Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:02 -0700 From: Claus Assmann <freebsd+hackers@esmtp.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stupid question about sendmail Message-ID: <20130524185202.GA20384@quiet.esmtp.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1305242043420.72982@mail.fig.ol.no> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1305240931470.14121@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1305240936340.72982@mail.fig.ol.no> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1305240954290.14216@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1305241014090.72982@mail.fig.ol.no> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1305241054530.72982@mail.fig.ol.no> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1305241203270.2073@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1305241207070.72982@mail.fig.ol.no> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1305241248040.72982@mail.fig.ol.no> <20130524153444.GA30499@quiet.esmtp.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1305242043420.72982@mail.fig.ol.no>
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On Fri, May 24, 2013, Trond Endrestøl wrote: > On Fri, 24 May 2013 08:34-0700, Claus Assmann wrote: > > > > FEATURE(access_db, `hash -o -T<TMPF> /etc/mail/access') > > Do NOT use -o. Moreover, do not specify arguments that are default. > Then I guess the defaults in freebsd.mc should be changed as well: > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/stable/9/etc/sendmail/freebsd.mc?revision=249867&view=markup That default was probably chosen so the MTA does not complain if the map doesn't exist. Of course that doesn't work so well if you really want to use the map but make some mistake -- then an error is silently ignored and you wonder "Why doesn't this work?" Hence for this case: do NOT use -o.
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