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- From: roberts@nimrod.wpd.sgi.com (roberts)
- Subject: Re: sendmail and timed problems.
- Message-ID: <ntl7shs@sgi.sgi.com>
- Sender: roberts@nimrod.wpd.sgi.com
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 18:29:12 GMT
- Lines: 36
-
- > So are you saying that the dbm config tables eg. MAILERTABLE, DOMAINTABLE,
- > PATHTABLE, from Neil & Paul's sendmail will work?? ie if I create my m4
- > configuration, run it through Sendmail.mc and generate the .cf it will
- > work with the SGI supplied sendmail??
-
- I'm saying it *should* work. I've not tested with that particular set-up
- so I can't guarantee anything, but several customers have reported to me
- that they were able to use their existing IDA-based sendmail.cf files with
- IRIX sendmail without incident. If it doesn't work, I'd like very much
- to hear about it.
-
- > If it *is* the case, PLEASE document it somewhere!!!!!
-
- I believe IDA-compatibility was mentioned in the release notes for some
- flavour of IRIX 4.0.X. It's also mentioned in the IRIX Network Administraton
- Guide.
-
- > configmail/sendmail.cf.auto is nice (albiet slow when it runs - don't use it
- > for a central mail host), but if I can use the IDA style configuration
- > setup that would be a bonus,
-
- If you "freeze" your configuration, you will only suffer the slowness once
- when the machine boots. Become root and do:
-
- # /etc/init.d/mail stop
- # /usr/lib/sendmail -bz
- # /etc/init.d/mail start
-
- The second step will create a "frozen" configuration file /usr/lib/sendmail.fc.
- The presence of this file will cause the /etc/init.d/mail script to re-freeze
- the configuration each time it is called to "start" mail (when the machine
- boots or when the script is called manually). You shouldn't have to worry
- about re-freezing by hand.
-
- - Robert Stephens
-
-