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Re: Sendmail Milter Configuration



On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 08:26:39PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > I'm attempting to create a package for a Sendmail Milter. This 
> > requires a line such as the following to be added to 
> > /etc/mail/sendmail.mc:
> > INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`spamassassin', 
> > `S=local:/var/run/sendmail/spamass.sock, F=, 
> > T=C:15m;S:4m;R:4m;E:10m')
> 
> > What is the best way to add this line and rebuild the 
> > sendmail.cf file? Of course, I also need to know how to remove 
> > the line when the package is uninstalled. And, if this line is 
> > ever modified, how could this be handled during a package 
> > upgrade?
> 
> You should speak with the sendmail maintainer to arrive at an agreement
> with him; as it is the sendmail package that creates this file, it is
> the sendmail maintainer who decides what constitutes "correct" handling
> of it.

I think it should be pretty safe for the package to do simple shell code on
the .mc file; we[1]'ve done it like that for amavisd and so far nobody has
complained...

[1] I work for this institution that maintains a lot of boxes so we make
packages for stuff.

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