Sendmail Smart Relay Configuring

Lovell Mcilwain lovell.mcilwain at gmail.com
Tue Feb 14 04:14:59 UTC 2006



Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am Di, den 14.02.2006 schrieb Lovell Mcilwain um 4:50:
>
>   
>>> How do you try to generate the .cf files? Simply run
>>>
>>> make -C /etc/mail
>>>
>>> (just to see if there are any errors/complaints)
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Output:
>> make: Entering directory `/etc/mail'
>> make: Leaving directory `/etc/mail'
>>
>> sendmail.cf did have content in it this time.
>>     
>>> then
>>>
>>> service sendmail restart
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> I restarted the service:
>>
>> Shutting down sendmail:                                    [  OK  ]
>> Shutting down sm-client:                                   [FAILED]
>>     
>
> The submission agent wasn't running.
>
>   
>> Starting sendmail:                                         [  OK  ]
>> Starting sm-client:                                        [  OK  ]
>>
>> I didn't get any complaints.
>>     
>
>   
>>>>> [user at FC4FW share]$  m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
>>>>>           
>
>   
>>> Not the correct command syntax.
>>>       
>
> You omitted the ">".
>
>   
>> This was the syntax I was told to use to append changes to my .cf file.  
>> If this isn't right what do I use? I had no clue about the previous 
>> command you gave me to generate the sendmail.cf file correctly.
>>     
>
> m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
>
> Better use the make command (which makes use of the Makefile inside
> /etc/mail) and catches more than just the .mc file changes, too the
> hashed map files.
>
> Alexander
>   
>   
I will see how I can use the make command.  I don't know how the syntax 
changes from using that vs the m4 command.  I will see what I can find 
on it.  Thanks for all the help
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