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2		SENDMAIL CONFIGURATION FILES
3
4This document describes the sendmail configuration files.  It
5explains how to create a sendmail.cf file for use with sendmail.
6It also describes how to set options for sendmail which are explained
7in the Sendmail Installation and Operation guide, which can be found
8on-line at http://www.sendmail.org/%7Eca/email/doc8.12/op.html .
9Recall this URL throughout this document when references to
10doc/op/op.* are made.
11
12Table of Content:
13
14INTRODUCTION AND EXAMPLE
15A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO M4
16FILE LOCATIONS
17OSTYPE
18DOMAINS
19MAILERS
20FEATURES
21HACKS
22SITE CONFIGURATION
23USING UUCP MAILERS
24TWEAKING RULESETS
25MASQUERADING AND RELAYING
26USING LDAP FOR ALIASES, MAPS, AND CLASSES
27LDAP ROUTING
28ANTI-SPAM CONFIGURATION CONTROL
29CONNECTION CONTROL
30STARTTLS
31ADDING NEW MAILERS OR RULESETS
32ADDING NEW MAIL FILTERS
33QUEUE GROUP DEFINITIONS
34NON-SMTP BASED CONFIGURATIONS
35WHO AM I?
36ACCEPTING MAIL FOR MULTIPLE NAMES
37USING MAILERTABLES
38USING USERDB TO MAP FULL NAMES
39MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL FEATURES
40SECURITY NOTES
41TWEAKING CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
42MESSAGE SUBMISSION PROGRAM
43FORMAT OF FILES AND MAPS
44DIRECTORY LAYOUT
45ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
46
47
48+--------------------------+
49| INTRODUCTION AND EXAMPLE |
50+--------------------------+
51
52Configuration files are contained in the subdirectory "cf", with a
53suffix ".mc".  They must be run through "m4" to produce a ".cf" file.
54You must pre-load "cf.m4":
55
56	m4 ${CFDIR}/m4/cf.m4 config.mc > config.cf
57
58Alternatively, you can simply:
59
60	cd ${CFDIR}/cf
61	/usr/ccs/bin/make config.cf
62
63where ${CFDIR} is the root of the cf directory and config.mc is the
64name of your configuration file.  If you are running a version of M4
65that understands the __file__ builtin (versions of GNU m4 >= 0.75 do
66this, but the versions distributed with 4.4BSD and derivatives do not)
67or the -I flag (ditto), then ${CFDIR} can be in an arbitrary directory.
68For "traditional" versions, ${CFDIR} ***MUST*** be "..", or you MUST
69use -D_CF_DIR_=/path/to/cf/dir/ -- note the trailing slash!  For example:
70
71	m4 -D_CF_DIR_=${CFDIR}/ ${CFDIR}/m4/cf.m4 config.mc > config.cf
72
73Let's examine a typical .mc file:
74
75	divert(-1)
76	#
77	# Copyright (c) 1998-2005 Sendmail, Inc. and its suppliers.
78	#	All rights reserved.
79	# Copyright (c) 1983 Eric P. Allman.  All rights reserved.
80	# Copyright (c) 1988, 1993
81	#	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
82	#
83	# By using this file, you agree to the terms and conditions set
84	# forth in the LICENSE file which can be found at the top level of
85	# the sendmail distribution.
86	#
87
88	#
89	#  This is a Berkeley-specific configuration file for HP-UX 9.x.
90	#  It applies only to the Computer Science Division at Berkeley,
91	#  and should not be used elsewhere.   It is provided on the sendmail
92	#  distribution as a sample only.  To create your own configuration
93	#  file, create an appropriate domain file in ../domain, change the
94	#  `DOMAIN' macro below to reference that file, and copy the result
95	#  to a name of your own choosing.
96	#
97	divert(0)
98
99The divert(-1) will delete the crud in the resulting output file.
100The copyright notice can be replaced by whatever your lawyers require;
101our lawyers require the one that is included in these files.  A copyleft
102is a copyright by another name.  The divert(0) restores regular output.
103
104	VERSIONID(`<SCCS or RCS version id>')
105
106VERSIONID is a macro that stuffs the version information into the
107resulting file.  You could use SCCS, RCS, CVS, something else, or
108omit it completely.  This is not the same as the version id included
109in SMTP greeting messages -- this is defined in m4/version.m4.
110
111	OSTYPE(`hpux9')dnl
112
113You must specify an OSTYPE to properly configure things such as the
114pathname of the help and status files, the flags needed for the local
115mailer, and other important things.  If you omit it, you will get an
116error when you try to build the configuration.  Look at the ostype
117directory for the list of known operating system types.
118
119	DOMAIN(`CS.Berkeley.EDU')dnl
120
121This example is specific to the Computer Science Division at Berkeley.
122You can use "DOMAIN(`generic')" to get a sufficiently bland definition
123that may well work for you, or you can create a customized domain
124definition appropriate for your environment.
125
126	MAILER(`local')
127	MAILER(`smtp')
128
129These describe the mailers used at the default CS site.  The local
130mailer is always included automatically.  Beware: MAILER declarations
131should only be followed by LOCAL_* sections.  The general rules are
132that the order should be:
133
134	VERSIONID
135	OSTYPE
136	DOMAIN
137	FEATURE
138	local macro definitions
139	MAILER
140	LOCAL_CONFIG
141	LOCAL_RULE_*
142	LOCAL_RULESETS
143
144There are a few exceptions to this rule.  Local macro definitions which
145influence a FEATURE() should be done before that feature.  For example,
146a define(`PROCMAIL_MAILER_PATH', ...) should be done before
147FEATURE(`local_procmail').
148
149
150+----------------------------+
151| A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO M4 |
152+----------------------------+
153
154Sendmail uses the M4 macro processor to ``compile'' the configuration
155files.  The most important thing to know is that M4 is stream-based,
156that is, it doesn't understand about lines.  For this reason, in some
157places you may see the word ``dnl'', which stands for ``delete
158through newline''; essentially, it deletes all characters starting
159at the ``dnl'' up to and including the next newline character.  In
160most cases sendmail uses this only to avoid lots of unnecessary
161blank lines in the output.
162
163Other important directives are define(A, B) which defines the macro
164``A'' to have value ``B''.  Macros are expanded as they are read, so
165one normally quotes both values to prevent expansion.  For example,
166
167	define(`SMART_HOST', `smart.foo.com')
168
169One word of warning:  M4 macros are expanded even in lines that appear
170to be comments.  For example, if you have
171
172	# See FEATURE(`foo') above
173
174it will not do what you expect, because the FEATURE(`foo') will be
175expanded.  This also applies to
176
177	# And then define the $X macro to be the return address
178
179because ``define'' is an M4 keyword.  If you want to use them, surround
180them with directed quotes, `like this'.
181
182Since m4 uses single quotes (opening "`" and closing "'") to quote
183arguments, those quotes can't be used in arguments.  For example,
184it is not possible to define a rejection message containing a single
185quote. Usually there are simple workarounds by changing those
186messages; in the worst case it might be ok to change the value
187directly in the generated .cf file, which however is not advised.
188
189+----------------+
190| FILE LOCATIONS |
191+----------------+
192
193sendmail 8.9 has introduced a new configuration directory for sendmail
194related files, /etc/mail.  The new files available for sendmail 8.9 --
195the class {R} /etc/mail/relay-domains and the access database
196/etc/mail/access -- take advantage of this new directory.  Beginning with
1978.10, all files will use this directory by default (some options may be
198set by OSTYPE() files).  This new directory should help to restore
199uniformity to sendmail's file locations.
200
201Below is a table of some of the common changes:
202
203Old filename			New filename
204------------			------------
205/etc/bitdomain			/etc/mail/bitdomain
206/etc/domaintable		/etc/mail/domaintable
207/etc/genericstable		/etc/mail/genericstable
208/etc/uudomain			/etc/mail/uudomain
209/etc/virtusertable		/etc/mail/virtusertable
210/etc/userdb			/etc/mail/userdb
211
212/etc/aliases			/etc/mail/aliases
213/etc/sendmail/aliases		/etc/mail/aliases
214/etc/ucbmail/aliases		/etc/mail/aliases
215/usr/adm/sendmail/aliases	/etc/mail/aliases
216/usr/lib/aliases		/etc/mail/aliases
217/usr/lib/mail/aliases		/etc/mail/aliases
218/usr/ucblib/aliases		/etc/mail/aliases
219
220/etc/sendmail.cw		/etc/mail/local-host-names
221/etc/mail/sendmail.cw		/etc/mail/local-host-names
222/etc/sendmail/sendmail.cw	/etc/mail/local-host-names
223
224/etc/sendmail.ct		/etc/mail/trusted-users
225
226/etc/sendmail.oE		/etc/mail/error-header
227
228/etc/sendmail.hf		/etc/mail/helpfile
229/etc/mail/sendmail.hf		/etc/mail/helpfile
230/usr/ucblib/sendmail.hf		/etc/mail/helpfile
231/etc/ucbmail/sendmail.hf	/etc/mail/helpfile
232/usr/lib/sendmail.hf		/etc/mail/helpfile
233/usr/share/lib/sendmail.hf	/etc/mail/helpfile
234/usr/share/misc/sendmail.hf	/etc/mail/helpfile
235/share/misc/sendmail.hf		/etc/mail/helpfile
236
237/etc/service.switch		/etc/mail/service.switch
238
239/etc/sendmail.st		/etc/mail/statistics
240/etc/mail/sendmail.st		/etc/mail/statistics
241/etc/mailer/sendmail.st		/etc/mail/statistics
242/etc/sendmail/sendmail.st	/etc/mail/statistics
243/usr/lib/sendmail.st		/etc/mail/statistics
244/usr/ucblib/sendmail.st		/etc/mail/statistics
245
246Note that all of these paths actually use a new m4 macro MAIL_SETTINGS_DIR
247to create the pathnames.  The default value of this variable is
248`/etc/mail/'.  If you set this macro to a different value, you MUST include
249a trailing slash.
250
251Notice: all filenames used in a .mc (or .cf) file should be absolute
252(starting at the root, i.e., with '/').  Relative filenames most
253likely cause surprises during operations (unless otherwise noted).
254
255
256+--------+
257| OSTYPE |
258+--------+
259
260You MUST define an operating system environment, or the configuration
261file build will puke.  There are several environments available; look
262at the "ostype" directory for the current list.  This macro changes
263things like the location of the alias file and queue directory.  Some
264of these files are identical to one another.
265
266It is IMPERATIVE that the OSTYPE occur before any MAILER definitions.
267In general, the OSTYPE macro should go immediately after any version
268information, and MAILER definitions should always go last.
269
270Operating system definitions are usually easy to write.  They may define
271the following variables (everything defaults, so an ostype file may be
272empty).  Unfortunately, the list of configuration-supported systems is
273not as broad as the list of source-supported systems, since many of
274the source contributors do not include corresponding ostype files.
275
276ALIAS_FILE		[/etc/mail/aliases] The location of the text version
277			of the alias file(s).  It can be a comma-separated
278			list of names (but be sure you quote values with
279			commas in them -- for example, use
280				define(`ALIAS_FILE', `a,b')
281			to get "a" and "b" both listed as alias files;
282			otherwise the define() primitive only sees "a").
283HELP_FILE		[/etc/mail/helpfile] The name of the file
284			containing information printed in response to
285			the SMTP HELP command.
286QUEUE_DIR		[/var/spool/mqueue] The directory containing
287			queue files.  To use multiple queues, supply
288			a value ending with an asterisk.  For
289			example, /var/spool/mqueue/qd* will use all of the
290			directories or symbolic links to directories
291			beginning with 'qd' in /var/spool/mqueue as queue
292			directories.  The names 'qf', 'df', and 'xf' are
293			reserved as specific subdirectories for the
294			corresponding queue file types as explained in
295			doc/op/op.me.  See also QUEUE GROUP DEFINITIONS.
296MSP_QUEUE_DIR		[/var/spool/clientmqueue] The directory containing
297			queue files for the MSP (Mail Submission Program).
298STATUS_FILE		[/etc/mail/statistics] The file containing status
299			information.
300LOCAL_MAILER_PATH	[/bin/mail] The program used to deliver local mail.
301LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS	[Prmn9] The flags used by the local mailer.  The
302			flags lsDFMAw5:/|@q are always included.
303LOCAL_MAILER_ARGS	[mail -d $u] The arguments passed to deliver local
304			mail.
305LOCAL_MAILER_MAX	[undefined] If defined, the maximum size of local
306			mail that you are willing to accept.
307LOCAL_MAILER_MAXMSGS	[undefined] If defined, the maximum number of
308			messages to deliver in a single connection.  Only
309			useful for LMTP local mailers.
310LOCAL_MAILER_CHARSET	[undefined] If defined, messages containing 8-bit data
311			that ARRIVE from an address that resolves to the
312			local mailer and which are converted to MIME will be
313			labeled with this character set.
314LOCAL_MAILER_EOL	[undefined] If defined, the string to use as the
315			end of line for the local mailer.
316LOCAL_MAILER_DSN_DIAGNOSTIC_CODE
317			[X-Unix] The DSN Diagnostic-Code value for the
318			local mailer.  This should be changed with care.
319LOCAL_SHELL_PATH	[/bin/sh] The shell used to deliver piped email.
320LOCAL_SHELL_FLAGS	[eu9] The flags used by the shell mailer.  The
321			flags lsDFM are always included.
322LOCAL_SHELL_ARGS	[sh -c $u] The arguments passed to deliver "prog"
323			mail.
324LOCAL_SHELL_DIR		[$z:/] The directory search path in which the
325			shell should run.
326LOCAL_MAILER_QGRP	[undefined] The queue group for the local mailer.
327SMTP_MAILER_FLAGS	[undefined] Flags added to SMTP mailer.  Default
328			flags are `mDFMuX' for all SMTP-based mailers; the
329			"esmtp" mailer adds `a'; "smtp8" adds `8'; and
330			"dsmtp" adds `%'.
331RELAY_MAILER_FLAGS	[undefined] Flags added to the relay mailer.  Default
332			flags are `mDFMuX' for all SMTP-based mailers; the
333			relay mailer adds `a8'.  If this is not defined,
334			then SMTP_MAILER_FLAGS is used.
335SMTP_MAILER_MAX		[undefined] The maximum size of messages that will
336			be transported using the smtp, smtp8, esmtp, or dsmtp
337			mailers.
338SMTP_MAILER_MAXMSGS	[undefined] If defined, the maximum number of
339			messages to deliver in a single connection for the
340			smtp, smtp8, esmtp, or dsmtp mailers.
341SMTP_MAILER_MAXRCPTS	[undefined] If defined, the maximum number of
342			recipients to deliver in a single connection for the
343			smtp, smtp8, esmtp, or dsmtp mailers.
344SMTP_MAILER_ARGS	[TCP $h] The arguments passed to the smtp mailer.
345			About the only reason you would want to change this
346			would be to change the default port.
347ESMTP_MAILER_ARGS	[TCP $h] The arguments passed to the esmtp mailer.
348SMTP8_MAILER_ARGS	[TCP $h] The arguments passed to the smtp8 mailer.
