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On 11/25/20 9:09 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> Ah, that's another devine mystery. I believe that the small size of |
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> a sendmail config file, when compared to the number of malfunctions |
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> it can create violates several basic tenants of information theory. I |
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> think the explanation involves extra dimensions that normal software |
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> can't access. |
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That's because the sendmail.mc file is not a configuration file in the |
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normal sense of the word. It is a collection of macros that are then |
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expanded into the configuration file. |
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There are many subtle inter dependencies that are not obvious. |
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Many are documented in the cf/README file in the sendmail source bundle. |
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Not all distros include said file. |
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Grant. . . . |
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