Re: fbsd sendmail as MTA
On Thursday 13 September 2007 03:46, Jack Stone wrote: We're switching our MTA from postfix to sendmail on a purely mail relay server and all is running just fine except for one minor essential. Is there any way to have sendmail perform the same service as the recipient_bcc.map and sender_bcc.map on postfix? Those using postfix know this is used to send bcc of certain emails in order to monitor things like users who might want to know what their kids are up to. I've spent several days going through sendmail docs and trying other tools like procmail to make extra copies from the sender and/or the recip -- but, no joy. [Wild answer off the top of my head] I have a feeling that sendmail very specifically *doesn't* have an easy way to do this because the sendmail people regard it as an invasion of privacy (this may even be a FAQ). I can't instantly think of a way round it, but if I do I'll let you know. Jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fbsd sendmail as MTA
On Thursday 13 September 2007 03:46, Jack Stone wrote: We're switching our MTA from postfix to sendmail on a purely mail relay server and all is running just fine except for one minor essential. Is there any way to have sendmail perform the same service as the You'll have to look for an external milter. Search google for sendmail+milter+bcc. http://www.snertsoft.com/sendmail/milter-bcc/ is a good one to start with (may or may not fit your needs). Kind regards, Peter -- http://www.boosten.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fbsd sendmail as MTA
On 2007-09-12 20:46, Jack Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're switching our MTA from postfix to sendmail on a purely mail relay server and all is running just fine except for one minor essential. Is there any way to have sendmail perform the same service as the recipient_bcc.map and sender_bcc.map on postfix? Those using postfix know this is used to send bcc of certain emails in order to monitor things like users who might want to know what their kids are up to. Yes. Sendmail supports a mail filtering mechanism called milter, and there are several popular milter tools out there. One of the milters which can do what you seem to need is: http://www.snertsoft.com/sendmail/milter-bcc/index.shtml Having said that, Postfix bundles a lot of the functionality of many milters. If you are happy with the way Postfix works, why do you have to switch to Sendmail? I'm a great fan of Sendmail myself, but if Postfix does what you want to do, if you are more familiar with Postfix, and it will be much easier for you to maintain a Postfix installation, it may be a good idea to use Postfix :-) - Giorgos ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fbsd sendmail as MTA
Having said that, Postfix bundles a lot of the functionality of many milters. If you are happy with the way Postfix works, why do you have to switch to Sendmail? I use both (on different machines) and they both have their 'charms' :-) Peter -- http://www.boosten.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fbsd sendmail as MTA
From: Peter Boosten [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jonathan McKeown [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fbsd sendmail as MTA Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:00:59 +0200 (CEST) On Thursday 13 September 2007 03:46, Jack Stone wrote: We're switching our MTA from postfix to sendmail on a purely mail relay server and all is running just fine except for one minor essential. Is there any way to have sendmail perform the same service as the You'll have to look for an external milter. Search google for sendmail+milter+bcc. http://www.snertsoft.com/sendmail/milter-bcc/ is a good one to start with (may or may not fit your needs). Kind regards, Peter -- Blush... I was so focused on procmail as a tool, I completely forgot snert's great milters. I use the regex-milter as a front-line wall against junk. Thanks for reminding me as that sounds like what I'm looking for. BTW: I'm much better at sendmail than postfix (although it doesn't sound like it) and as I am the server guy for an ISP, we are moving several postfix machines to sendmail which may answer that question coming from G. I find it hard to master more than one MTA, although far from a master of sendmail yet. Used it for 10+ years. Really appreciate the response! Jack _ Can you find the hidden words? Take a break and play Seekadoo! http://club.live.com/seekadoo.aspx?icid=seek_hotmailtextlink1 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fbsd sendmail as MTA
On 2007-09-13 13:49, Peter Boosten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having said that, Postfix bundles a lot of the functionality of many milters. If you are happy with the way Postfix works, why do you have to switch to Sendmail? I use both (on different machines) and they both have their 'charms' :-) No argument there, at least from me :-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fbsd sendmail as MTA
On Sep 12, 2007, at 8:46 PM, Jack Stone wrote: Is there any way to have sendmail perform the same service as the recipient_bcc.map and sender_bcc.map on postfix? Those using postfix know this is used to send bcc of certain emails in order to monitor things like users who might want to know what their kids are up to. I've used the mime-defang milter for this. I was already using MIME- Defang for other things, and I wouldn't recommend going with it if your only need is to add blind recipients to various messages. -j -- Jeffrey Goldberghttp://www.goldmark.org/jeff/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
fbsd sendmail as MTA
We're switching our MTA from postfix to sendmail on a purely mail relay server and all is running just fine except for one minor essential. Is there any way to have sendmail perform the same service as the recipient_bcc.map and sender_bcc.map on postfix? Those using postfix know this is used to send bcc of certain emails in order to monitor things like users who might want to know what their kids are up to. I've spent several days going through sendmail docs and trying other tools like procmail to make extra copies from the sender and/or the recip -- but, no joy. Really could use some help. Any ideas? Jack _ Get a FREE small business Web site and more from Microsoft® Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/aub0930003811mrt/direct/01/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