349DSMTP_MAILER_ARGS	[TCP $h] The arguments passed to the dsmtp mailer.
350RELAY_MAILER_ARGS	[TCP $h] The arguments passed to the relay mailer.
351SMTP_MAILER_QGRP	[undefined] The queue group for the smtp mailer.
352ESMTP_MAILER_QGRP	[undefined] The queue group for the esmtp mailer.
353SMTP8_MAILER_QGRP	[undefined] The queue group for the smtp8 mailer.
354DSMTP_MAILER_QGRP	[undefined] The queue group for the dsmtp mailer.
355RELAY_MAILER_QGRP	[undefined] The queue group for the relay mailer.
356RELAY_MAILER_MAXMSGS	[undefined] If defined, the maximum number of
357			messages to deliver in a single connection for the
358			relay mailer.
359SMTP_MAILER_CHARSET	[undefined] If defined, messages containing 8-bit data
360			that ARRIVE from an address that resolves to one of
361			the SMTP mailers and which are converted to MIME will
362			be labeled with this character set.
363UUCP_MAILER_PATH	[/usr/bin/uux] The program used to send UUCP mail.
364UUCP_MAILER_FLAGS	[undefined] Flags added to UUCP mailer.  Default
365			flags are `DFMhuU' (and `m' for uucp-new mailer,
366			minus `U' for uucp-dom mailer).
367UUCP_MAILER_ARGS	[uux - -r -z -a$g -gC $h!rmail ($u)] The arguments
368			passed to the UUCP mailer.
369UUCP_MAILER_MAX		[100000] The maximum size message accepted for
370			transmission by the UUCP mailers.
371UUCP_MAILER_CHARSET	[undefined] If defined, messages containing 8-bit data
372			that ARRIVE from an address that resolves to one of
373			the UUCP mailers and which are converted to MIME will
374			be labeled with this character set.
375UUCP_MAILER_QGRP	[undefined] The queue group for the UUCP mailers.
376PROCMAIL_MAILER_PATH	[/usr/local/bin/procmail] The path to the procmail
377			program.  This is also used by
378			FEATURE(`local_procmail').
379PROCMAIL_MAILER_FLAGS	[SPhnu9] Flags added to Procmail mailer.  Flags
380			DFM are always set.  This is NOT used by
381			FEATURE(`local_procmail'); tweak LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS
382			instead.
383PROCMAIL_MAILER_ARGS	[procmail -Y -m $h $f $u] The arguments passed to
384			the Procmail mailer.  This is NOT used by
385			FEATURE(`local_procmail'); tweak LOCAL_MAILER_ARGS
386			instead.
387PROCMAIL_MAILER_MAX	[undefined] If set, the maximum size message that
388			will be accepted by the procmail mailer.
389PROCMAIL_MAILER_QGRP	[undefined] The queue group for the procmail mailer.
390confEBINDIR		[/usr/libexec] The directory for executables.
391			Currently used for FEATURE(`local_lmtp') and
392			FEATURE(`smrsh').
393LOCAL_PROG_QGRP		[undefined] The queue group for the prog mailer.
394
395Note: to tweak Name_MAILER_FLAGS use the macro MODIFY_MAILER_FLAGS:
396MODIFY_MAILER_FLAGS(`Name', `change') where Name is the first part
397of the macro Name_MAILER_FLAGS (note: that means Name is entirely in
398upper case) and change can be: flags that should be used directly
399(thus overriding the default value), or if it starts with `+' (`-')
400then those flags are added to (removed from) the default value.
401Example:
402
403	MODIFY_MAILER_FLAGS(`LOCAL', `+e')
404
405will add the flag `e' to LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS.  Notice: there are
406several smtp mailers all of which are manipulated individually.
407See the section MAILERS for the available mailer names.
408WARNING: The FEATUREs local_lmtp and local_procmail set LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS
409unconditionally, i.e., without respecting any definitions in an
410OSTYPE setting.
411
412
413+---------+
414| DOMAINS |
415+---------+
416
417You will probably want to collect domain-dependent defines into one
418file, referenced by the DOMAIN macro.  For example, the Berkeley
419domain file includes definitions for several internal distinguished
420hosts:
421
422UUCP_RELAY	The host that will accept UUCP-addressed email.
423		If not defined, all UUCP sites must be directly
424		connected.
425BITNET_RELAY	The host that will accept BITNET-addressed email.
426		If not defined, the .BITNET pseudo-domain won't work.
427DECNET_RELAY	The host that will accept DECNET-addressed email.
428		If not defined, the .DECNET pseudo-domain and addresses
429		of the form node::user will not work.
430FAX_RELAY	The host that will accept mail to the .FAX pseudo-domain.
431		The "fax" mailer overrides this value.
432LOCAL_RELAY	The site that will handle unqualified names -- that
433		is, names without an @domain extension.
434		Normally MAIL_HUB is preferred for this function.
435		LOCAL_RELAY is mostly useful in conjunction with
436		FEATURE(`stickyhost') -- see the discussion of
437		stickyhost below.  If not set, they are assumed to
438		belong on this machine.  This allows you to have a
439		central site to store a company- or department-wide
440		alias database.  This only works at small sites,
441		and only with some user agents.
442LUSER_RELAY	The site that will handle lusers -- that is, apparently
443		local names that aren't local accounts or aliases.  To
444		specify a local user instead of a site, set this to
445		``local:username''.
446
447Any of these can be either ``mailer:hostname'' (in which case the
448mailer is the internal mailer name, such as ``uucp-new'' and the hostname
449is the name of the host as appropriate for that mailer) or just a
450``hostname'', in which case a default mailer type (usually ``relay'',
451a variant on SMTP) is used.  WARNING: if you have a wildcard MX
452record matching your domain, you probably want to define these to
453have a trailing dot so that you won't get the mail diverted back
454to yourself.
455
456The domain file can also be used to define a domain name, if needed
457(using "DD<domain>") and set certain site-wide features.  If all hosts
458at your site masquerade behind one email name, you could also use
459MASQUERADE_AS here.
460
461You do not have to define a domain -- in particular, if you are a
462single machine sitting off somewhere, it is probably more work than
463it's worth.  This is just a mechanism for combining "domain dependent
464knowledge" into one place.
465
466
467+---------+
468| MAILERS |
469+---------+
470
471There are fewer mailers supported in this version than the previous
472version, owing mostly to a simpler world.  As a general rule, put the
473MAILER definitions last in your .mc file.
474
475local		The local and prog mailers.  You will almost always
476		need these; the only exception is if you relay ALL
477		your mail to another site.  This mailer is included
478		automatically.
479
480smtp		The Simple Mail Transport Protocol mailer.  This does
481		not hide hosts behind a gateway or another other
482		such hack; it assumes a world where everyone is
483		running the name server.  This file actually defines
484		five mailers: "smtp" for regular (old-style) SMTP to
485		other servers, "esmtp" for extended SMTP to other
486		servers, "smtp8" to do SMTP to other servers without
487		converting 8-bit data to MIME (essentially, this is
488		your statement that you know the other end is 8-bit
489		clean even if it doesn't say so), "dsmtp" to do on
490		demand delivery, and "relay" for transmission to the
491		RELAY_HOST, LUSER_RELAY, or MAIL_HUB.
492
493uucp		The UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program mailer.  Actually, this
494		defines two mailers, "uucp-old" (a.k.a. "uucp") and
495		"uucp-new" (a.k.a. "suucp").  The latter is for when you
496		know that the UUCP mailer at the other end can handle
497		multiple recipients in one transfer.  If the smtp mailer
498		is included in your configuration, two other mailers
499		("uucp-dom" and "uucp-uudom") are also defined [warning: you
500		MUST specify MAILER(`smtp') before MAILER(`uucp')].  When you
501		include the uucp mailer, sendmail looks for all names in
502		class {U} and sends them to the uucp-old mailer; all
503		names in class {Y} are sent to uucp-new; and all
504		names in class {Z} are sent to uucp-uudom.  Note that
505		this is a function of what version of rmail runs on
506		the receiving end, and hence may be out of your control.
507		See the section below describing UUCP mailers in more
508		detail.
509
510procmail	An interface to procmail (does not come with sendmail).
511		This is designed to be used in mailertables.  For example,
512		a common question is "how do I forward all mail for a given
513		domain to a single person?".  If you have this mailer
514		defined, you could set up a mailertable reading:
515
516			host.com	procmail:/etc/procmailrcs/host.com
517
518		with the file /etc/procmailrcs/host.com reading:
519
520			:0	# forward mail for host.com
521			! -oi -f $1 person@other.host
522
523		This would arrange for (anything)@host.com to be sent
524		to person@other.host.  In a procmail script, $1 is the
525		name of the sender and $2 is the name of the recipient.
526		If you use this with FEATURE(`local_procmail'), the FEATURE
527		should be listed first.
528
529		Of course there are other ways to solve this particular
530		problem, e.g., a catch-all entry in a virtusertable.
531
532The local mailer accepts addresses of the form "user+detail", where
533the "+detail" is not used for mailbox matching but is available
534to certain local mail programs (in particular, see
535FEATURE(`local_procmail')).  For example, "eric", "eric+sendmail", and
536"eric+sww" all indicate the same user, but additional arguments <null>,
537"sendmail", and "sww" may be provided for use in sorting mail.
538
539
540+----------+
541| FEATURES |
542+----------+
543
544Special features can be requested using the "FEATURE" macro.  For
545example, the .mc line:
546
547	FEATURE(`use_cw_file')
548
549tells sendmail that you want to have it read an /etc/mail/local-host-names
550file to get values for class {w}.  A FEATURE may contain up to 9
551optional parameters -- for example:
552
553	FEATURE(`mailertable', `dbm /usr/lib/mailertable')
554
555The default database map type for the table features can be set with
556
557	define(`DATABASE_MAP_TYPE', `dbm')
558
559which would set it to use ndbm databases.  The default is the Berkeley DB
560hash database format.  Note that you must still declare a database map type
561if you specify an argument to a FEATURE.  DATABASE_MAP_TYPE is only used
562if no argument is given for the FEATURE.  It must be specified before any
563feature that uses a map.
564
565Also, features which can take a map definition as an argument can also take
566the special keyword `LDAP'.  If that keyword is used, the map will use the
567LDAP definition described in the ``USING LDAP FOR ALIASES, MAPS, AND
568CLASSES'' section below.
569
570Available features are:
571
572use_cw_file	Read the file /etc/mail/local-host-names file to get
573		alternate names for this host.  This might be used if you
574		were on a host that MXed for a dynamic set of other hosts.
575		If the set is static, just including the line "Cw<name1>
576		<name2> ..." (where the names are fully qualified domain
577		names) is probably superior.  The actual filename can be
578		overridden by redefining confCW_FILE.
579
580use_ct_file	Read the file /etc/mail/trusted-users file to get the
581		names of users that will be ``trusted'', that is, able to
582		set their envelope from address using -f without generating
583		a warning message.  The actual filename can be overridden
584		by redefining confCT_FILE.
585
586redirect	Reject all mail addressed to "address.REDIRECT" with
587		a ``551 User has moved; please try <address>'' message.
588		If this is set, you can alias people who have left
589		to their new address with ".REDIRECT" appended.
590
591nouucp		Don't route UUCP addresses.  This feature takes one
592		parameter:
593		`reject': reject addresses which have "!" in the local
594			part unless it originates from a system
595			that is allowed to relay.
596		`nospecial': don't do anything special with "!".
597		Warnings: 1. See the notice in the anti-spam section.
598		2. don't remove "!" from OperatorChars if `reject' is
599		given as parameter.
600
601nocanonify	Don't pass addresses to $[ ... $] for canonification
602		by default, i.e., host/domain names are considered canonical,
603		except for unqualified names, which must not be used in this
604		mode (violation of the standard).  It can be changed by
605		setting the DaemonPortOptions modifiers (M=).  That is,
606		FEATURE(`nocanonify') will be overridden by setting the
607		'c' flag.  Conversely, if FEATURE(`nocanonify') is not used,
608		it can be emulated by setting the 'C' flag
609		(DaemonPortOptions=Modifiers=C).  This would generally only
610		be used by sites that only act as mail gateways or which have
611		user agents that do full canonification themselves.  You may
612		also want to use
613		"define(`confBIND_OPTS', `-DNSRCH -DEFNAMES')" to turn off
614		the usual resolver options that do a similar thing.
615
616		An exception list for FEATURE(`nocanonify') can be
617		specified with CANONIFY_DOMAIN or CANONIFY_DOMAIN_FILE,
618		i.e., a list of domains which are nevertheless passed to
619		$[ ... $] for canonification.  This is useful to turn on
620		canonification for local domains, e.g., use
621		CANONIFY_DOMAIN(`my.domain my') to canonify addresses
622		which end in "my.domain" or "my".
623		Another way to require canonification in the local
624		domain is CANONIFY_DOMAIN(`$=m').
625
626		A trailing dot is added to addresses with more than
627		one component in it such that other features which
628		expect a trailing dot (e.g., virtusertable) will
629		still work.
630
631		If `canonify_hosts' is specified as parameter, i.e.,
632		FEATURE(`nocanonify', `canonify_hosts'), then
633		addresses which have only a hostname, e.g.,
634		<user@host>, will be canonified (and hopefully fully
635		qualified), too.
636
637stickyhost	This feature is sometimes used with LOCAL_RELAY,
638		although it can be used for a different effect with
639		MAIL_HUB.
640
641		When used without MAIL_HUB, email sent to
642		"user@local.host" are marked as "sticky" -- that
643		is, the local addresses aren't matched against UDB,
644		don't go through ruleset 5, and are not forwarded to
645		the LOCAL_RELAY (if defined).
646
647		With MAIL_HUB, mail addressed to "user@local.host"
648		is forwarded to the mail hub, with the envelope
649		address still remaining "user@local.host".
650		Without stickyhost, the envelope would be changed
651		to "user@mail_hub", in order to protect against
652		mailing loops.
653
654mailertable	Include a "mailer table" which can be used to override
655		routing for particular domains (which are not in class {w},
656		i.e.  local host names).  The argument of the FEATURE may be
657		the key definition.  If none is specified, the definition
658		used is:
659
660			hash /etc/mail/mailertable
661
662		Keys in this database are fully qualified domain names
663		or partial domains preceded by a dot -- for example,
664		"vangogh.CS.Berkeley.EDU" or ".CS.Berkeley.EDU".  As a
665		special case of the latter, "." matches any domain not
666		covered by other keys.  Values must be of the form:
667			mailer:domain
668		where "mailer" is the internal mailer name, and "domain"
669		is where to send the message.  These maps are not
670		reflected into the message header.  As a special case,
671		the forms:
672			local:user
673		will forward to the indicated user using the local mailer,
674			local:
675		will forward to the original user in the e-mail address
676		using the local mailer, and
677			error:code message
678			error:D.S.N:code message
679		will give an error message with the indicated SMTP reply
680		code and message, where D.S.N is an RFC 1893 compliant
681		error code.
