From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 12 05:38:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DA1D16A4CF for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 05:38:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from chomsky.sohotech.ca (ottawa-hs-64-26-169-251.s-ip.magma.ca [64.26.169.251]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D41A043D1F for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 05:38:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ebudd@grokking.org) Received: from heinlein.sohotech.ca (heinlein.sohotech.ca [192.168.1.3]) (authenticated bits=0) by chomsky.sohotech.ca (8.12.9p1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i1CDc0OI003855 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 08:38:00 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from ebudd@grokking.org) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 08:38:11 -0500 From: Ed Budd To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20040212083811.5311f7fa.ebudd@grokking.org> In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20040211155223.02a2b0a8@pop.courtesymortgage.com> References: <5.2.1.1.0.20040211155223.02a2b0a8@pop.courtesymortgage.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD and sendmail... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 13:38:02 -0000 Jason: Keep in mind that the "bat book" is the definitive reference on sendmail but also written to cover the widest possible user base as far as OS is concerned. Keep it handy and refer to it often for getting to know all the available options, rulesets, header formats, etc. but read it with this in mind. What you really want is FreeBSD-specific information. For that, as always, refer to the FreeBSD Handbook. I believe it has almost a step-by-step on "smtp authentication" using cyrus-sasl. I've also found the cyrus website (http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus) to be very helpful in understanding the relationship between it and sendmail. Also, take a peak at the www.sendmail.org. If I recall correctly, the FAQ has some useful information on authentication using sendmail. Having done this myself the best advice I can offer is really take the time to read the directions carefully over a couple cups of coffee (or whatever your preferred poison) -- take your time with it. Good luck EB On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 15:56:48 -0800 Jason Williams wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I've been hacking away at Sendmail for the past couple days, trying to > learn it and set it up. Now, im using FreeBSD 4.9 and it comes with > 8.12.9p2 by default. > > I've been reading through the "Bat Book" and i've been able to figure > out a few things , like generating a updated sendmail.cf using the m4 > processor. Which is nice, but now im trying to figure out a few other > things. > > One thing I want to build into sendmail is smtp-auth, which requires > cyrus-sasl. I went ahead and installed cyrus-sasl. > After doing some research, I found out that I have to rebuild sendmail > in order to get the sasl part built in. > > Sounds easy enough, but I'm confused on a few parts. > > Basically, it says that you need to create a .m4 file and then add the > specifics of what you need. Once you do that, you are supposed to run > the ./Build script. Well, im gathering that you need to be in > directory in order to use the ./Build script, which is simple enough > if you have downloaded the source. However, since I have not > downloaded the source and im using the version that came with FreeBSD, > I am not sure where exactly it is that I can find this ./Build script > in order to rebuild sendmail. I know there is the directory > /usr/share/sendmail that contains many subdirectories with > information. But im a little confused on how i'm supposed to rebuild > sendmail here. > > Anyone wanna point me in the right direction? > > I appreciate it. > > Jason > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"