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Date:      Sat, 23 Feb 2002 18:49:05 -0800
From:      Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   HEADS UP: Default sendmail configuration change
Message-ID:  <15480.21665.683015.224071@horsey.gshapiro.net>

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The default sendmail configuration, src/etc/sendmail/freebsd.mc which gets
installed as /etc/mail/freebsd.mc, no longer includes
FEATURE(`relay_based_on_MX') by default.  You can read more about that
feature in /usr/share/sendmail/cf/README.

If you believe you need this functionality, do one of two things:

1. Reconsider enabling it as it allows any site to use your host as an MX
   server without your approval.  Instead, list the domains you actually
   want to provide MX service for in your access database
   (/etc/mail/access).  For example:

# I provide secondary MX for...
To:example.org			RELAY

   After editing /etc/mail/access, don't forget to run 'make' in the
   /etc/mail/ directory so the database will be rebuilt.

2. If you really must use FEATURE(`relay_based_on_MX'), then you can make a
   custom configuration for your host.

	cd /etc/mail
	make             (will create `hostname`.mc if it doesn't exist)
	vi `hostname`.mc (enable the feature)
	make             (will build `hostname`.cf)
	make install     (will install `hostname`.cf as sendmail.cf)
	make restart     (will restart the sendmail daemon with the new .cf)

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