682
683domaintable	Include a "domain table" which can be used to provide
684		domain name mapping.  Use of this should really be
685		limited to your own domains.  It may be useful if you
686		change names (e.g., your company changes names from
687		oldname.com to newname.com).  The argument of the
688		FEATURE may be the key definition.  If none is specified,
689		the definition used is:
690
691			hash /etc/mail/domaintable
692
693		The key in this table is the domain name; the value is
694		the new (fully qualified) domain.  Anything in the
695		domaintable is reflected into headers; that is, this
696		is done in ruleset 3.
697
698bitdomain	Look up bitnet hosts in a table to try to turn them into
699		internet addresses.  The table can be built using the
700		bitdomain program contributed by John Gardiner Myers.
701		The argument of the FEATURE may be the key definition; if
702		none is specified, the definition used is:
703
704			hash /etc/mail/bitdomain
705
706		Keys are the bitnet hostname; values are the corresponding
707		internet hostname.
708
709uucpdomain	Similar feature for UUCP hosts.  The default map definition
710		is:
711
712			hash /etc/mail/uudomain
713
714		At the moment there is no automagic tool to build this
715		database.
716
717always_add_domain
718		Include the local host domain even on locally delivered
719		mail.  Normally it is not added on unqualified names.
720		However, if you use a shared message store but do not use
721		the same user name space everywhere, you may need the host
722		name on local names.  An optional argument specifies
723		another domain to be added than the local.
724
725allmasquerade	If masquerading is enabled (using MASQUERADE_AS), this
726		feature will cause recipient addresses to also masquerade
727		as being from the masquerade host.  Normally they get
728		the local hostname.  Although this may be right for
729		ordinary users, it can break local aliases.  For example,
730		if you send to "localalias", the originating sendmail will
731		find that alias and send to all members, but send the
732		message with "To: localalias@masqueradehost".  Since that
733		alias likely does not exist, replies will fail.  Use this
734		feature ONLY if you can guarantee that the ENTIRE
735		namespace on your masquerade host supersets all the
736		local entries.
737
738limited_masquerade
739		Normally, any hosts listed in class {w} are masqueraded.  If
740		this feature is given, only the hosts listed in class {M} (see
741		below:  MASQUERADE_DOMAIN) are masqueraded.  This is useful
742		if you have several domains with disjoint namespaces hosted
743		on the same machine.
744
745masquerade_entire_domain
746		If masquerading is enabled (using MASQUERADE_AS) and
747		MASQUERADE_DOMAIN (see below) is set, this feature will
748		cause addresses to be rewritten such that the masquerading
749		domains are actually entire domains to be hidden.  All
750		hosts within the masquerading domains will be rewritten
751		to the masquerade name (used in MASQUERADE_AS).  For example,
752		if you have:
753
754			MASQUERADE_AS(`masq.com')
755			MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(`foo.org')
756			MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(`bar.com')
757
758		then *foo.org and *bar.com are converted to masq.com.  Without
759		this feature, only foo.org and bar.com are masqueraded.
760
761		    NOTE: only domains within your jurisdiction and
762		    current hierarchy should be masqueraded using this.
763
764local_no_masquerade
765		This feature prevents the local mailer from masquerading even
766		if MASQUERADE_AS is used.  MASQUERADE_AS will only have effect
767		on addresses of mail going outside the local domain.
768
769masquerade_envelope
770		If masquerading is enabled (using MASQUERADE_AS) or the
771		genericstable is in use, this feature will cause envelope
772		addresses to also masquerade as being from the masquerade
773		host.  Normally only the header addresses are masqueraded.
774
775genericstable	This feature will cause unqualified addresses (i.e., without
776		a domain) and addresses with a domain listed in class {G}
777		to be looked up in a map and turned into another ("generic")
778		form, which can change both the domain name and the user name.
779		Notice: if you use an MSP (as it is default starting with
780		8.12), the MTA will only receive qualified addresses from the
781		MSP (as required by the RFCs).  Hence you need to add your
782		domain to class {G}.  This feature is similar to the userdb
783		functionality.  The same types of addresses as for
784		masquerading are looked up, i.e., only header sender
785		addresses unless the allmasquerade and/or masquerade_envelope
786		features are given.  Qualified addresses must have the domain
787		part in class {G}; entries can be added to this class by the
788		macros GENERICS_DOMAIN or GENERICS_DOMAIN_FILE (analogously
789		to MASQUERADE_DOMAIN and MASQUERADE_DOMAIN_FILE, see below).
790
791		The argument of FEATURE(`genericstable') may be the map
792		definition; the default map definition is:
793
794			hash /etc/mail/genericstable
795
796		The key for this table is either the full address, the domain
797		(with a leading @; the localpart is passed as first argument)
798		or the unqualified username (tried in the order mentioned);
799		the value is the new user address.  If the new user address
800		does not include a domain, it will be qualified in the standard
801		manner, i.e., using $j or the masquerade name.  Note that the
802		address being looked up must be fully qualified.  For local
803		mail, it is necessary to use FEATURE(`always_add_domain')
804		for the addresses to be qualified.
805		The "+detail" of an address is passed as %1, so entries like
806
807			old+*@foo.org	new+%1@example.com
808			gen+*@foo.org	%1@example.com
809
810		and other forms are possible.
811
812generics_entire_domain
813		If the genericstable is enabled and GENERICS_DOMAIN or
814		GENERICS_DOMAIN_FILE is used, this feature will cause
815		addresses to be searched in the map if their domain
816		parts are subdomains of elements in class {G}.
817
818virtusertable	A domain-specific form of aliasing, allowing multiple
819		virtual domains to be hosted on one machine.  For example,
820		if the virtuser table contains:
821
822			info@foo.com	foo-info
823			info@bar.com	bar-info
824			joe@bar.com	error:nouser 550 No such user here
825			jax@bar.com	error:5.7.0:550 Address invalid
826			@baz.org	jane@example.net
827
828		then mail addressed to info@foo.com will be sent to the
829		address foo-info, mail addressed to info@bar.com will be
830		delivered to bar-info, and mail addressed to anyone at baz.org
831		will be sent to jane@example.net, mail to joe@bar.com will
832		be rejected with the specified error message, and mail to
833		jax@bar.com will also have a RFC 1893 compliant error code
834		5.7.0.
835
836		The username from the original address is passed
837		as %1 allowing:
838
839			@foo.org	%1@example.com
840
841		meaning someone@foo.org will be sent to someone@example.com.
842		Additionally, if the local part consists of "user+detail"
843		then "detail" is passed as %2 and "+detail" is passed as %3
844		when a match against user+* is attempted, so entries like
845
846			old+*@foo.org	new+%2@example.com
847			gen+*@foo.org	%2@example.com
848			+*@foo.org	%1%3@example.com
849			X++@foo.org	Z%3@example.com
850			@bar.org	%1%3
851
852		and other forms are possible.  Note: to preserve "+detail"
853		for a default case (@domain) %1%3 must be used as RHS.
854		There are two wildcards after "+": "+" matches only a non-empty
855		detail, "*" matches also empty details, e.g., user+@foo.org
856		matches +*@foo.org but not ++@foo.org.  This can be used
857		to ensure that the parameters %2 and %3 are not empty.
858
859		All the host names on the left hand side (foo.com, bar.com,
860		and baz.org) must be in class {w} or class {VirtHost}.  The
861		latter can be defined by the macros VIRTUSER_DOMAIN or
862		VIRTUSER_DOMAIN_FILE (analogously to MASQUERADE_DOMAIN and
863		MASQUERADE_DOMAIN_FILE, see below).  If VIRTUSER_DOMAIN or
864		VIRTUSER_DOMAIN_FILE is used, then the entries of class
865		{VirtHost} are added to class {R}, i.e., relaying is allowed
866		to (and from) those domains.  The default map definition is:
867
868			hash /etc/mail/virtusertable
869
870		A new definition can be specified as the second argument of
871		the FEATURE macro, such as
872
873			FEATURE(`virtusertable', `dbm /etc/mail/virtusers')
874
875virtuser_entire_domain
876		If the virtusertable is enabled and VIRTUSER_DOMAIN or
877		VIRTUSER_DOMAIN_FILE is used, this feature will cause
878		addresses to be searched in the map if their domain
879		parts are subdomains of elements in class {VirtHost}.
880
881ldap_routing	Implement LDAP-based e-mail recipient routing according to
882		the Internet Draft draft-lachman-laser-ldap-mail-routing-01.
883		This provides a method to re-route addresses with a
884		domain portion in class {LDAPRoute} to either a
885		different mail host or a different address.  Hosts can
886		be added to this class using LDAPROUTE_DOMAIN and
887		LDAPROUTE_DOMAIN_FILE (analogously to MASQUERADE_DOMAIN and
888		MASQUERADE_DOMAIN_FILE, see below).
889
890		See the LDAP ROUTING section below for more information.
891
892nodns		If you aren't running DNS at your site (for example,
893		you are UUCP-only connected).  It's hard to consider
894		this a "feature", but hey, it had to go somewhere.
895		Actually, as of 8.7 this is a no-op -- remove "dns" from
896		the hosts service switch entry instead.
897
898nullclient	This is a special case -- it creates a configuration file
899		containing nothing but support for forwarding all mail to a
900		central hub via a local SMTP-based network.  The argument
901		is the name of that hub.
902
903		The only other feature that should be used in conjunction
904		with this one is FEATURE(`nocanonify').  No mailers
905		should be defined.  No aliasing or forwarding is done.
906
907local_lmtp	Use an LMTP capable local mailer.  The argument to this
908		feature is the pathname of an LMTP capable mailer.  By
909		default, mail.local is used.  This is expected to be the
910		mail.local which came with the 8.9 distribution which is
911		LMTP capable.  The path to mail.local is set by the
912		confEBINDIR m4 variable -- making the default
913		LOCAL_MAILER_PATH /usr/libexec/mail.local.
914		If a different LMTP capable mailer is used, its pathname
915		can be specified as second parameter and the arguments
916		passed to it (A=) as third parameter, e.g.,
917
918			FEATURE(`local_lmtp', `/usr/local/bin/lmtp', `lmtp')
919
920		WARNING: This feature sets LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS unconditionally,
921		i.e., without respecting any definitions in an OSTYPE setting.
922
923local_procmail	Use procmail or another delivery agent as the local mailer.
924		The argument to this feature is the pathname of the
925		delivery agent, which defaults to PROCMAIL_MAILER_PATH.
926		Note that this does NOT use PROCMAIL_MAILER_FLAGS or
927		PROCMAIL_MAILER_ARGS for the local mailer; tweak
928		LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS and LOCAL_MAILER_ARGS instead, or
929		specify the appropriate parameters.  When procmail is used,
930		the local mailer can make use of the
931		"user+indicator@local.host" syntax; normally the +indicator
932		is just tossed, but by default it is passed as the -a
933		argument to procmail.
934
935		This feature can take up to three arguments:
936
937		1. Path to the mailer program
938		   [default: /usr/local/bin/procmail]
939		2. Argument vector including name of the program
940		   [default: procmail -Y -a $h -d $u]
941		3. Flags for the mailer [default: SPfhn9]
942
943		Empty arguments cause the defaults to be taken.
944		Note that if you are on a system with a broken
945		setreuid() call, you may need to add -f $f to the procmail
946		argument vector to pass the proper sender to procmail.
947
948		For example, this allows it to use the maildrop
949		(http://www.flounder.net/~mrsam/maildrop/) mailer instead
950		by specifying:
951
952		FEATURE(`local_procmail', `/usr/local/bin/maildrop',
953		 `maildrop -d $u')
954
955		or scanmails using:
956
957		FEATURE(`local_procmail', `/usr/local/bin/scanmails')
958
959		WARNING: This feature sets LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS unconditionally,
960		i.e.,  without respecting any definitions in an OSTYPE setting.
961
962bestmx_is_local	Accept mail as though locally addressed for any host that
963		lists us as the best possible MX record.  This generates
964		additional DNS traffic, but should be OK for low to
965		medium traffic hosts.  The argument may be a set of
966		domains, which will limit the feature to only apply to
967		these domains -- this will reduce unnecessary DNS
968		traffic.  THIS FEATURE IS FUNDAMENTALLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH
969		WILDCARD MX RECORDS!!!  If you have a wildcard MX record
970		that matches your domain, you cannot use this feature.
971
972smrsh		Use the SendMail Restricted SHell (smrsh) provided
973		with the distribution instead of /bin/sh for mailing
974		to programs.  This improves the ability of the local
975		system administrator to control what gets run via
976		e-mail.  If an argument is provided it is used as the
977		pathname to smrsh; otherwise, the path defined by
978		confEBINDIR is used for the smrsh binary -- by default,
979		/usr/libexec/smrsh is assumed.
980
981promiscuous_relay
982		By default, the sendmail configuration files do not permit
983		mail relaying (that is, accepting mail from outside your
984		local host (class {w}) and sending it to another host than
985		your local host).  This option sets your site to allow
986		mail relaying from any site to any site.  In almost all
987		cases, it is better to control relaying more carefully
988		with the access map, class {R}, or authentication.  Domains
989		can be added to class {R} by the macros RELAY_DOMAIN or
990		RELAY_DOMAIN_FILE (analogously to MASQUERADE_DOMAIN and
991		MASQUERADE_DOMAIN_FILE, see below).
992
993relay_entire_domain
994		This option allows any host in your domain as defined by
995		class {m} to use your server for relaying.  Notice: make
996		sure that your domain is not just a top level domain,
997		e.g., com.  This can happen if you give your host a name
998		like example.com instead of host.example.com.
999
1000relay_hosts_only
1001		By default, names that are listed as RELAY in the access
1002		db and class {R} are treated as domain names, not host names.
1003		For example, if you specify ``foo.com'', then mail to or
1004		from foo.com, abc.foo.com, or a.very.deep.domain.foo.com
1005		will all be accepted for relaying.  This feature changes
1006		the behaviour to lookup individual host names only.
1007
1008relay_based_on_MX
1009		Turns on the ability to allow relaying based on the MX
1010		records of the host portion of an incoming recipient; that
1011		is, if an MX record for host foo.com points to your site,
1012		you will accept and relay mail addressed to foo.com.  See
1013		description below for more information before using this
1014		feature.  Also, see the KNOWNBUGS entry regarding bestmx
1015		map lookups.
1016
1017		FEATURE(`relay_based_on_MX') does not necessarily allow
1018		routing of these messages which you expect to be allowed,
1019		if route address syntax (or %-hack syntax) is used.  If
1020		this is a problem, add entries to the access-table or use
1021		FEATURE(`loose_relay_check').
1022
1023relay_mail_from
1024		Allows relaying if the mail sender is listed as RELAY in
1025		the access map.  If an optional argument `domain' (this
1026		is the literal word `domain', not a placeholder) is given,
1027		relaying can be allowed just based on the domain portion
1028		of the sender address.  This feature should only be used if
1029		absolutely necessary as the sender address can be easily
1030		forged.  Use of this feature requires the "From:" tag to
1031		be used for the key in the access map; see the discussion
1032		of tags and FEATURE(`relay_mail_from') in the section on
1033		anti-spam configuration control.
