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Re: sendmail



> i found a file called clientproto.mc with the distribution and i
> modified it to say:

okay.

> #  This the prototype for a "null client" -- that is, a client that
> #  does nothing except forward all mail to a mail hub.  IT IS NOT
> #  USABLE AS IS!!!
> divert(0)dnl
> VERSIONID(`@(#)clientproto.mc   8.12 (Berkeley) 5/19/98')
> OSTYPE(mpeix)

is this a debian box?  if it is then it needs to say OSTYPE(debian), i have
no idea what mpeix is.

> FEATURE(nocanonify)
> FEATURE(nullclient, paladin.srn.com)

> after that i ran the m4 utility to create the .cf file i'm using. 

if it's a debian box, copy clientproto.mc to /etc/mail/sendmail.mc and then
run /usr/sbin/sendmailconfig and you *should* be good to go.

> it didn't work quite right (as you saw before) and so i monkey'd around
> with it a bit with no luck.  the generated .cf file (generated from the
> prototype above) has a masq and hub host defined so i assume it can't
> hurt to masq with a null client.  any other thoughts?

it might have them defined but they should be commented out.  or if they
aren't commented out they should have a null value.

adam.


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