/etc/mail/sendmail.mc
sendmail m4 input to generate sendmail.cf
sensible-mda8
A generic local mda router for debian systems
Usage
sensible-mda from
to
detail
client-addr
Overview
sensible-mda is used to simplify the installation and configuration of sendmail(8) , or other MTAs for use on Debian systems. With sensible-mda, sendmail can support a plethora of MDAs (procmail, maildrop, deliver, etc.) without having pick any one of them as required.
Function
sensible-mda is called by sendmail as a local mailer when the following exists in sendmail.mc:
define(`LOCAL_MAILER_ARGS', `sensible-mda $g $u $h ${client_addr}')dnl
sensible-mda will look for the following MDAs (in this order), and pass the mail on to the first SUID MDA found (Or first found MDA, if run w/euid=root): procmail(1), maildrop(1), deliver(8), mail.local(8)
Options
Available command line options are the following:
- from
-
The sender of this email (sendmail $g variable)
- to
-
The recipient of this email (sendmail $u variable)
- detail
-
The detail portion of the recipient userid (sendmail $h variable) - ie:
cowboy+sendmail@debian.org
- client-addr
-
TCP/IP address of the sender (sendmail ${client_addr} variable) Not used (for the nonce)
Files
-
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf -
actual sendmail configuration file (treated as a binary file)
Releases
15 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 3 times.