1034
1035relay_local_from
1036		Allows relaying if the domain portion of the mail sender
1037		is a local host.  This should only be used if absolutely
1038		necessary as it opens a window for spammers.  Specifically,
1039		they can send mail to your mail server that claims to be
1040		from your domain (either directly or via a routed address),
1041		and you will go ahead and relay it out to arbitrary hosts
1042		on the Internet.
1043
1044accept_unqualified_senders
1045		Normally, MAIL FROM: commands in the SMTP session will be
1046		refused if the connection is a network connection and the
1047		sender address does not include a domain name.  If your
1048		setup sends local mail unqualified (i.e., MAIL FROM:<joe>),
1049		you will need to use this feature to accept unqualified
1050		sender addresses.  Setting the DaemonPortOptions modifier
1051		'u' overrides the default behavior, i.e., unqualified
1052		addresses are accepted even without this FEATURE.
1053		If this FEATURE is not used, the DaemonPortOptions modifier
1054		'f' can be used to enforce fully qualified addresses.
1055
1056accept_unresolvable_domains
1057		Normally, MAIL FROM: commands in the SMTP session will be
1058		refused if the host part of the argument to MAIL FROM:
1059		cannot be located in the host name service (e.g., an A or
1060		MX record in DNS).  If you are inside a firewall that has
1061		only a limited view of the Internet host name space, this
1062		could cause problems.  In this case you probably want to
1063		use this feature to accept all domains on input, even if
1064		they are unresolvable.
1065
1066access_db	Turns on the access database feature.  The access db gives
1067		you the ability to allow or refuse to accept mail from
1068		specified domains for administrative reasons.  Moreover,
1069		it can control the behavior of sendmail in various situations.
1070		By default, the access database specification is:
1071
1072			hash -T<TMPF> /etc/mail/access
1073
1074		See the anti-spam configuration control section for further
1075		important information about this feature.  Notice:
1076		"-T<TMPF>" is meant literal, do not replace it by anything.
1077
1078blacklist_recipients
1079		Turns on the ability to block incoming mail for certain
1080		recipient usernames, hostnames, or addresses.  For
1081		example, you can block incoming mail to user nobody,
1082		host foo.mydomain.com, or guest@bar.mydomain.com.
1083		These specifications are put in the access db as
1084		described in the anti-spam configuration control section
1085		later in this document.
1086
1087delay_checks	The rulesets check_mail and check_relay will not be called
1088		when a client connects or issues a MAIL command, respectively.
1089		Instead, those rulesets will be called by the check_rcpt
1090		ruleset; they will be skipped under certain circumstances.
1091		See "Delay all checks" in the anti-spam configuration control
1092		section.  Note: this feature is incompatible to the versions
1093		in 8.10 and 8.11.
1094
1095use_client_ptr	If this feature is enabled then check_relay will override
1096		its first argument with $&{client_ptr}.  This is useful for
1097		rejections based on the unverified hostname of client,
1098		which turns on the same behavior as in earlier sendmail
1099		versions when delay_checks was not in use.  See doc/op/op.*
1100		about check_relay, {client_name}, and {client_ptr}.
1101
1102dnsbl		Turns on rejection of hosts found in an DNS based rejection
1103		list.  The first is used as the domain in which blocked
1104		hosts are listed.  A second argument can be used to change
1105		the default error message.  Without that second argument,
1106		the error message will be
1107			Rejected: IP-ADDRESS listed at SERVER
1108		where IP-ADDRESS and SERVER are replaced by the appropriate
1109		information.  By default, temporary lookup failures are
1110		ignored.  This behavior can be changed by specifying a
1111		third argument, which must be either `t' or a full error
1112		message.  See the anti-spam configuration control section for
1113		an example.  The dnsbl feature can be included several times
1114		to query different DNS based rejection lists.  See also
1115		enhdnsbl for an enhanced version.
1116
1117		Set the DNSBL_MAP mc option to change the default map
1118		definition from `host'.  Set the DNSBL_MAP_OPT mc option
1119		to add additional options to the map specification used.
1120
1121		Some DNS based rejection lists cause failures if asked
1122		for AAAA records. If your sendmail version is compiled
1123		with IPv6 support (NETINET6) and you experience this
1124		problem, add
1125
1126			define(`DNSBL_MAP', `dns -R A')
1127
1128		before the first use of this feature.  Alternatively you
1129		can use enhdnsbl instead (see below).  Moreover, this
1130		statement can be used to reduce the number of DNS retries,
1131		e.g.,
1132
1133			define(`DNSBL_MAP', `dns -R A -r2')
1134
1135		See below (EDNSBL_TO) for an explanation.
1136
1137enhdnsbl	Enhanced version of dnsbl (see above).  Further arguments
1138		(up to 5) can be used to specify specific return values
1139		from lookups.  Temporary lookup failures are ignored unless
1140		a third argument is given, which must be either `t' or a full
1141		error message.  By default, any successful lookup will
1142		generate an error.  Otherwise the result of the lookup is
1143		compared with the supplied argument(s), and only if a match
1144		occurs an error is generated.  For example,
1145
1146		FEATURE(`enhdnsbl', `dnsbl.example.com', `', `t', `127.0.0.2.')
1147
1148		will reject the e-mail if the lookup returns the value
1149		``127.0.0.2.'', or generate a 451 response if the lookup
1150		temporarily failed.  The arguments can contain metasymbols
1151		as they are allowed in the LHS of rules.  As the example
1152		shows, the default values are also used if an empty argument,
1153		i.e., `', is specified.  This feature requires that sendmail
1154		has been compiled with the flag DNSMAP (see sendmail/README).
1155
1156		Set the EDNSBL_TO mc option to change the DNS retry count
1157		from the default value of 5, this can be very useful when
1158		a DNS server is not responding, which in turn may cause
1159		clients to time out (an entry stating
1160
1161			did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN
1162
1163		will be logged).
1164
1165ratecontrol	Enable simple ruleset to do connection rate control
1166		checking.  This requires entries in access_db of the form
1167
1168			ClientRate:IP.ADD.RE.SS		LIMIT
1169
1170		The RHS specifies the maximum number of connections
1171		(an integer number) over the time interval defined
1172		by ConnectionRateWindowSize, where 0 means unlimited.
1173
1174		Take the following example:
1175
1176			ClientRate:10.1.2.3		4
1177			ClientRate:127.0.0.1		0
1178			ClientRate:			10
1179
1180		10.1.2.3 can only make up to 4 connections, the
1181		general limit it 10, and 127.0.0.1 can make an unlimited
1182		number of connections per ConnectionRateWindowSize.
1183
1184		See also CONNECTION CONTROL.
1185
1186conncontrol	Enable a simple check of the number of incoming SMTP
1187		connections.  This requires entries in access_db of the
1188		form
1189
1190			ClientConn:IP.ADD.RE.SS		LIMIT
1191
1192		The RHS specifies the maximum number of open connections
1193		(an integer number).
1194
1195		Take the following example:
1196
1197			ClientConn:10.1.2.3		4
1198			ClientConn:127.0.0.1		0
1199			ClientConn:			10
1200
1201		10.1.2.3 can only have up to 4 open connections, the
1202		general limit it 10, and 127.0.0.1 does not have any
1203		explicit limit.
1204
1205		See also CONNECTION CONTROL.
1206
1207mtamark		Experimental support for "Marking Mail Transfer Agents in
1208		Reverse DNS with TXT RRs" (MTAMark), see
1209		draft-stumpf-dns-mtamark-01.  Optional arguments are:
1210
1211		1. Error message, default:
1212
1213			550 Rejected: $&{client_addr} not listed as MTA
1214
1215		2. Temporary lookup failures are ignored unless a second
1216		argument is given, which must be either `t' or a full
1217		error message.
1218
1219		3. Lookup prefix, default: _perm._smtp._srv.  This should
1220		not be changed unless the draft changes it.
1221
1222		Example:
1223
1224			FEATURE(`mtamark', `', `t')
1225
1226lookupdotdomain	Look up also .domain in the access map.  This allows to
1227		match only subdomains.  It does not work well with
1228		FEATURE(`relay_hosts_only'), because most lookups for
1229		subdomains are suppressed by the latter feature.
1230
1231loose_relay_check
1232		Normally, if % addressing is used for a recipient, e.g.
1233		user%site@othersite, and othersite is in class {R}, the
1234		check_rcpt ruleset will strip @othersite and recheck
1235		user@site for relaying.  This feature changes that
1236		behavior.  It should not be needed for most installations.
1237
1238preserve_luser_host
1239		Preserve the name of the recipient host if LUSER_RELAY is
1240		used.  Without this option, the domain part of the
1241		recipient address will be replaced by the host specified as
1242		LUSER_RELAY.  This feature only works if the hostname is
1243		passed to the mailer (see mailer triple in op.me).  Note
1244		that in the default configuration the local mailer does not
1245		receive the hostname, i.e., the mailer triple has an empty
1246		hostname.
1247
1248preserve_local_plus_detail
1249		Preserve the +detail portion of the address when passing
1250		address to local delivery agent.  Disables alias and
1251		.forward +detail stripping (e.g., given user+detail, only
1252		that address will be looked up in the alias file; user+* and
1253		user will not be looked up).  Only use if the local
1254		delivery agent in use supports +detail addressing.
1255
1256compat_check	Enable ruleset check_compat to look up pairs of addresses
1257		with the Compat: tag --	Compat:sender<@>recipient -- in the
1258		access map.  Valid values for the RHS include
1259			DISCARD	silently discard recipient
1260			TEMP:	return a temporary error
1261			ERROR:	return a permanent error
1262		In the last two cases, a 4xy/5xy SMTP reply code should
1263		follow the colon.
1264
1265no_default_msa	Don't generate the default MSA daemon, i.e.,
1266		DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=587,Name=MSA,M=E')
1267		To define a MSA daemon with other parameters, use this
1268		FEATURE and introduce new settings via DAEMON_OPTIONS().
1269
1270msp		Defines config file for Message Submission Program.
1271		See cf/submit.mc for how
1272		to use it.  An optional argument can be used to override
1273		the default of `[localhost]' to use as host to send all
1274		e-mails to.  Note that MX records will be used if the
1275		specified hostname is not in square brackets (e.g.,
1276		[hostname]).  If `MSA' is specified as second argument then
1277		port 587 is used to contact the server.  Example:
1278
1279			FEATURE(`msp', `', `MSA')
1280
1281		Some more hints about possible changes can be found below
1282		in the section MESSAGE SUBMISSION PROGRAM.
1283
1284		Note: Due to many problems, submit.mc uses
1285
1286			FEATURE(`msp', `[127.0.0.1]')
1287
1288		by default.  If you have a machine with IPv6 only,
1289		change it to
1290
1291			FEATURE(`msp', `[IPv6:::1]')
1292
1293		If you want to continue using '[localhost]', (the behavior
1294		up to 8.12.6), use
1295
1296			FEATURE(`msp')
1297
1298queuegroup	A simple example how to select a queue group based
1299		on the full e-mail address or the domain of the
1300		recipient.  Selection is done via entries in the
1301		access map using the tag QGRP:, for example:
1302
1303			QGRP:example.com	main
1304			QGRP:friend@some.org	others
1305			QGRP:my.domain		local
1306
1307		where "main", "others", and "local" are names of
1308		queue groups.  If an argument is specified, it is used
1309		as default queue group.
1310
1311		Note: please read the warning in doc/op/op.me about
1312		queue groups and possible queue manipulations.
1313
1314greet_pause	Adds the greet_pause ruleset which enables open proxy
1315		and SMTP slamming protection.  The feature can take an
1316		argument specifying the milliseconds to wait:
1317
1318			FEATURE(`greet_pause', `5000')  dnl 5 seconds
1319
1320		If FEATURE(`access_db') is enabled, an access database
1321		lookup with the GreetPause tag is done using client
1322		hostname, domain, IP address, or subnet to determine the
1323		pause time:
1324
1325			GreetPause:my.domain	0
1326			GreetPause:example.com	5000
1327			GreetPause:10.1.2	2000
1328			GreetPause:127.0.0.1	0
1329
1330		When using FEATURE(`access_db'), the optional
1331		FEATURE(`greet_pause') argument becomes the default if
1332		nothing is found in the access database.  A ruleset called
1333		Local_greet_pause can be used for local modifications, e.g.,
1334
1335			LOCAL_RULESETS
1336			SLocal_greet_pause
1337			R$*		$: $&{daemon_flags}
1338			R$* a $*	$# 0
1339
1340+--------------------+
1341| USING UUCP MAILERS |
1342+--------------------+
1343
1344It's hard to get UUCP mailers right because of the extremely ad hoc
1345nature of UUCP addressing.  These config files are really designed
1346for domain-based addressing, even for UUCP sites.
1347
1348There are four UUCP mailers available.  The choice of which one to
1349use is partly a matter of local preferences and what is running at
1350the other end of your UUCP connection.  Unlike good protocols that
1351define what will go over the wire, UUCP uses the policy that you
1352should do what is right for the other end; if they change, you have
1353to change.  This makes it hard to do the right thing, and discourages
1354people from updating their software.  In general, if you can avoid
1355UUCP, please do.
1356
1357The major choice is whether to go for a domainized scheme or a
1358non-domainized scheme.  This depends entirely on what the other
1359end will recognize.  If at all possible, you should encourage the
1360other end to go to a domain-based system -- non-domainized addresses
1361don't work entirely properly.
1362
1363The four mailers are:
1364
1365    uucp-old (obsolete name: "uucp")
1366	This is the oldest, the worst (but the closest to UUCP) way of
1367	sending messages across UUCP connections.  It does bangify
1368	everything and prepends $U (your UUCP name) to the sender's
1369	address (which can already be a bang path itself).  It can
1370	only send to one address at a time, so it spends a lot of
1371	time copying duplicates of messages.  Avoid this if at all
1372	possible.
1373
1374    uucp-new (obsolete name: "suucp")
1375	The same as above, except that it assumes that in one rmail
1376	command you can specify several recipients.  It still has a
1377	lot of other problems.
1378
1379    uucp-dom
1380	This UUCP mailer keeps everything as domain addresses.
1381	Basically, it uses the SMTP mailer rewriting rules.  This mailer
1382	is only included if MAILER(`smtp') is specified before
1383	MAILER(`uucp').
1384
1385	Unfortunately, a lot of UUCP mailer transport agents require
1386	bangified addresses in the envelope, although you can use
1387	domain-based addresses in the message header.  (The envelope
1388	shows up as the From_ line on UNIX mail.)  So....
1389
1390    uucp-uudom
1391	This is a cross between uucp-new (for the envelope addresses)
1392	and uucp-dom (for the header addresses).  It bangifies the
1393	envelope sender (From_ line in messages) without adding the
1394	local hostname, unless there is no host name on the address
1395	at all (e.g., "wolf") or the host component is a UUCP host name
1396	instead of a domain name ("somehost!wolf" instead of
1397	"some.dom.ain!wolf").  This is also included only if MAILER(`smtp')
1398	is also specified earlier.
1399
1400Examples:
1401
1402On host grasp.insa-lyon.fr (UUCP host name "grasp"), the following
1403summarizes the sender rewriting for various mailers.
