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Date:      Fri, 1 May 1998 23:42:16 -0400
From:      Dave Chapeskie <dchapes@ddm.on.ca>
To:        Triax Admin Account <root@hendrix.triax.com>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sendmail questions
Message-ID:  <19980501234216.22843@ddm.on.ca>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980501155609.4606A-100000@hendrix.triax.com>; from Triax Admin Account on Fri, May 01, 1998 at 04:02:30PM -0700

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On Fri, May 01, 1998 at 04:02:30PM -0700, Triax Admin Account wrote:
> From: Triax Admin Account <root@hendrix.triax.com>

You should NEVER use a root account to send e-mail (except for internal
system e-mail perhaps).

> wondering if someone could possibly send me a copy of their working
> sendmail.cf file so I can see how the rulesets should actually be set up
> and compare it to mine.

Unless your a masochist NEVER edit the sendmail.cf file directly.  Use
the *.mc and *.m4 files provided with the sendmail distribution (in
sendmail/cf) to build new sendmail.cf files with the appropriate options
and rulesets for your site.  Anyone who tells you different is clueless.

There is a README file in the cf directory as well as the "Sendmail
Installation and Operation Guide" in the doc directory of the sendmail
distribution (and also in the FreeBSD cvs repository and source tree).
If you need to do anything out of the ordinary you should reference the
sendmail bible, also referred to as "The Bat Book":

Title:  Sendmail (Second Edition)
Author: Bryan Costales and Eric Allman
Pub:    O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
ISBN:   1-56592-222-0
URL:    http://www.ora.com/catalog/sendmail2/

-- 
Dave Chapeskie <dchapes@ddm.on.ca>, DDM Consulting

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