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On 11/25/20 6:47 PM, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> I've always used postifx but I want to try sendmail this time. |
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I've been using Sendmail for 20 years on multiple Linux and Unixes. |
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> And I have a hard time finding gentoo howto. |
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Thankfully, much of Sendmail is self contained and isn't much different |
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between distros / OSs. Including Gentoo. |
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The biggest difference is the location of files. |
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Some distros / OSs don't include the configuration (m4) files with the |
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binary files, thus you must install them as an additional package or |
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admin sendmail.cf by hand. |
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ProTip: DO NOT EDIT sendmail.cf by hand. Always Always Always edit the |
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sendmail.mc file and re-build the sendmail.cf file*. |
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*This is the line told to beginning Sendmail administrators. At some |
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point you will edit the sendmail.cf file by hand while testing and then |
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promote changes to the sendmail.mc file. -- Editing sendmail.cf is not |
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dissimilar to hex editing a binary compared to editing the source |
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(sendmail.mc) file and recompiling. |
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> I runonto some instruction in: |
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> http://www.quickfixlinux.com/linux/how-to-configure-sendmail-in-linux/ |
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The comp.mail.sendmail newsgroup is your friend. |
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> But don't have much lack. |
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> Original config file after emerge looks like: |
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> cat /etc/mail/sendmail.mc |
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> divert(-1) |
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> divert(0)dnl |
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> include(`/usr/share/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4')dnl |
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> VERSIONID(`$Id$')dnl |
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> OSTYPE(linux)dnl |
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> DOMAIN(generic)dnl |
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> FEATURE(`smrsh',`/usr/sbin/smrsh')dnl |
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> FEATURE(`local_lmtp',`/usr/sbin/mail.local')dnl |
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> FEATURE(`local_procmail')dnl |
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> MAILER(local)dnl |
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> MAILER(smtp)dnl |
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> MAILER(procmail)dnl |
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> I've added a line no.7 |
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> define(`SMART_HOST’,`mail.shaw.ca’)dnl |
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> but I get an error running: |
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> m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf |
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> m4:/etc/mail/sendmail.mc:7: ERROR: end of file in string |
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Pay very special attention to the opening and closing quotes. |
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Sendmail makes extensive use of the macro four (m4) language to |
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""compile the sendmail.mc file into the sendmail.cf file. m4 is quite |
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particular in what quotes it uses. |
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define(`SMART_HOST’,`mail.shaw.ca’)dnl |
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These quotes look wrong to me. I don't know if this is a symptom of |
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copy & pasting somewhere by someone or what. |
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I would expect the line to look like this: |
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define(`SMART_HOST',`mail.shaw.ca')dnl |
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m4 uses the left single quote (on the ~ key) to open and the straight |
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single quote (on the " key) to close. |
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> I forgot to mention that I need to input a password to connect to |
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> provider mail-server when sending a mail. |
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That is supported. You will need to set up a map and tell Sendmail how |
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to use it. It's not difficult. But it's been so long that I don't |
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remember exactly how to do it. It's another define(...) or feature(...) |
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line and adding entries to the file they reference. |
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-- |
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Grant. . . . |
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unix || die |
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