shj@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Steve Jay) (04/26/89)
While waiting for Sun Support (800-USA-4SUN) to call me back, I thought I'd try a more reliable source for problem resolution. The OS 4 "System & Network Administration" manual, part # 800-1733-10, revision A of 9 May 1988, discusses "setting up the Mail Routing System" beginning on page 375. On the bottom of page 377, it describes modifying the sendmail.cf file. It says to look for lines that look like # local domain names DDsun CDsun and change them to our domain name. My problem is, there are no lines that look anything like that in /usr/lib/sendmail.main.cf. The SCCS id line in that file is # @(#)main.mc 1.15 88/02/08 SMI Am I missing something? Do I somehow have the wrong version of either the file or the documentation? For what it's worth, we are currently running with the sendmail.cf that we used in OS 3.3, and it seems to work fine. A related question: I've seen several messages in sun-spots about patches to "sendmail 5.61", or some such. Does this have anything to do with the version of sendmail that I get with Sun OS 4? If I'm not supposed to be running the sendmail that came with OS 4, where do I get whatever I should be running? Thanks in advance. Steve Jay domain: shj@ultra.com Ultra Network Technologies Internet: ultra!shj@ames.arc.nasa.gov 101 Daggett Drive uucp: ...ames!ultra!shj San Jose, CA 95134 408-922-0100
todds@uunet.uu.net (Todd Sandor) (05/10/89)
ultra!shj@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Steve Jay) writes: >X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 255, message 8 of 16 >The OS 4 "System & Network Administration" manual, part # 800-1733-10, >revision A of 9 May 1988, discusses "setting up the Mail Routing System" >beginning on page 375. On the bottom of page 377, it describes modifying >the sendmail.cf file. It says to look for lines that look like Read chaper 18 "Sendmail Installation and Operation" (great fun!!) + ..... >and change them to our domain name. My problem is, there are no lines ># @(#)main.mc 1.15 88/02/08 SMI so is mine. >A related question: I've seen several messages in sun-spots about patches >to "sendmail 5.61", or some such. Does this have anything to do with the >version of sendmail that I get with Sun OS 4? If I'm not supposed to be >running the sendmail that came with OS 4, where do I get whatever I should There seems to be problems with sendmail with the SunOS 4.0, in our case found that the $m macro (Domain name) doesn't seem to work with outgoing mail (messes up the Message-Id for example), so we have had to hard code the name in to all $m locations, for example our main mailer has: # You have two choices here. If you want the gateway machine to identify # itself as the DOMAIN, use this line: Djcognos instead of: # If you want the gateway machine to appear to be INSIDE the domain, use: Dj.$m like it says in the documentations. Our subsidiary sendmail.cf looks like: # my official hostname Dj$w.cognos Note that you have to replace all $m with your domain name in the sendmail.cf files. We also have a call into Sun Support on this one, but don't have a reply yet. So far (less than a week) this fix seems to have worked (at least have not gotten nasty messages from sites we connect to). Todd Sandor Voice: (613) 738-1338 ext 2704 P.O. Box 9707 Cognos Incorporated FAX: (613) 738-0002 3755 Riverside Dr. uucp: todds@cognos || uunet!mitel!scs!cognos!todds Ottawa, Ontario Steady as she goes! CANADA K1G 3Z4
blc@crdgw1.ge.com (Brett Chapman x5156 ) (05/11/89)
This is a problem throughout the 4.0 manual set! I have found several
places that still reference 3.x in the 4.0 manuals! It makes things VERY
difficult for us novices!
Anyway, if you read the comments in the sendmail.cf file, they can direct
you to the correct line to modify.
Brett Chapman
G.E. Medical Systems
(414) 548-5156
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