Re: Smail/Sendmail Question

[mfrattola@mail.enjoy.it]

> 
> mfrattola> Thank you for your answer. It seems to me (from other
> mfrattola> messages) that smail is easier to manage WRT this problem
> mfrattola> (with routers, directors and the like).  Problem is I don't
> mfrattola> like smail (and recent problems with newer smail don't make
> mfrattola> me like it more). What I'd like sendmail to do is:
> 
> mfrattola> localhost mail deliver locally don't rewrite header
> mfrattola> LAN mail deliver thru eth0 don't rewrite header
> mfrattola> internet mail deliver thru ppp0 rewrite header
> 
> 	This is possible by 
>  a) defining mailers, and modifying sendmail.cf to add a inexpensive
>     smtp mailer (copy the smtp mailers and call them lsmtp et akk
>  b) look at ruleset 1 and prevent rewrites for the LAN, while allowing
>     rewrites for external addresses 
> 
> 	The ppp vs eth0 should be handled by the networking setup, and
>  should not be a part of the MTA's chores.
> 
> 	This is easy if you grok sendmail.cf, like some of us
>  oldtimers. Unfortunately, sendmail.cf mastery is a dying art. Oh,
>  when it is written, it can be encapsulated into a m4 hack, so
>  everyone else can just use that.
> 
> 	manoj
>  who still remembers evenings spent crafting version 5 sendmail.cf's
>  with a host of cohorts

so the bottom line is: I have to buy the sendmail book :)

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