From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 30 17:20:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 610421065671 for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 17:20:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50CC18FC13 for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 17:20:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m4UHK1DP075161 for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 17:20:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m4UHK1UX075160; Fri, 30 May 2008 17:20:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 17:20:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200805301720.m4UHK1UX075160@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Gabor PALI Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62E051065677 for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 17:10:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pali.gabor@googlemail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E009E8FC12 for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 17:10:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pali.gabor@googlemail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id q2so395352uge.37 for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 10:10:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.150.7 with SMTP id x7mr708648hud.41.1212167437040; Fri, 30 May 2008 10:10:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pgj@FreeBSD.org ( [80.99.205.120]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 36sm827347huc.21.2008.05.30.10.10.34 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 30 May 2008 10:10:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by pgj@FreeBSD.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 30 May 2008 19:10:33 +0200 Message-Id: <4840350b.24034e0a.2422.3900@mx.google.com> Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 19:10:33 +0200 From: "Gabor PALI" Sender: =?UTF-8?B?UMOBTEkgR8OhYm9yIErDoW5vcw==?= To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Cc: Subject: docs/124148: [patch] Fix sendmail Tags in FAQ X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Gabor PALI List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 17:20:01 -0000 >Number: 124148 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [patch] Fix sendmail Tags in FAQ >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri May 30 17:20:00 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Gabor PALI >Release: FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD disznohal 6.3-STABLE FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE #4: Fri Apr 4 23:29:43 CEST 2008 dezzy@disznohal:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC_ i386 >Description: As far as I know, sendmail is spelled in lowercase letters and you can see many examples for this in the FreeBSD Handbook [1]. This convention should be also followed in the FreeBSD FAQ, so I created a patch to fix this problem and added tags to them. [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/sendmail.html >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- books.faq.patch.29.diff begins here --- Index: book.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.827 diff -u -r1.827 book.sgml --- book.sgml 27 May 2008 23:51:07 -0000 1.827 +++ book.sgml 30 May 2008 03:27:37 -0000 @@ -3378,13 +3378,13 @@ - Why does Sendmail give me an error reading + Why does sendmail give me an error reading mail loops back to myself? - This is answered in the sendmail FAQ as follows: + This is answered in the sendmail FAQ as follows: * I'm getting "Local configuration error" messages, such as: @@ -3402,8 +3402,8 @@ The current version of the sendmail - FAQ is no longer maintained with the sendmail release. + url="ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/mail/sendmail-faq">sendmail + FAQ is no longer maintained with the sendmail release. It is however regularly posted to comp.mail.sendmail, comp.mail.misc, What other mail-server software can I use instead of - Sendmail? + sendmail? - Sendmail is + Sendmail is the default mail-server software for FreeBSD, but you can easily replace it with one of the other MTA (for instance, an MTA installed from the ports). @@ -6237,7 +6237,7 @@ Diversity is nice, and the fact that you have many different mail-servers to chose from is considered a good thing; therefore try to avoid - asking questions like Is Sendmail better than + asking questions like Is sendmail better than Qmail? in the mailing lists. If you do feel like asking, first check the mailing list archives. The advantages and disadvantages of each and every one of the @@ -8528,12 +8528,12 @@ - Sendmail is listening on port 587 as well as the + sendmail is listening on port 587 as well as the standard port 25! What is going on? - Recent versions of Sendmail support a + Recent versions of sendmail support a mail submission feature that runs over port 587. This is not yet widely supported, but is growing in popularity. @@ -9156,7 +9156,7 @@ In the DNS case, you should try to determine what is actually trying to resolve a host name. A lot of the time, &man.sendmail.8; is the culprit. You should make - sure that you tell sendmail not to do any DNS lookups in + sure that you tell sendmail not to do any DNS lookups in its configuration file. See the section on using email with a dialup connection in the FreeBSD Handbook for @@ -9167,7 +9167,7 @@ define(`confDELIVERY_MODE', `d')dnl - This will make sendmail queue everything until the + This will make sendmail queue everything until the queue is run (usually, sendmail is invoked with , telling it to run the queue every 30 minutes) or until a sendmail --- books.faq.patch.29.diff ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: