Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 17:20:46 -0500 From: John Von Essen <john@essenz.com> To: freebsd question <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: sendmail Message-ID: <A2E9A336-07D6-11D7-8031-0003933DDCFA@essenz.com> In-Reply-To: <20021204173535.GA971@kierun.org>
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Sendmail's configuration file is horrendous to "humans" because it is not intended to be messed around with by humans - only the beginning of sendmail.cf should be touched (i.e. modifying path to sendmail.cw). REASON: You use a .mc file and m4 to build a respective sendmail.cf config file. In the .mc file you declare the features you want to use - within the .mc file you do your personal configs. The .mc file is very "readable" and is easy to work with. -John Von Essen On Wednesday, December 4, 2002, at 12:35 PM, Yann Golanski wrote: > Quoth Peter Jamrisko on Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 18:08:28 +0100 >> OK Boys, >> >> But I assume it must working with sendmail and then can I install >> another MTA. > > Sendmail has a horrendouse configuration file that takes years to > understand much less change. Other MTAs such as Exim, Postfix and Qmail > are better designed and have clearer configuratin files. Have a look at > all three (www.exim.org, www.postfix.org, www.qmail.org) and get the one > that you like best. > > -- > yann@kierun.org -=*=- www.kierun.org > PGP: 009D 7287 C4A7 FD4F 1680 06E4 F751 7006 9DE2 6318 > IRC: nick kierun, server spod.uk.amiganet.org, channel #sanctus > NNGS: nick kierun, server nngs.cosmic.org, port 9696. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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