From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 26 07:53:55 2003 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 A43C737B401 for ; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 07:53:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from laibach.mweb.co.za (laibach.mweb.co.za [196.2.53.177]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C6D943FCB for ; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 07:53:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dj_boris@mail.ru) Received: from kny-dial-196-7-205-190.mweb.co.za ([196.7.205.190] helo=d) by laibach.mweb.co.za with smtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 199R07-0006Z4-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:50:04 +0200 Message-ID: <02d501c30c03$9f4dff30$6300a8c0@d> From: "DJ Boris" To: "freebsd-questions" Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:53:37 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Subject: sendmail question 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: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 14:53:55 -0000 hi there, could someone please explain to me what the different statuses of the sendmail daemon are? I have been google-ing for days now to find some docs on sendmail but ..... I have been trying to figure out what all these things actually mean.. in the /etc/defaults/rc.conf what is the difference between sendmail.cf and submit.cf .... what functions of the daemon are they for? ================================================= # Settings for /etc/rc.sendmail: sendmail_enable="YES" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO/NONE). # If NONE, don't start any sendmail processes. sendmail_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m" # Flags to sendmail (as a server) sendmail_submit_enable="YES" # Start a localhost-only MTA for mail submission sendmail_submit_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m -ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=localhost" # Flags for localhost-only MTA sendmail_outbound_enable="YES" # Dequeue stuck mail (YES/NO). sendmail_outbound_flags="-L sm-queue -q30m" # Flags to sendmail (outbound only) sendmail_msp_queue_enable="YES" # Dequeue stuck clientmqueue mail (YES/NO). sendmail_msp_queue_flags="-L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q30m" # Flags for sendmail_msp_queue daemon. ======================================================= and I haven't been able to find decent documentation. things like "... /etc/mail/clientmqueue holds client mail..." mean absolutely nothing to me. so if someone could just explain to me what they are with _examples_ OR point me to some _DECENT_ docs I would greatly appreciate it. thanx very much DJ Boris