Don't do it now. Use the M4 macros -- they're much easier to understand and use.
If you're using SLES 7, be sure to upgrade to the current version of sendmail (at least 8.12, higher is better). Next thing to do is get a copy of what Yast is creating for a .mc file. '/sbin/SuSEconfig.sendmail -m4 > /etc/mail/suse.mc' is a good start. Note that after that point, you should tell YaST that you are manually updating the file, so it doesn't clobber your changes every time you update something with yast. Note also that the linux.mc file that is in /etc/mail is NOT the same thing (isn't even close). The easiest thing is to select the features you want in your .mc file (if you want, I can send you mine). I'd strongly suggest enabling amavis to do virus scanning (a nice package that seems to stop most of the common virii), and turning on selected DNS RBLs (see a previous posting on how to do that). You then run m4 on the .mc file: 'm4 suse.mc > suse.cf'. This produces the dreaded sendmail.cf file in all it's arcane glory. Look at it and make sure any long lines are actually ONE line (not line wrapped). You then replace /etc/sendmail.cf with your suse.cf, eg: cp /etc/sendmail.cf /etc/sendmail.cf.OLD cp /etc/mail/suse.cf /etc/sendmail.cf and restart sendmail with your fave technique. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 3:44 PM Subject: Doc for basic SENDMAIL configuring > Can someone point me at some doc on configuring basic sendmail on Suse > Linux? > I haven't edited a SENDMAIL.CF file since I had OS2 running on my PC > (only about 7 years ago). >