1404
1405Mailer		sender		rewriting in the envelope
1406------		------		-------------------------
1407uucp-{old,new}	wolf		grasp!wolf
1408uucp-dom	wolf		wolf@grasp.insa-lyon.fr
1409uucp-uudom	wolf		grasp.insa-lyon.fr!wolf
1410
1411uucp-{old,new}	wolf@fr.net	grasp!fr.net!wolf
1412uucp-dom	wolf@fr.net	wolf@fr.net
1413uucp-uudom	wolf@fr.net	fr.net!wolf
1414
1415uucp-{old,new}	somehost!wolf	grasp!somehost!wolf
1416uucp-dom	somehost!wolf	somehost!wolf@grasp.insa-lyon.fr
1417uucp-uudom	somehost!wolf	grasp.insa-lyon.fr!somehost!wolf
1418
1419If you are using one of the domainized UUCP mailers, you really want
1420to convert all UUCP addresses to domain format -- otherwise, it will
1421do it for you (and probably not the way you expected).  For example,
1422if you have the address foo!bar!baz (and you are not sending to foo),
1423the heuristics will add the @uucp.relay.name or @local.host.name to
1424this address.  However, if you map foo to foo.host.name first, it
1425will not add the local hostname.  You can do this using the uucpdomain
1426feature.
1427
1428
1429+-------------------+
1430| TWEAKING RULESETS |
1431+-------------------+
1432
1433For more complex configurations, you can define special rules.
1434The macro LOCAL_RULE_3 introduces rules that are used in canonicalizing
1435the names.  Any modifications made here are reflected in the header.
1436
1437A common use is to convert old UUCP addresses to SMTP addresses using
1438the UUCPSMTP macro.  For example:
1439
1440	LOCAL_RULE_3
1441	UUCPSMTP(`decvax',	`decvax.dec.com')
1442	UUCPSMTP(`research',	`research.att.com')
1443
1444will cause addresses of the form "decvax!user" and "research!user"
1445to be converted to "user@decvax.dec.com" and "user@research.att.com"
1446respectively.
1447
1448This could also be used to look up hosts in a database map:
1449
1450	LOCAL_RULE_3
1451	R$* < @ $+ > $*		$: $1 < @ $(hostmap $2 $) > $3
1452
1453This map would be defined in the LOCAL_CONFIG portion, as shown below.
1454
1455Similarly, LOCAL_RULE_0 can be used to introduce new parsing rules.
1456For example, new rules are needed to parse hostnames that you accept
1457via MX records.  For example, you might have:
1458
1459	LOCAL_RULE_0
1460	R$+ <@ host.dom.ain.>	$#uucp $@ cnmat $: $1 < @ host.dom.ain.>
1461
1462You would use this if you had installed an MX record for cnmat.Berkeley.EDU
1463pointing at this host; this rule catches the message and forwards it on
1464using UUCP.
1465
1466You can also tweak rulesets 1 and 2 using LOCAL_RULE_1 and LOCAL_RULE_2.
1467These rulesets are normally empty.
1468
1469A similar macro is LOCAL_CONFIG.  This introduces lines added after the
1470boilerplate option setting but before rulesets.  Do not declare rulesets in
1471the LOCAL_CONFIG section.  It can be used to declare local database maps or
1472whatever.  For example:
1473
1474	LOCAL_CONFIG
1475	Khostmap hash /etc/mail/hostmap
1476	Kyplocal nis -m hosts.byname
1477
1478
1479+---------------------------+
1480| MASQUERADING AND RELAYING |
1481+---------------------------+
1482
1483You can have your host masquerade as another using
1484
1485	MASQUERADE_AS(`host.domain')
1486
1487This causes mail being sent to be labeled as coming from the
1488indicated host.domain, rather than $j.  One normally masquerades as
1489one of one's own subdomains (for example, it's unlikely that
1490Berkeley would choose to masquerade as an MIT site).  This
1491behaviour is modified by a plethora of FEATUREs; in particular, see
1492masquerade_envelope, allmasquerade, limited_masquerade, and
1493masquerade_entire_domain.
1494
1495The masquerade name is not normally canonified, so it is important
1496that it be your One True Name, that is, fully qualified and not a
1497CNAME.  However, if you use a CNAME, the receiving side may canonify
1498it for you, so don't think you can cheat CNAME mapping this way.
1499
1500Normally the only addresses that are masqueraded are those that come
1501from this host (that is, are either unqualified or in class {w}, the list
1502of local domain names).  You can augment this list, which is realized
1503by class {M} using
1504
1505	MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(`otherhost.domain')
1506
1507The effect of this is that although mail to user@otherhost.domain
1508will not be delivered locally, any mail including any user@otherhost.domain
1509will, when relayed, be rewritten to have the MASQUERADE_AS address.
1510This can be a space-separated list of names.
1511
1512If these names are in a file, you can use
1513
1514	MASQUERADE_DOMAIN_FILE(`filename')
1515
1516to read the list of names from the indicated file (i.e., to add
1517elements to class {M}).
1518
1519To exempt hosts or subdomains from being masqueraded, you can use
1520
1521	MASQUERADE_EXCEPTION(`host.domain')
1522
1523This can come handy if you want to masquerade a whole domain
1524except for one (or a few) host(s).  If these names are in a file,
1525you can use
1526
1527	MASQUERADE_EXCEPTION_FILE(`filename')
1528
1529Normally only header addresses are masqueraded.  If you want to
1530masquerade the envelope as well, use
1531
1532	FEATURE(`masquerade_envelope')
1533
1534There are always users that need to be "exposed" -- that is, their
1535internal site name should be displayed instead of the masquerade name.
1536Root is an example (which has been "exposed" by default prior to 8.10).
1537You can add users to this list using
1538
1539	EXPOSED_USER(`usernames')
1540
1541This adds users to class {E}; you could also use
1542
1543	EXPOSED_USER_FILE(`filename')
1544
1545You can also arrange to relay all unqualified names (that is, names
1546without @host) to a relay host.  For example, if you have a central
1547email server, you might relay to that host so that users don't have
1548to have .forward files or aliases.  You can do this using
1549
1550	define(`LOCAL_RELAY', `mailer:hostname')
1551
1552The ``mailer:'' can be omitted, in which case the mailer defaults to
1553"relay".  There are some user names that you don't want relayed, perhaps
1554because of local aliases.  A common example is root, which may be
1555locally aliased.  You can add entries to this list using
1556
1557	LOCAL_USER(`usernames')
1558
1559This adds users to class {L}; you could also use
1560
1561	LOCAL_USER_FILE(`filename')
1562
1563If you want all incoming mail sent to a centralized hub, as for a
1564shared /var/spool/mail scheme, use
1565
1566	define(`MAIL_HUB', `mailer:hostname')
1567
1568Again, ``mailer:'' defaults to "relay".  If you define both LOCAL_RELAY
1569and MAIL_HUB _AND_ you have FEATURE(`stickyhost'), unqualified names will
1570be sent to the LOCAL_RELAY and other local names will be sent to MAIL_HUB.
1571Note: there is a (long standing) bug which keeps this combination from
1572working for addresses of the form user+detail.
1573Names in class {L} will be delivered locally, so you MUST have aliases or
1574.forward files for them.
1575
1576For example, if you are on machine mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU and you have
1577FEATURE(`stickyhost'), the following combinations of settings will have the
1578indicated effects:
1579
1580email sent to....	eric			  eric@mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU
1581
1582LOCAL_RELAY set to	mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  (delivered locally)
1583mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  (no local aliasing)	    (aliasing done)
1584
1585MAIL_HUB set to		mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
1586mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  (aliasing done)	    (aliasing done)
1587
1588Both LOCAL_RELAY and	mail.CS.Berkeley.EDU	  mammoth.CS.Berkeley.EDU
1589MAIL_HUB set as above	  (no local aliasing)	    (aliasing done)
1590
1591If you do not have FEATURE(`stickyhost') set, then LOCAL_RELAY and
1592MAIL_HUB act identically, with MAIL_HUB taking precedence.
1593
1594If you want all outgoing mail to go to a central relay site, define
1595SMART_HOST as well.  Briefly:
1596
1597	LOCAL_RELAY applies to unqualified names (e.g., "eric").
1598	MAIL_HUB applies to names qualified with the name of the
1599		local host (e.g., "eric@mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU").
1600	SMART_HOST applies to names qualified with other hosts or
1601		bracketed addresses (e.g., "eric@mastodon.CS.Berkeley.EDU"
1602		or "eric@[127.0.0.1]").
1603
1604However, beware that other relays (e.g., UUCP_RELAY, BITNET_RELAY,
1605DECNET_RELAY, and FAX_RELAY) take precedence over SMART_HOST, so if you
1606really want absolutely everything to go to a single central site you will
1607need to unset all the other relays -- or better yet, find or build a
1608minimal config file that does this.
1609
1610For duplicate suppression to work properly, the host name is best
1611specified with a terminal dot:
1612
1613	define(`MAIL_HUB', `host.domain.')
1614	      note the trailing dot ---^
1615
1616
1617+-------------------------------------------+
1618| USING LDAP FOR ALIASES, MAPS, AND CLASSES |
1619+-------------------------------------------+
1620
1621LDAP can be used for aliases, maps, and classes by either specifying your
1622own LDAP map specification or using the built-in default LDAP map
1623specification.  The built-in default specifications all provide lookups
1624which match against either the machine's fully qualified hostname (${j}) or
1625a "cluster".  The cluster allows you to share LDAP entries among a large
1626number of machines without having to enter each of the machine names into
1627each LDAP entry.  To set the LDAP cluster name to use for a particular
1628machine or set of machines, set the confLDAP_CLUSTER m4 variable to a
1629unique name.  For example:
1630
1631	define(`confLDAP_CLUSTER', `Servers')
1632
1633Here, the word `Servers' will be the cluster name.  As an example, assume
1634that smtp.sendmail.org, etrn.sendmail.org, and mx.sendmail.org all belong
1635to the Servers cluster.
1636
1637Some of the LDAP LDIF examples below show use of the Servers cluster.
1638Every entry must have either a sendmailMTAHost or sendmailMTACluster
1639attribute or it will be ignored.  Be careful as mixing clusters and
1640individual host records can have surprising results (see the CAUTION
1641sections below).
1642
1643See the file cf/sendmail.schema for the actual LDAP schemas.  Note that
1644this schema (and therefore the lookups and examples below) is experimental
1645at this point as it has had little public review.  Therefore, it may change
1646in future versions.  Feedback via sendmail-YYYY@support.sendmail.org is
1647encouraged (replace YYYY with the current year, e.g., 2005).
1648
1649-------
1650Aliases
1651-------
1652
1653The ALIAS_FILE (O AliasFile) option can be set to use LDAP for alias
1654lookups.  To use the default schema, simply use:
1655
1656	define(`ALIAS_FILE', `ldap:')
1657
1658By doing so, you will use the default schema which expands to a map
1659declared as follows:
1660
1661	ldap -k (&(objectClass=sendmailMTAAliasObject)
1662		  (sendmailMTAAliasGrouping=aliases)
1663		  (|(sendmailMTACluster=${sendmailMTACluster})
1664		    (sendmailMTAHost=$j))
1665		  (sendmailMTAKey=%0))
1666	     -v sendmailMTAAliasValue,sendmailMTAAliasSearch:FILTER:sendmailMTAAliasObject,sendmailMTAAliasURL:URL:sendmailMTAAliasObject
1667
1668
1669NOTE: The macros shown above ${sendmailMTACluster} and $j are not actually
1670used when the binary expands the `ldap:' token as the AliasFile option is
1671not actually macro-expanded when read from the sendmail.cf file.
1672
1673Example LDAP LDIF entries might be:
1674
1675	dn: sendmailMTAKey=sendmail-list, dc=sendmail, dc=org
1676	objectClass: sendmailMTA
1677	objectClass: sendmailMTAAlias
1678	objectClass: sendmailMTAAliasObject
1679	sendmailMTAAliasGrouping: aliases
1680	sendmailMTAHost: etrn.sendmail.org
1681	sendmailMTAKey: sendmail-list
1682	sendmailMTAAliasValue: ca@example.org
1683	sendmailMTAAliasValue: eric
1684	sendmailMTAAliasValue: gshapiro@example.com
1685
1686	dn: sendmailMTAKey=owner-sendmail-list, dc=sendmail, dc=org
1687	objectClass: sendmailMTA
1688	objectClass: sendmailMTAAlias
1689	objectClass: sendmailMTAAliasObject
1690	sendmailMTAAliasGrouping: aliases
1691	sendmailMTAHost: etrn.sendmail.org
1692	sendmailMTAKey: owner-sendmail-list
1693	sendmailMTAAliasValue: eric
1694
1695	dn: sendmailMTAKey=postmaster, dc=sendmail, dc=org
1696	objectClass: sendmailMTA
1697	objectClass: sendmailMTAAlias
1698	objectClass: sendmailMTAAliasObject
1699	sendmailMTAAliasGrouping: aliases
1700	sendmailMTACluster: Servers
1701	sendmailMTAKey: postmaster
1702	sendmailMTAAliasValue: eric
1703
1704Here, the aliases sendmail-list and owner-sendmail-list will be available
1705only on etrn.sendmail.org but the postmaster alias will be available on
1706every machine in the Servers cluster (including etrn.sendmail.org).
1707
1708CAUTION: aliases are additive so that entries like these:
1709
1710	dn: sendmailMTAKey=bob, dc=sendmail, dc=org
1711	objectClass: sendmailMTA
1712	objectClass: sendmailMTAAlias
1713	objectClass: sendmailMTAAliasObject
1714	sendmailMTAAliasGrouping: aliases
1715	sendmailMTACluster: Servers
1716	sendmailMTAKey: bob
1717	sendmailMTAAliasValue: eric
1718
1719	dn: sendmailMTAKey=bobetrn, dc=sendmail, dc=org
1720	objectClass: sendmailMTA
1721	objectClass: sendmailMTAAlias
1722	objectClass: sendmailMTAAliasObject
1723	sendmailMTAAliasGrouping: aliases
1724	sendmailMTAHost: etrn.sendmail.org
1725	sendmailMTAKey: bob
1726	sendmailMTAAliasValue: gshapiro
1727
1728would mean that on all of the hosts in the cluster, mail to bob would go to
1729eric EXCEPT on etrn.sendmail.org in which case it would go to BOTH eric and
1730gshapiro.
1731
1732If you prefer not to use the default LDAP schema for your aliases, you can
1733specify the map parameters when setting ALIAS_FILE.  For example:
1734
1735	define(`ALIAS_FILE', `ldap:-k (&(objectClass=mailGroup)(mail=%0)) -v mgrpRFC822MailMember')
1736
1737----
1738Maps
1739----
1740
1741FEATURE()'s which take an optional map definition argument (e.g., access,
1742mailertable, virtusertable, etc.) can instead take the special keyword
1743`LDAP', e.g.:
1744
1745	FEATURE(`access_db', `LDAP')
1746	FEATURE(`virtusertable', `LDAP')
1747
1748When this keyword is given, that map will use LDAP lookups consisting of
1749the objectClass sendmailMTAClassObject, the attribute sendmailMTAMapName
1750with the map name, a search attribute of sendmailMTAKey, and the value
1751attribute sendmailMTAMapValue.
