Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 08:32:10 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: "Kirk R. Wythers" <kwythers@umn.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail configuration Message-ID: <20030805203210.GA81181@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <1060101146.23050.25.camel@lorax.forestry.umn.edu> References: <1060027238.8123.94.camel@lorax.forestry.umn.edu> <20030804204031.GB78561@grimoire.chen.org.nz> <1060101146.23050.25.camel@lorax.forestry.umn.edu>
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On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 11:32:27AM -0500, Kirk R. Wythers wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 15:40, Jonathan Chen wrote:
[...]
> >
> > # cd /etc/mail
> > # cp freebsd.mc `hostname`.mc
> > # vi `hostname`.mc
> > # make
> > # make install
> > # sh /etc/rc.sendmail restart
>
> I did all that, but sendmail does not seem to be sending out mail. Is
> there anything that needs to be done to make sure that 'hostname.mc'
> gets activated? Should the 'make' and 'make install' commands take
> 'hostname.mc' as an agrument?
It is *NOT* 'hostname.mc'. It is `hostname`.mc (note the back-tick).
`hostname`.mc should expand to host.name.of.machine.mc.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Once is dumb luck.
Twice is coincidence.
Three times and Somebody Is Trying To Tell You Something.
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