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8<H1>Installation</H1>
9<H2>Contents</H2>
10<UL>
11    <LI><A href="#compile">Compiling and Installing Your Filter</A>
12    <LI><A href="#config">Configuring Sendmail</A>
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15<H2><A name="compile">Compiling and Installing Your Filter</A></H2>
16
17To compile a filter, modify the Makefile provided with the sample program, or:
18<UL>
19    <LI>Put the include and Sendmail directories in your include path
20    (e.g. -I/path/to/include -I/path/to/sendmail).
21
22    <LI>Make sure libmilter.a is in your library path, and link your
23    application with it (e.g. "-lmilter").
24
25    <LI>Compile with pthreads, either by using -pthread for gcc, or
26    linking with a pthreads support library (-lpthread).
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28Your compile command line will look like
29<PRE>
30cc -I/path/to/include -I/path/to/sendmail -c myfile.c
31</PRE>
32and your linking command line will look something like
33<PRE>
34cc -o myfilter [object-files] -L[library-location] -lmilter -pthread
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36
37<H2><A name="config">Configuring Sendmail</A></H2>
38
39If you use a sendmail version older than 8.13 please see
40the instructions for your version.
41The default compilation options for sendmail enable support
42for milters since 8.13.
43
44<P>
45Next, you must add the desired filters to your sendmail configuration
46(.mc) file.
47Mail filters have three equates:
48The required <CODE>S=</CODE> equate specifies the socket where
49sendmail should look for the filter; the optional <CODE>F=</CODE> and
50<CODE>T=</CODE> equates specify flags and timeouts, respectively.
51All equates names, equate field names, and flag values are case sensitive.
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53<P>
54The current flags (<CODE>F=</CODE>) are:
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56<TABLE cellspacing="1" cellpadding=4 border=1>
57<TR bgcolor="#dddddd" align=left valign=top>
58<TH>Flag</TH>   <TH align="center">Meaning</TH>
59</TR>
60<TR align="left" valign=top>
61<TD>R</TD>      <TD>Reject connection if filter unavailable</TD>
62</TR>
63<TR align="left" valign=top>
64<TD>T</TD>      <TD>Temporary fail connection if filter unavailable</TD>
65</TR>
66</TABLE>
67
68If a filter is unavailable or unresponsive and no flags have been
69specified, the MTA will continue normal handling of the current
70connection.
71The MTA will try to contact the filter again on each new connection.
72
73<P>
74There are three fields inside of the <CODE>T=</CODE> equate: S, R, and E.
75Note the separator between each is a ";" (semicolon), as ","
76(comma) already separates equates.
77The value of each field is a decimal number followed by a single letter
78designating the units ("s" for seconds, "m" for minutes).
79The fields have the following meanings:
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81<TABLE cellspacing="1" cellpadding=4 border=1>
82<TR bgcolor="#dddddd" align=left valign=top>
83<TH>Flag</TH>   <TH align="center">Meaning</TH>
84</TR>
85<TR align="left" valign=top>
86<TD>C</TD>      <TD>Timeout for connecting to a filter.  If set to 0, the
87		system's <CODE>connect(2)</CODE> timeout will be used.
88		Default: 5m</TD>
89</TR>
90<TR align="left" valign=top>
91<TD>S</TD>      <TD>Timeout for sending information from the MTA to a
92                filter.  Default: 10s</TD>
93</TR>
94<TR align="left" valign=top>
95<TD>R</TD>      <TD>Timeout for reading reply from the filter.  Default: 10s</TD>
96</TR>
97<TR align="left" valign=top>
98<TD>E</TD>      <TD>Overall timeout between sending end-of-message to
99                filter and waiting for the final acknowledgment.  Default: 5m</TD>
100</TR>
101</TABLE>
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103<P>
104The following sendmail.mc example specifies three filters.
105The first two rendezvous on Unix-domain sockets in the /var/run directory;
106the third uses an IP socket on port 999.
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108	INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`filter1', `S=unix:/var/run/f1.sock, F=R')
109	INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`filter2', `S=unix:/var/run/f2.sock, F=T, T=S:1s;R:1s;E:5m')
110	INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`filter3', `S=inet:999@localhost, T=C:2m')
111
112	define(`confINPUT_MAIL_FILTERS', `filter2,filter1,filter3')
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114	m4 ../m4/cf.m4 myconfig.mc &gt; myconfig.cf
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116By default, the filters would be run in the order declared,
117i.e. "filter1, filter2, filter3"; however, since
118<CODE>confINPUT_MAIL_FILTERS</CODE> is defined, the filters will be
119run "filter2, filter1, filter3".
120Also note that a filter can be defined
121without adding it to the input filter list by using
122MAIL_FILTER() instead of INPUT_MAIL_FILTER().
123
124<P>
125The above macros will result in the following lines being added to
126your .cf file:
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128        Xfilter1, S=unix:/var/run/f1.sock, F=R
129        Xfilter2, S=unix:/var/run/f2.sock, F=T, T=S:1s;R:1s;E:5m
130        Xfilter3, S=inet:999@localhost, T=C:2m
131
132        O InputMailFilters=filter2,filter1,filter3
133</PRE>
134<P>
135Finally, the sendmail macros accessible via
136<A HREF="smfi_getsymval.html">smfi_getsymval</A> can be configured by
137defining the following m4 variables (or cf options):
138<TABLE cellspacing="1" cellpadding=4 border=1>
139<TR bgcolor="#dddddd" align=left valign=top>
140<TH align="center">In .mc file</TH>   <TH align="center">In .cf file</TH>
141<TH align="center">Default Value</TH>
142</TR>
143<TR><TD>confMILTER_MACROS_CONNECT</TD><TD>Milter.macros.connect</TD>
144<TD><CODE>j, _, {daemon_name}, {if_name}, {if_addr}</CODE></TD></TR>
145<TR><TD>confMILTER_MACROS_HELO</TD><TD>Milter.macros.helo</TD>
146<TD><CODE>{tls_version}, {cipher}, {cipher_bits}, {cert_subject},
147{cert_issuer}</CODE></TD></TR>
148<TR><TD>confMILTER_MACROS_ENVFROM</TD><TD>Milter.macros.envfrom</TD>
149<TD><CODE>i, {auth_type}, {auth_authen}, {auth_ssf}, {auth_author},
150{mail_mailer}, {mail_host}, {mail_addr}</CODE></TD></TR>
151<TR><TD>confMILTER_MACROS_ENVRCPT</TD><TD>Milter.macros.envrcpt</TD>
152<TD><CODE>{rcpt_mailer}, {rcpt_host}, {rcpt_addr}</CODE></TD></TR>
153</TABLE>
154For information about available macros and their meanings, please
155consult the sendmail documentation.
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