1752
1753The values for sendmailMTAMapName are:
1754
1755	FEATURE()		sendmailMTAMapName
1756	---------		------------------
1757	access_db		access
1758	authinfo		authinfo
1759	bitdomain		bitdomain
1760	domaintable		domain
1761	genericstable		generics
1762	mailertable		mailer
1763	uucpdomain		uucpdomain
1764	virtusertable		virtuser
1765
1766For example, FEATURE(`mailertable', `LDAP') would use the map definition:
1767
1768	Kmailertable ldap -k (&(objectClass=sendmailMTAMapObject)
1769			       (sendmailMTAMapName=mailer)
1770			       (|(sendmailMTACluster=${sendmailMTACluster})
1771				 (sendmailMTAHost=$j))
1772			       (sendmailMTAKey=%0))
1773			  -1 -v sendmailMTAMapValue,sendmailMTAMapSearch:FILTER:sendmailMTAMapObject,sendmailMTAMapURL:URL:sendmailMTAMapObject
1774
1775An example LDAP LDIF entry using this map might be:
1776
1777	dn: sendmailMTAMapName=mailer, dc=sendmail, dc=org
1778	objectClass: sendmailMTA
1779	objectClass: sendmailMTAMap
1780	sendmailMTACluster: Servers
1781	sendmailMTAMapName: mailer
1782
1783	dn: sendmailMTAKey=example.com, sendmailMTAMapName=mailer, dc=sendmail, dc=org
1784	objectClass: sendmailMTA
1785	objectClass: sendmailMTAMap
1786	objectClass: sendmailMTAMapObject
1787	sendmailMTAMapName: mailer
1788	sendmailMTACluster: Servers
1789	sendmailMTAKey: example.com
1790	sendmailMTAMapValue: relay:[smtp.example.com]
1791
1792CAUTION: If your LDAP database contains the record above and *ALSO* a host
1793specific record such as:
1794
1795	dn: sendmailMTAKey=example.com@etrn, sendmailMTAMapName=mailer, dc=sendmail, dc=org
1796	objectClass: sendmailMTA
1797	objectClass: sendmailMTAMap
1798	objectClass: sendmailMTAMapObject
1799	sendmailMTAMapName: mailer
1800	sendmailMTAHost: etrn.sendmail.org
1801	sendmailMTAKey: example.com
1802	sendmailMTAMapValue: relay:[mx.example.com]
1803
1804then these entries will give unexpected results.  When the lookup is done
1805on etrn.sendmail.org, the effect is that there is *NO* match at all as maps
1806require a single match.  Since the host etrn.sendmail.org is also in the
1807Servers cluster, LDAP would return two answers for the example.com map key
1808in which case sendmail would treat this as no match at all.
1809
1810If you prefer not to use the default LDAP schema for your maps, you can
1811specify the map parameters when using the FEATURE().  For example:
1812
1813	FEATURE(`access_db', `ldap:-1 -k (&(objectClass=mapDatabase)(key=%0)) -v value')
1814
1815-------
1816Classes
1817-------
1818
1819Normally, classes can be filled via files or programs.  As of 8.12, they
1820can also be filled via map lookups using a new syntax:
1821
1822	F{ClassName}mapkey@mapclass:mapspec
1823
1824mapkey is optional and if not provided the map key will be empty.  This can
1825be used with LDAP to read classes from LDAP.  Note that the lookup is only
1826done when sendmail is initially started.  Use the special value `@LDAP' to
1827use the default LDAP schema.  For example:
1828
1829	RELAY_DOMAIN_FILE(`@LDAP')
1830
1831would put all of the attribute sendmailMTAClassValue values of LDAP records
1832with objectClass sendmailMTAClass and an attribute sendmailMTAClassName of
1833'R' into class $={R}.  In other words, it is equivalent to the LDAP map
1834specification:
1835
1836	F{R}@ldap:-k (&(objectClass=sendmailMTAClass)
1837		       (sendmailMTAClassName=R)
1838		       (|(sendmailMTACluster=${sendmailMTACluster})
1839			 (sendmailMTAHost=$j)))
1840		  -v sendmailMTAClassValue,sendmailMTAClassSearch:FILTER:sendmailMTAClass,sendmailMTAClassURL:URL:sendmailMTAClass
1841
1842NOTE: The macros shown above ${sendmailMTACluster} and $j are not actually
1843used when the binary expands the `@LDAP' token as class declarations are
1844not actually macro-expanded when read from the sendmail.cf file.
1845
1846This can be used with class related commands such as RELAY_DOMAIN_FILE(),
1847MASQUERADE_DOMAIN_FILE(), etc:
1848
1849	Command				sendmailMTAClassName
1850	-------				--------------------
1851	CANONIFY_DOMAIN_FILE()		Canonify
1852	EXPOSED_USER_FILE()		E
1853	GENERICS_DOMAIN_FILE()		G
1854	LDAPROUTE_DOMAIN_FILE()		LDAPRoute
1855	LDAPROUTE_EQUIVALENT_FILE()	LDAPRouteEquiv
1856	LOCAL_USER_FILE()		L
1857	MASQUERADE_DOMAIN_FILE()	M
1858	MASQUERADE_EXCEPTION_FILE()	N
1859	RELAY_DOMAIN_FILE()		R
1860	VIRTUSER_DOMAIN_FILE()		VirtHost
1861
1862You can also add your own as any 'F'ile class of the form:
1863
1864	F{ClassName}@LDAP
1865	  ^^^^^^^^^
1866will use "ClassName" for the sendmailMTAClassName.
1867
1868An example LDAP LDIF entry would look like:
1869
1870	dn: sendmailMTAClassName=R, dc=sendmail, dc=org
1871	objectClass: sendmailMTA
1872	objectClass: sendmailMTAClass
1873	sendmailMTACluster: Servers
1874	sendmailMTAClassName: R
1875	sendmailMTAClassValue: sendmail.org
1876	sendmailMTAClassValue: example.com
1877	sendmailMTAClassValue: 10.56.23
1878
1879CAUTION: If your LDAP database contains the record above and *ALSO* a host
1880specific record such as:
1881
1882	dn: sendmailMTAClassName=R@etrn.sendmail.org, dc=sendmail, dc=org
1883	objectClass: sendmailMTA
1884	objectClass: sendmailMTAClass
1885	sendmailMTAHost: etrn.sendmail.org
1886	sendmailMTAClassName: R
1887	sendmailMTAClassValue: example.com
1888
1889the result will be similar to the aliases caution above.  When the lookup
1890is done on etrn.sendmail.org, $={R} would contain all of the entries (from
1891both the cluster match and the host match).  In other words, the effective
1892is additive.
1893
1894If you prefer not to use the default LDAP schema for your classes, you can
1895specify the map parameters when using the class command.  For example:
1896
1897	VIRTUSER_DOMAIN_FILE(`@ldap:-k (&(objectClass=virtHosts)(host=*)) -v host')
1898
1899Remember, macros can not be used in a class declaration as the binary does
1900not expand them.
1901
1902
1903+--------------+
1904| LDAP ROUTING |
1905+--------------+
1906
1907FEATURE(`ldap_routing') can be used to implement the IETF Internet Draft
1908LDAP Schema for Intranet Mail Routing
1909(draft-lachman-laser-ldap-mail-routing-01).  This feature enables
1910LDAP-based rerouting of a particular address to either a different host
1911or a different address.  The LDAP lookup is first attempted on the full
1912address (e.g., user@example.com) and then on the domain portion
1913(e.g., @example.com).  Be sure to setup your domain for LDAP routing using
1914LDAPROUTE_DOMAIN(), e.g.:
1915
1916	LDAPROUTE_DOMAIN(`example.com')
1917
1918Additionally, you can specify equivalent domains for LDAP routing using
1919LDAPROUTE_EQUIVALENT() and LDAPROUTE_EQUIVALENT_FILE().  'Equivalent'
1920hostnames are mapped to $M (the masqueraded hostname for the server) before
1921the LDAP query.  For example, if the mail is addressed to
1922user@host1.example.com, normally the LDAP lookup would only be done for
1923'user@host1.example.com' and '@host1.example.com'.   However, if
1924LDAPROUTE_EQUIVALENT(`host1.example.com') is used, the lookups would also be
1925done on 'user@example.com' and '@example.com' after attempting the
1926host1.example.com lookups.
1927
1928By default, the feature will use the schemas as specified in the draft
1929and will not reject addresses not found by the LDAP lookup.  However,
1930this behavior can be changed by giving additional arguments to the FEATURE()
1931command:
1932
1933 FEATURE(`ldap_routing', <mailHost>, <mailRoutingAddress>, <bounce>,
1934		 <detail>, <nodomain>, <tempfail>)
1935
1936where <mailHost> is a map definition describing how to lookup an alternative
1937mail host for a particular address; <mailRoutingAddress> is a map definition
1938describing how to lookup an alternative address for a particular address;
1939the <bounce> argument, if present and not the word "passthru", dictates
1940that mail should be bounced if neither a mailHost nor mailRoutingAddress
1941is found, if set to "sendertoo", the sender will be rejected if not
1942found in LDAP; and <detail> indicates what actions to take if the address
1943contains +detail information -- `strip' tries the lookup with the +detail
1944and if no matches are found, strips the +detail and tries the lookup again;
1945`preserve', does the same as `strip' but if a mailRoutingAddress match is
1946found, the +detail information is copied to the new address; the <nodomain>
1947argument, if present, will prevent the @domain lookup if the full
1948address is not found in LDAP; the <tempfail> argument, if set to
1949"tempfail", instructs the rules to give an SMTP 4XX temporary
1950error if the LDAP server gives the MTA a temporary failure, or if set to
1951"queue" (the default), the MTA will locally queue the mail.
1952
1953The default <mailHost> map definition is:
1954
1955	ldap -1 -T<TMPF> -v mailHost -k (&(objectClass=inetLocalMailRecipient)
1956				 (mailLocalAddress=%0))
1957
1958The default <mailRoutingAddress> map definition is:
1959
1960	ldap -1 -T<TMPF> -v mailRoutingAddress
1961			 -k (&(objectClass=inetLocalMailRecipient)
1962			      (mailLocalAddress=%0))
1963
1964Note that neither includes the LDAP server hostname (-h server) or base DN
1965(-b o=org,c=COUNTRY), both necessary for LDAP queries.  It is presumed that
1966your .mc file contains a setting for the confLDAP_DEFAULT_SPEC option with
1967these settings.  If this is not the case, the map definitions should be
1968changed as described above.  The "-T<TMPF>" is required in any user
1969specified map definition to catch temporary errors.
1970
1971The following possibilities exist as a result of an LDAP lookup on an
1972address:
1973
1974	mailHost is	mailRoutingAddress is	Results in
1975	-----------	---------------------	----------
1976	set to a	set			mail delivered to
1977	"local" host				mailRoutingAddress
1978
1979	set to a	not set			delivered to
1980	"local" host				original address
1981
1982	set to a	set			mailRoutingAddress
1983	remote host				relayed to mailHost
1984
1985	set to a	not set			original address
1986	remote host				relayed to mailHost
1987
1988	not set		set			mail delivered to
1989						mailRoutingAddress
1990
1991	not set		not set			delivered to
1992						original address *OR*
1993						bounced as unknown user
1994
1995The term "local" host above means the host specified is in class {w}.  If
1996the result would mean sending the mail to a different host, that host is
1997looked up in the mailertable before delivery.
1998
1999Note that the last case depends on whether the third argument is given
2000to the FEATURE() command.  The default is to deliver the message to the
2001original address.
2002
2003The LDAP entries should be set up with an objectClass of
2004inetLocalMailRecipient and the address be listed in a mailLocalAddress
2005attribute.  If present, there must be only one mailHost attribute and it
2006must contain a fully qualified host name as its value.  Similarly, if
2007present, there must be only one mailRoutingAddress attribute and it must
2008contain an RFC 822 compliant address.  Some example LDAP records (in LDIF
2009format):
2010
2011	dn: uid=tom, o=example.com, c=US
2012	objectClass: inetLocalMailRecipient
2013	mailLocalAddress: tom@example.com
2014	mailRoutingAddress: thomas@mailhost.example.com
2015
2016This would deliver mail for tom@example.com to thomas@mailhost.example.com.
2017
2018	dn: uid=dick, o=example.com, c=US
2019	objectClass: inetLocalMailRecipient
2020	mailLocalAddress: dick@example.com
2021	mailHost: eng.example.com
2022
2023This would relay mail for dick@example.com to the same address but redirect
2024the mail to MX records listed for the host eng.example.com (unless the
2025mailertable overrides).
2026
2027	dn: uid=harry, o=example.com, c=US
2028	objectClass: inetLocalMailRecipient
2029	mailLocalAddress: harry@example.com
2030	mailHost: mktmail.example.com
2031	mailRoutingAddress: harry@mkt.example.com
2032
2033This would relay mail for harry@example.com to the MX records listed for
2034the host mktmail.example.com using the new address harry@mkt.example.com
2035when talking to that host.
2036
2037	dn: uid=virtual.example.com, o=example.com, c=US
2038	objectClass: inetLocalMailRecipient
2039	mailLocalAddress: @virtual.example.com
2040	mailHost: server.example.com
2041	mailRoutingAddress: virtual@example.com
2042
2043This would send all mail destined for any username @virtual.example.com to
2044the machine server.example.com's MX servers and deliver to the address
2045virtual@example.com on that relay machine.
2046
2047
2048+---------------------------------+
2049| ANTI-SPAM CONFIGURATION CONTROL |
2050+---------------------------------+
2051
2052The primary anti-spam features available in sendmail are:
2053
2054* Relaying is denied by default.
2055* Better checking on sender information.
2056* Access database.
2057* Header checks.
2058
2059Relaying (transmission of messages from a site outside your host (class
2060{w}) to another site except yours) is denied by default.  Note that this
2061changed in sendmail 8.9; previous versions allowed relaying by default.
2062If you really want to revert to the old behaviour, you will need to use
2063FEATURE(`promiscuous_relay').  You can allow certain domains to relay
2064through your server by adding their domain name or IP address to class
2065{R} using RELAY_DOMAIN() and RELAY_DOMAIN_FILE() or via the access database
2066(described below).  Note that IPv6 addresses must be prefaced with "IPv6:".
2067The file consists (like any other file based class) of entries listed on
2068separate lines, e.g.,
2069
2070	sendmail.org
2071	128.32
2072	IPv6:2002:c0a8:02c7
2073	IPv6:2002:c0a8:51d2::23f4
2074	host.mydomain.com
2075	[UNIX:localhost]
2076
2077Notice: the last entry allows relaying for connections via a UNIX
2078socket to the MTA/MSP.  This might be necessary if your configuration
2079doesn't allow relaying by other means in that case, e.g., by having
2080localhost.$m in class {R} (make sure $m is not just a top level
2081domain).
2082
2083If you use
2084
2085	FEATURE(`relay_entire_domain')
2086
2087then any host in any of your local domains (that is, class {m})
2088will be relayed (that is, you will accept mail either to or from any
2089host in your domain).
