alternatively another mta may have easier hooks to do this sort of thing. http://www.postfix.org/rewrite.html
have not read it in full, I was merely attracted to its title (yes I only read the headlines in the newspaper too). I'll leave it to Vik to see if it meets his needs. On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:06:41 +1200 Rex Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 10:07, Carl Cerecke wrote: > > Matthew Gregan wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 08:38:38PM +1200, Vik Olliver wrote: > > > > >>Is this magic too dark for mere mortals? Do I need a ring of some > > >>sort, or a glowing sword and paucity of footwear perhaps? > > > > > > > > > No, just the ability to read. > > > > My 6 year old can read. > > > > From my experience, editing a sendmail.cf file to do what you want (and > > nothing you don't want) is somewhat like going into battle with a grumpy > > balrog. > > Dont edit sendmail.cf, use the m4 macro system and edit sendmail.mc. > > Debian encapsules the macro with Makefiles. Just edit the sendmail.mc > to include the right FEATURES etc, the type > make sendmail.cf > /etc/init.d/sendmail restart > and you are away. > > It's preserved through apt-get upgrades too. > > No magic incantations neccessary. I still don't understand why people > shy away, just because a file they souldn't edit is not readily > comprehensible. > > Rex -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
