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

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