2090
2091You can also allow relaying based on the MX records of the host
2092portion of an incoming recipient address by using
2093
2094	FEATURE(`relay_based_on_MX')
2095
2096For example, if your server receives a recipient of user@domain.com
2097and domain.com lists your server in its MX records, the mail will be
2098accepted for relay to domain.com.  This feature may cause problems
2099if MX lookups for the recipient domain are slow or time out.  In that
2100case, mail will be temporarily rejected.  It is usually better to
2101maintain a list of hosts/domains for which the server acts as relay.
2102Note also that this feature will stop spammers from using your host
2103to relay spam but it will not stop outsiders from using your server
2104as a relay for their site (that is, they set up an MX record pointing
2105to your mail server, and you will relay mail addressed to them
2106without any prior arrangement).  Along the same lines,
2107
2108	FEATURE(`relay_local_from')
2109
2110will allow relaying if the sender specifies a return path (i.e.
2111MAIL FROM:<user@domain>) domain which is a local domain.  This is a
2112dangerous feature as it will allow spammers to spam using your mail
2113server by simply specifying a return address of user@your.domain.com.
2114It should not be used unless absolutely necessary.
2115A slightly better solution is
2116
2117	FEATURE(`relay_mail_from')
2118
2119which allows relaying if the mail sender is listed as RELAY in the
2120access map.  If an optional argument `domain' (this is the literal
2121word `domain', not a placeholder) is given, the domain portion of
2122the mail sender is also checked to allowing relaying.  This option
2123only works together with the tag From: for the LHS of the access
2124map entries.  This feature allows spammers to abuse your mail server
2125by specifying a return address that you enabled in your access file.
2126This may be harder to figure out for spammers, but it should not
2127be used unless necessary.  Instead use STARTTLS to
2128allow relaying for roaming users.
2129
2130
2131If source routing is used in the recipient address (e.g.,
2132RCPT TO:<user%site.com@othersite.com>), sendmail will check
2133user@site.com for relaying if othersite.com is an allowed relay host
2134in either class {R}, class {m} if FEATURE(`relay_entire_domain') is used,
2135or the access database if FEATURE(`access_db') is used.  To prevent
2136the address from being stripped down, use:
2137
2138	FEATURE(`loose_relay_check')
2139
2140If you think you need to use this feature, you probably do not.  This
2141should only be used for sites which have no control over the addresses
2142that they provide a gateway for.  Use this FEATURE with caution as it
2143can allow spammers to relay through your server if not setup properly.
2144
2145NOTICE: It is possible to relay mail through a system which the anti-relay
2146rules do not prevent: the case of a system that does use FEATURE(`nouucp',
2147`nospecial') (system A) and relays local messages to a mail hub (e.g., via
2148LOCAL_RELAY or LUSER_RELAY) (system B).  If system B doesn't use
2149FEATURE(`nouucp') at all, addresses of the form
2150<example.net!user@local.host> would be relayed to <user@example.net>.
2151System A doesn't recognize `!' as an address separator and therefore
2152forwards it to the mail hub which in turns relays it because it came from
2153a trusted local host.  So if a mailserver allows UUCP (bang-format)
2154addresses, all systems from which it allows relaying should do the same
2155or reject those addresses.
2156
2157As of 8.9, sendmail will refuse mail if the MAIL FROM: parameter has
2158an unresolvable domain (i.e., one that DNS, your local name service,
2159or special case rules in ruleset 3 cannot locate).  This also applies
2160to addresses that use domain literals, e.g., <user@[1.2.3.4]>, if the
2161IP address can't be mapped to a host name.  If you want to continue
2162to accept such domains, e.g., because you are inside a firewall that
2163has only a limited view of the Internet host name space (note that you
2164will not be able to return mail to them unless you have some "smart
2165host" forwarder), use
2166
2167	FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')
2168
2169Alternatively, you can allow specific addresses by adding them to
2170the access map, e.g.,
2171
2172	From:unresolvable.domain	OK
2173	From:[1.2.3.4]			OK
2174	From:[1.2.4]			OK
2175
2176Notice: domains which are temporarily unresolvable are (temporarily)
2177rejected with a 451 reply code.  If those domains should be accepted
2178(which is discouraged) then you can use
2179
2180	LOCAL_CONFIG
2181	C{ResOk}TEMP
2182
2183sendmail will also refuse mail if the MAIL FROM: parameter is not
2184fully qualified (i.e., contains a domain as well as a user).  If you
2185want to continue to accept such senders, use
2186
2187	FEATURE(`accept_unqualified_senders')
2188
2189Setting the DaemonPortOptions modifier 'u' overrides the default behavior,
2190i.e., unqualified addresses are accepted even without this FEATURE.  If
2191this FEATURE is not used, the DaemonPortOptions modifier 'f' can be used
2192to enforce fully qualified domain names.
2193
2194An ``access'' database can be created to accept or reject mail from
2195selected domains.  For example, you may choose to reject all mail
2196originating from known spammers.  To enable such a database, use
2197
2198	FEATURE(`access_db')
2199
2200Notice: the access database is applied to the envelope addresses
2201and the connection information, not to the header.
2202
2203The FEATURE macro can accept as second parameter the key file
2204definition for the database; for example
2205
2206	FEATURE(`access_db', `hash -T<TMPF> /etc/mail/access_map')
2207
2208Notice: If a second argument is specified it must contain the option
2209`-T<TMPF>' as shown above.  The optional third and fourth parameters
2210may be `skip' or `lookupdotdomain'.  The former enables SKIP as
2211value part (see below), the latter is another way to enable the
2212feature of the same name (see above).
2213
2214Remember, since /etc/mail/access is a database, after creating the text
2215file as described below, you must use makemap to create the database
2216map.  For example:
2217
2218	makemap hash /etc/mail/access < /etc/mail/access
2219
2220The table itself uses e-mail addresses, domain names, and network
2221numbers as keys.  Note that IPv6 addresses must be prefaced with "IPv6:".
2222For example,
2223
2224	From:spammer@aol.com			REJECT
2225	From:cyberspammer.com			REJECT
2226	Connect:cyberspammer.com		REJECT
2227	Connect:TLD				REJECT
2228	Connect:192.168.212			REJECT
2229	Connect:IPv6:2002:c0a8:02c7		RELAY
2230	Connect:IPv6:2002:c0a8:51d2::23f4	REJECT
2231
2232would refuse mail from spammer@aol.com, any user from cyberspammer.com
2233(or any host within the cyberspammer.com domain), any host in the entire
2234top level domain TLD, 192.168.212.* network, and the IPv6 address
22352002:c0a8:51d2::23f4.  It would allow relay for the IPv6 network
22362002:c0a8:02c7::/48.
2237
2238Entries in the access map should be tagged according to their type.
2239Three tags are available:
2240
2241	Connect:	connection information (${client_addr}, ${client_name})
2242	From:		envelope sender
2243	To:		envelope recipient
2244
2245Notice: untagged entries are deprecated.
2246
2247If the required item is looked up in a map, it will be tried first
2248with the corresponding tag in front, then (as fallback to enable
2249backward compatibility) without any tag, unless the specific feature
2250requires a tag.  For example,
2251
2252	From:spammer@some.dom	REJECT
2253	To:friend.domain	RELAY
2254	Connect:friend.domain	OK
2255	Connect:from.domain	RELAY
2256	From:good@another.dom	OK
2257	From:another.dom	REJECT
2258
2259This would deny mails from spammer@some.dom but you could still
2260send mail to that address even if FEATURE(`blacklist_recipients')
2261is enabled.  Your system will allow relaying to friend.domain, but
2262not from it (unless enabled by other means).  Connections from that
2263domain will be allowed even if it ends up in one of the DNS based
2264rejection lists.  Relaying is enabled from from.domain but not to
2265it (since relaying is based on the connection information for
2266outgoing relaying, the tag Connect: must be used; for incoming
2267relaying, which is based on the recipient address, To: must be
2268used).  The last two entries allow mails from good@another.dom but
2269reject mail from all other addresses with another.dom as domain
2270part.
2271
2272
2273The value part of the map can contain:
2274
2275	OK		Accept mail even if other rules in the running
2276			ruleset would reject it, for example, if the domain
2277			name is unresolvable.  "Accept" does not mean
2278			"relay", but at most acceptance for local
2279			recipients.  That is, OK allows less than RELAY.
2280	RELAY		Accept mail addressed to the indicated domain or
2281			received from the indicated domain for relaying
2282			through your SMTP server.  RELAY also serves as
2283			an implicit OK for the other checks.
2284	REJECT		Reject the sender or recipient with a general
2285			purpose message.
2286	DISCARD		Discard the message completely using the
2287			$#discard mailer.  If it is used in check_compat,
2288			it affects only the designated recipient, not
2289			the whole message as it does in all other cases.
2290			This should only be used if really necessary.
2291	SKIP		This can only be used for host/domain names
2292			and IP addresses/nets.  It will abort the current
2293			search for this entry without accepting or rejecting
2294			it but causing the default action.
2295	### any text	where ### is an RFC 821 compliant error code and
2296			"any text" is a message to return for the command.
2297			The entire string should be quoted to avoid
2298			surprises:
2299
2300				"### any text"
2301
2302			Otherwise sendmail formats the text as email
2303			addresses, e.g., it may remove spaces.
2304			This type is deprecated, use one of the two
2305			ERROR:  entries below instead.
2306	ERROR:### any text
2307			as above, but useful to mark error messages as such.
2308			If quotes need to be used to avoid modifications
2309			(see above), they should be placed like this:
2310
2311				ERROR:"### any text"
2312
2313	ERROR:D.S.N:### any text
2314			where D.S.N is an RFC 1893 compliant error code
2315			and the rest as above.  If quotes need to be used
2316			to avoid modifications, they should be placed
2317			like this:
2318
2319				ERROR:D.S.N:"### any text"
2320
2321	QUARANTINE:any text
2322			Quarantine the message using the given text as the
2323			quarantining reason.
2324
2325For example:
2326
2327	From:cyberspammer.com	ERROR:"550 We don't accept mail from spammers"
2328	From:okay.cyberspammer.com	OK
2329	Connect:sendmail.org		RELAY
2330	To:sendmail.org			RELAY
2331	Connect:128.32			RELAY
2332	Connect:128.32.2		SKIP
2333	Connect:IPv6:1:2:3:4:5:6:7	RELAY
2334	Connect:suspicious.example.com	QUARANTINE:Mail from suspicious host
2335	Connect:[127.0.0.3]		OK
2336	Connect:[IPv6:1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8]	OK
2337
2338would accept mail from okay.cyberspammer.com, but would reject mail
2339from all other hosts at cyberspammer.com with the indicated message.
2340It would allow relaying mail from and to any hosts in the sendmail.org
2341domain, and allow relaying from the IPv6 1:2:3:4:5:6:7:* network
2342and from the 128.32.*.* network except for the 128.32.2.* network,
2343which shows how SKIP is useful to exempt subnets/subdomains.  The
2344last two entries are for checks against ${client_name} if the IP
2345address doesn't resolve to a hostname (or is considered as "may be
2346forged").  That is, using square brackets means these are host
2347names, not network numbers.
2348
2349Warning: if you change the RFC 821 compliant error code from the default
2350value of 550, then you should probably also change the RFC 1893 compliant
2351error code to match it.  For example, if you use
2352
2353	To:user@example.com	ERROR:450 mailbox full
2354
2355the error returned would be "450 5.0.0 mailbox full" which is wrong.
2356Use "ERROR:4.2.2:450 mailbox full" instead.
2357
2358Note, UUCP users may need to add hostname.UUCP to the access database
2359or class {R}.
2360
2361If you also use:
2362
2363	FEATURE(`relay_hosts_only')
2364
2365then the above example will allow relaying for sendmail.org, but not
2366hosts within the sendmail.org domain.  Note that this will also require
2367hosts listed in class {R} to be fully qualified host names.
2368
2369You can also use the access database to block sender addresses based on
2370the username portion of the address.  For example:
2371
2372	From:FREE.STEALTH.MAILER@	ERROR:550 Spam not accepted
2373
2374Note that you must include the @ after the username to signify that
2375this database entry is for checking only the username portion of the
2376sender address.
2377
2378If you use:
2379
2380	FEATURE(`blacklist_recipients')
2381
2382then you can add entries to the map for local users, hosts in your
2383domains, or addresses in your domain which should not receive mail:
2384
2385	To:badlocaluser@	ERROR:550 Mailbox disabled for badlocaluser
2386	To:host.my.TLD		ERROR:550 That host does not accept mail
2387	To:user@other.my.TLD	ERROR:550 Mailbox disabled for this recipient
2388
2389This would prevent a recipient of badlocaluser in any of the local
2390domains (class {w}), any user at host.my.TLD, and the single address
2391user@other.my.TLD from receiving mail.  Please note: a local username
2392must be now tagged with an @ (this is consistent with the check of
2393the sender address, and hence it is possible to distinguish between
2394hostnames and usernames).  Enabling this feature will keep you from
2395sending mails to all addresses that have an error message or REJECT
2396as value part in the access map.  Taking the example from above:
2397
2398	spammer@aol.com		REJECT
2399	cyberspammer.com	REJECT
2400
2401Mail can't be sent to spammer@aol.com or anyone at cyberspammer.com.
2402That's why tagged entries should be used.
2403
2404There are several DNS based blacklists which can be found by
2405querying a search engine.  These are databases of spammers
2406maintained in DNS.  To use such a database, specify
2407
2408	FEATURE(`dnsbl', `dnsbl.example.com')
2409
2410This will cause sendmail to reject mail from any site listed in the
2411DNS based blacklist.  You must select an DNSB based blacklist domain
2412to check by specifying an argument to the FEATURE.  The default
2413error message is
2414
2415	Rejected: IP-ADDRESS listed at SERVER
2416
2417where IP-ADDRESS and SERVER are replaced by the appropriate
2418information.  A second argument can be used to specify a different
2419text.  By default, temporary lookup failures are ignored and hence
2420cause the connection not to be rejected by the DNS based rejection
2421list.  This behavior can be changed by specifying a third argument,
2422which must be either `t' or a full error message.  For example:
2423
2424	FEATURE(`dnsbl', `dnsbl.example.com', `',
2425	`"451 Temporary lookup failure for " $&{client_addr} " in dnsbl.example.com"')
2426
2427If `t' is used, the error message is:
2428
2429	451 Temporary lookup failure of IP-ADDRESS at SERVER
2430
2431where IP-ADDRESS and SERVER are replaced by the appropriate
2432information.
2433
2434This FEATURE can be included several times to query different
2435DNS based rejection lists.
2436
2437Notice: to avoid checking your own local domains against those
2438blacklists, use the access_db feature and add:
2439
2440	Connect:10.1		OK
2441	Connect:127.0.0.1	RELAY
2442
2443to the access map, where 10.1 is your local network.  You may
2444want to use "RELAY" instead of "OK" to allow also relaying
2445instead of just disabling the DNS lookups in the blacklists.
