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Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Path: sparky!uunet!boulder!ophelia!drew From: drew@ophelia.cs.colorado.edu (Drew Eckhardt) Subject: Re: sendmail classes/books Message-ID: <1992Aug13.232915.1133@colorado.edu> Sender: news@colorado.edu (The Daily Planet) Nntp-Posting-Host: ophelia.cs.colorado.edu Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder References: <1992Jul29.210951.18597@wvus.org> <40010@gremlin.nrtc.northrop.com> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 23:29:15 GMT Lines: 43 In article <40010@gremlin.nrtc.northrop.com> tedwards@qa.nad.northrop.com (Tony Edwards) writes: >In article <1992Jul29.210951.18597@wvus.org> pete@wvus.org (Pete Gregory) writes: >>Hi - I need to learn sendmail - not just understand what it does, but I >>need to become an expert, soon. >> >>I'd appreciate any recommendations on good classes and books on sendmail. >> >>Thanks... >>-- My advice : if you can, don't use stock sendmail. Use IDA sendmail, with the M4 configuration files. Your life will be much simpler. You can generate a contorted sendmail.cf from a nice, short, simple M4 file like the one below. # Sendmail configuration file for nordsieck cluster machines # define(ALIASES, /etc/aliases)dnl define(ALWAYSADDDOMAIN)dnl define(BANGIMPLIESUUCP)dnl define(FORCE_NAMED)dnl define(HIDDENNET, $w)dnl define(HIDDENNETHOST, nordsieck.cs.colorado.edu)dnl define(LOADAVEQUEUE,8)dnl define(LOADAVEREJ,12)dnl define(POSTMASTERBOUNCE)dnl define(PSEUDONYMS, nordsieck.colorado.edu nordsieck.cs.colorado.edu hartree.colo rado.edu hartree.cs.colorado.edu taylor.colorado.edu taylor.cs.colorado.edu hilb ert.colorado.edu hilbert.cs.colorado.edu )dnl define(RELAY_HOST, cs.colorado.edu)dnl define(RELAY_MAILER, TCPMAILER)dnl define(TIMEOUT, 2d)dnl define(TRUSTEDUSERS, )dnl CU$k Cw$k.UUCP include(Sendmail.mc) -- Microsoft is responsible for propogating the evils it calls DOS and Windows, IBM for AIX (appropriately called Aches by those having to administer it), but neither is as bad as AT&T. Boycott AT&T, and let them know how you feel.