACROS 138651220Seric 138751220Seric A 138851220Seric B Bitnet Relay 138965182Seric C 139054839Seric D The local domain -- usually not needed 139151220Seric E 139258363Seric F FAX Relay 139351220Seric G 139457591Seric H mail Hub (for mail clusters) 139551220Seric I 139651220Seric J 139751220Seric K 139867915Seric L Luser Relay 139951220Seric M Masquerade (who I claim to be) 140051220Seric N 140151220Seric O 140251220Seric P 140351220Seric Q 140451220Seric R Relay (for unqualified names) 140558071Seric S Smart Host 140651220Seric T 140751309Seric U my UUCP name (if I have a UUCP connection) 140851309Seric V UUCP Relay (class V hosts) 140951220Seric W UUCP Relay (class W hosts) 141051220Seric X UUCP Relay (class X hosts) 141151309Seric Y UUCP Relay (all other hosts) 141251220Seric Z Version number 141351220Seric 141451220Seric 141551220SericCLASSES 141651220Seric 141751220Seric A 141851220Seric B 141951220Seric C 142067539Seric D "dotted" users 142157246Seric E addresses that should not seem to come from $M 142254839Seric F hosts we forward for 142351220Seric G 142451220Seric H 142551220Seric I 142651220Seric J 142751220Seric K 142851220Seric L addresses that should not be forwarded to $R 142951220Seric M 143051220Seric N 143151220Seric O operators that indicate network operations (cannot be in local names) 143260211Seric P top level pseudo-domains: BITNET, FAX, UUCP, etc. 143351220Seric Q 143451220Seric R 143551220Seric S 143651220Seric T 143751220Seric U locally connected UUCP hosts 143851309Seric V UUCP hosts connected to relay $V 143951309Seric W UUCP hosts connected to relay $W 144051309Seric X UUCP hosts connected to relay $X 144151309Seric Y locally connected smart UUCP hosts 144264153Seric Z locally connected domain-ized UUCP hosts 144354839Seric . the class containing only a dot 144451220Seric 144551220Seric 144651220SericM4 DIVERSIONS 144751220Seric 144858071Seric 1 Local host detection and resolution 144958071Seric 2 Local Ruleset 3 additions 145058071Seric 3 Local Ruleset 0 additions 145151268Seric 4 UUCP Ruleset 0 additions 145251309Seric 5 locally interpreted names (overrides $R) 145354839Seric 6 local configuration (at top of file) 145451220Seric 7 mailer definitions 145566099Seric 8 145658681Seric 9 special local rulesets (1 and 2) 1457