sendmail.cf -vs- sendmail.mc

[Ben Kevan]

On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:26:47 -0800, Joe Kazura <joe.kazura at unh.edu> wrote:

> I assumed that there would enough of a difference in the versions of
> sendmail as well as locations of files/libraries, etc. to cause
> problems.
>
> Also, because I planned to edit/add SSL support that didn't exist on
> the old server.
>
> More info:  old box is a Pentium II (i386), new is a quad core Xeon
> (x86_64) - so 64 bit & SMP lib changes.
>
>    Joe Kazura
>
>
> On Feb 19, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Ben Kevan wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:07:35 -0800, Joe Kazura <joe.kazura at unh.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I've been asked to help out one of our overloaded sysadmins ...
>>>
>>> I'm not quite 'green', but not quite 'seasoned' - to use a firewood
>>> metaphor.
>>>
>>> I'm migrating an ANCIENT Red Hat 7.3 box to a brand new Dell blade
>>> server w/RHEL 5.
>>>
>>> On the old server, sendmail.cf was hand coded and there are no
>>> sendmail.mc files at all.
>>>
>>> Is there such a tool that will reverse engineer the .cf to a .mc ?
>>>
>>> I'd rather NOT have to learn native sendmail!
>>>
>>> Sorry if this isn't a proper question for this list, please direct me
>>> elsewhere as appropriate.
>>>
>>
>> Why not just use sendmail.cf?
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You can just read the .cf and do a new .mc with the wanted requested SSL. 

If you read the .cf you can kind of tell where it needs to go into the .mc

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I say never be complete. I say stop being perfect. I say let's evolve. Let the chips fall where they may.  -Fight Club