> > 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
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