2446
2447
2448The features described above make use of the check_relay, check_mail,
2449and check_rcpt rulesets.  Note that check_relay checks the SMTP
2450client hostname and IP address when the connection is made to your
2451server.  It does not check if a mail message is being relayed to
2452another server.  That check is done in check_rcpt.  If you wish to
2453include your own checks, you can put your checks in the rulesets
2454Local_check_relay, Local_check_mail, and Local_check_rcpt.  For
2455example if you wanted to block senders with all numeric usernames
2456(i.e. 2312343@bigisp.com), you would use Local_check_mail and the
2457regex map:
2458
2459	LOCAL_CONFIG
2460	Kallnumbers regex -a@MATCH ^[0-9]+$
2461
2462	LOCAL_RULESETS
2463	SLocal_check_mail
2464	# check address against various regex checks
2465	R$*				$: $>Parse0 $>3 $1
2466	R$+ < @ bigisp.com. > $*	$: $(allnumbers $1 $)
2467	R@MATCH				$#error $: 553 Header Error
2468
2469These rules are called with the original arguments of the corresponding
2470check_* ruleset.  If the local ruleset returns $#OK, no further checking
2471is done by the features described above and the mail is accepted.  If
2472the local ruleset resolves to a mailer (such as $#error or $#discard),
2473the appropriate action is taken.  Other results starting with $# are
2474interpreted by sendmail and may lead to unspecified behavior.  Note: do
2475NOT create a mailer with the name OK.  Return values that do not start
2476with $# are ignored, i.e., normal processing continues.
2477
2478Delay all checks
2479----------------
2480
2481By using FEATURE(`delay_checks') the rulesets check_mail and check_relay
2482will not be called when a client connects or issues a MAIL command,
2483respectively.  Instead, those rulesets will be called by the check_rcpt
2484ruleset; they will be skipped if a sender has been authenticated using
2485a "trusted" mechanism, i.e., one that is defined via TRUST_AUTH_MECH().
2486If check_mail returns an error then the RCPT TO command will be rejected
2487with that error.  If it returns some other result starting with $# then
2488check_relay will be skipped.  If the sender address (or a part of it) is
2489listed in the access map and it has a RHS of OK or RELAY, then check_relay
2490will be skipped.  This has an interesting side effect: if your domain is
2491my.domain and you have
2492
2493	my.domain	RELAY
2494
2495in the access map, then any e-mail with a sender address of
2496<user@my.domain> will not be rejected by check_relay even though
2497it would match the hostname or IP address.  This allows spammers
2498to get around DNS based blacklist by faking the sender address.  To
2499avoid this problem you have to use tagged entries:
2500
2501	To:my.domain		RELAY
2502	Connect:my.domain	RELAY
2503
2504if you need those entries at all (class {R} may take care of them).
2505
2506FEATURE(`delay_checks') can take an optional argument:
2507
2508	FEATURE(`delay_checks', `friend')
2509		 enables spamfriend test
2510	FEATURE(`delay_checks', `hater')
2511		 enables spamhater test
2512
2513If such an argument is given, the recipient will be looked up in the
2514access map (using the tag Spam:).  If the argument is `friend', then
2515the default behavior is to apply the other rulesets and make a SPAM
2516friend the exception.  The rulesets check_mail and check_relay will be
2517skipped only if the recipient address is found and has RHS FRIEND.  If
2518the argument is `hater', then the default behavior is to skip the rulesets
2519check_mail and check_relay and make a SPAM hater the exception.  The
2520other two rulesets will be applied only if the recipient address is
2521found and has RHS HATER.
2522
2523This allows for simple exceptions from the tests, e.g., by activating
2524the friend option and having
2525
2526	Spam:abuse@	FRIEND
2527
2528in the access map, mail to abuse@localdomain will get through (where
2529"localdomain" is any domain in class {w}).  It is also possible to
2530specify a full address or an address with +detail:
2531
2532	Spam:abuse@my.domain	FRIEND
2533	Spam:me+abuse@		FRIEND
2534	Spam:spam.domain	FRIEND
2535
2536Note: The required tag has been changed in 8.12 from To: to Spam:.
2537This change is incompatible to previous versions.  However, you can
2538(for now) simply add the new entries to the access map, the old
2539ones will be ignored.  As soon as you removed the old entries from
2540the access map, specify a third parameter (`n') to this feature and
2541the backward compatibility rules will not be in the generated .cf
2542file.
2543
2544Header Checks
2545-------------
2546
2547You can also reject mail on the basis of the contents of headers.
2548This is done by adding a ruleset call to the 'H' header definition command
2549in sendmail.cf.  For example, this can be used to check the validity of
2550a Message-ID: header:
2551
2552	LOCAL_CONFIG
2553	HMessage-Id: $>CheckMessageId
2554
2555	LOCAL_RULESETS
2556	SCheckMessageId
2557	R< $+ @ $+ >		$@ OK
2558	R$*			$#error $: 553 Header Error
2559
2560The alternative format:
2561
2562	HSubject: $>+CheckSubject
2563
2564that is, $>+ instead of $>, gives the full Subject: header including
2565comments to the ruleset (comments in parentheses () are stripped
2566by default).
2567
2568A default ruleset for headers which don't have a specific ruleset
2569defined for them can be given by:
2570
2571	H*: $>CheckHdr
2572
2573Notice:
25741. All rules act on tokens as explained in doc/op/op.{me,ps,txt}.
2575That may cause problems with simple header checks due to the
2576tokenization.  It might be simpler to use a regex map and apply it
2577to $&{currHeader}.
25782. There are no default rulesets coming with this distribution of
2579sendmail.  You can write your own or search the WWW for examples.
25803. When using a default ruleset for headers, the name of the header
2581currently being checked can be found in the $&{hdr_name} macro.
2582
2583After all of the headers are read, the check_eoh ruleset will be called for
2584any final header-related checks.  The ruleset is called with the number of
2585headers and the size of all of the headers in bytes separated by $|.  One
2586example usage is to reject messages which do not have a Message-Id:
2587header.  However, the Message-Id: header is *NOT* a required header and is
2588not a guaranteed spam indicator.  This ruleset is an example and should
2589probably not be used in production.
2590
2591	LOCAL_CONFIG
2592	Kstorage macro
2593	HMessage-Id: $>CheckMessageId
2594
2595	LOCAL_RULESETS
2596	SCheckMessageId
2597	# Record the presence of the header
2598	R$*			$: $(storage {MessageIdCheck} $@ OK $) $1
2599	R< $+ @ $+ >		$@ OK
2600	R$*			$#error $: 553 Header Error
2601
2602	Scheck_eoh
2603	# Check the macro
2604	R$*			$: < $&{MessageIdCheck} >
2605	# Clear the macro for the next message
2606	R$*			$: $(storage {MessageIdCheck} $) $1
2607	# Has a Message-Id: header
2608	R< $+ >			$@ OK
2609	# Allow missing Message-Id: from local mail
2610	R$*			$: < $&{client_name} >
2611	R< >			$@ OK
2612	R< $=w >		$@ OK
2613	# Otherwise, reject the mail
2614	R$*			$#error $: 553 Header Error
2615
2616
2617+--------------------+
2618| CONNECTION CONTROL |
2619+--------------------+
2620
2621The features ratecontrol and conncontrol allow to establish connection
2622limits per client IP address or net.  These features can limit the
2623rate of connections (connections per time unit) or the number of
2624incoming SMTP connections, respectively.  If enabled, appropriate
2625rulesets are called at the end of check_relay, i.e., after DNS
2626blacklists and generic access_db operations.  The features require
2627FEATURE(`access_db') to be listed earlier in the mc file.
2628
2629Note: FEATURE(`delay_checks') delays those connection control checks
2630after a recipient address has been received, hence making these
2631connection control features less useful.  To run the checks as early
2632as possible, specify the parameter `nodelay', e.g.,
2633
2634	FEATURE(`ratecontrol', `nodelay')
2635
2636In that case, FEATURE(`delay_checks') has no effect on connection
2637control (and it must be specified earlier in the mc file).
2638
2639An optional second argument `terminate' specifies whether the
2640rulesets should return the error code 421 which will cause
2641sendmail to terminate the session with that error if it is
2642returned from check_relay, i.e., not delayed as explained in
2643the previous paragraph.  Example:
2644
2645	FEATURE(`ratecontrol', `nodelay', `terminate')
2646
2647
2648+----------+
2649| STARTTLS |
2650+----------+
2651
2652In this text, cert will be used as an abbreviation for X.509 certificate,
2653DN (CN) is the distinguished (common) name of a cert, and CA is a
2654certification authority, which signs (issues) certs.
2655
2656For STARTTLS to be offered by sendmail you need to set at least
2657these variables (the file names and paths are just examples):
2658
2659	define(`confCACERT_PATH', `/etc/mail/certs/')
2660	define(`confCACERT', `/etc/mail/certs/CA.cert.pem')
2661	define(`confSERVER_CERT', `/etc/mail/certs/my.cert.pem')
2662	define(`confSERVER_KEY', `/etc/mail/certs/my.key.pem')
2663
2664On systems which do not have the compile flag HASURANDOM set (see
2665sendmail/README) you also must set confRAND_FILE.
2666
2667See doc/op/op.{me,ps,txt} for more information about these options,
2668especially the sections ``Certificates for STARTTLS'' and ``PRNG for
2669STARTTLS''.
2670
2671Macros related to STARTTLS are:
2672
2673${cert_issuer} holds the DN of the CA (the cert issuer).
2674${cert_subject} holds the DN of the cert (called the cert subject).
2675${cn_issuer} holds the CN of the CA (the cert issuer).
2676${cn_subject} holds the CN of the cert (called the cert subject).
2677${tls_version} the TLS/SSL version used for the connection, e.g., TLSv1,
2678	TLSv1/SSLv3, SSLv3, SSLv2.
2679${cipher} the cipher used for the connection, e.g., EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA,
2680	EDH-RSA-DES-CBC-SHA, DES-CBC-MD5, DES-CBC3-SHA.
2681${cipher_bits} the keylength (in bits) of the symmetric encryption algorithm
2682	used for the connection.
2683${verify} holds the result of the verification of the presented cert.
2684	Possible values are:
2685	OK	 verification succeeded.
2686	NO	 no cert presented.
2687	NOT	 no cert requested.
2688	FAIL	 cert presented but could not be verified,
2689		 e.g., the cert of the signing CA is missing.
2690	NONE	 STARTTLS has not been performed.
2691	TEMP	 temporary error occurred.
2692	PROTOCOL protocol error occurred (SMTP level).
2693	SOFTWARE STARTTLS handshake failed.
2694${server_name} the name of the server of the current outgoing SMTP
2695	connection.
2696${server_addr} the address of the server of the current outgoing SMTP
2697	connection.
2698
2699Relaying
2700--------
2701
2702SMTP STARTTLS can allow relaying for remote SMTP clients which have
2703successfully authenticated themselves.  If the verification of the cert
2704failed (${verify} != OK), relaying is subject to the usual rules.
2705Otherwise the DN of the issuer is looked up in the access map using the
2706tag CERTISSUER.  If the resulting value is RELAY, relaying is allowed.
2707If it is SUBJECT, the DN of the cert subject is looked up next in the
2708access map using the tag CERTSUBJECT.  If the value is RELAY, relaying
2709is allowed.
2710
2711To make things a bit more flexible (or complicated), the values for
2712${cert_issuer} and ${cert_subject} can be optionally modified by regular
2713expressions defined in the m4 variables _CERT_REGEX_ISSUER_ and
2714_CERT_REGEX_SUBJECT_, respectively.  To avoid problems with those macros in
2715rulesets and map lookups, they are modified as follows: each non-printable
2716character and the characters '<', '>', '(', ')', '"', '+', ' ' are replaced
2717by their HEX value with a leading '+'.  For example:
2718
2719/C=US/ST=California/O=endmail.org/OU=private/CN=Darth Mail (Cert)/Email=
2720darth+cert@endmail.org
2721
2722is encoded as:
2723
2724/C=US/ST=California/O=endmail.org/OU=private/CN=
2725Darth+20Mail+20+28Cert+29/Email=darth+2Bcert@endmail.org
2726
2727(line breaks have been inserted for readability).
2728
2729The  macros  which are subject to this encoding are ${cert_subject},
2730${cert_issuer},  ${cn_subject},  and ${cn_issuer}.
2731
2732Examples:
2733
2734To allow relaying for everyone who can present a cert signed by
2735
2736/C=US/ST=California/O=endmail.org/OU=private/CN=
2737Darth+20Mail+20+28Cert+29/Email=darth+2Bcert@endmail.org
2738
2739simply use:
2740
2741CertIssuer:/C=US/ST=California/O=endmail.org/OU=private/CN=
2742Darth+20Mail+20+28Cert+29/Email=darth+2Bcert@endmail.org	RELAY
2743
2744To allow relaying only for a subset of machines that have a cert signed by
2745
2746/C=US/ST=California/O=endmail.org/OU=private/CN=
2747Darth+20Mail+20+28Cert+29/Email=darth+2Bcert@endmail.org
2748
2749use:
2750
2751CertIssuer:/C=US/ST=California/O=endmail.org/OU=private/CN=
2752Darth+20Mail+20+28Cert+29/Email=darth+2Bcert@endmail.org	SUBJECT
2753CertSubject:/C=US/ST=California/O=endmail.org/OU=private/CN=
2754DeathStar/Email=deathstar@endmail.org		RELAY
2755
2756Notes:
2757- line breaks have been inserted after "CN=" for readability,
2758  each tagged entry must be one (long) line in the access map.
2759- if OpenSSL 0.9.7 or newer is used then the "Email=" part of a DN
2760  is replaced by "emailAddress=".
2761
2762Of course it is also possible to write a simple ruleset that allows
2763relaying for everyone who can present a cert that can be verified, e.g.,
2764
2765LOCAL_RULESETS
2766SLocal_check_rcpt
2767R$*	$: $&{verify}
2768ROK	$# OK
2769
2770Allowing Connections
2771--------------------
2772
2773The rulesets tls_server, tls_client, and tls_rcpt are used to decide whether
2774an SMTP connection is accepted (or should continue).
2775
2776tls_server is called when sendmail acts as client after a STARTTLS command
2777(should) have been issued.  The parameter is the value of ${verify}.
2778
2779tls_client is called when sendmail acts as server, after a STARTTLS command
2780has been issued, and from check_mail.  The parameter is the value of
2781${verify} and STARTTLS or MAIL, respectively.
2782
2783Both rulesets behave the same.  If no access map is in use, the connection
2784will be accepted unless ${verify} is SOFTWARE, in which case the connection
2785is always aborted.  For tls_server/tls_client, ${client_name}/${server_name}
2786is looked up in the access map using the tag TLS_Srv/TLS_Clt, which is done
2787with the ruleset LookUpDomain.  If no entry is found, ${client_addr}
2788(${server_addr}) is looked up in the access map (same tag, ruleset
2789LookUpAddr).  If this doesn't result in an entry either, just the tag is
2790looked up in the access map (included the trailing colon).  Notice:
2791requiring that e-mail is sent to a server only encrypted, e.g., via
2792
2793TLS_Srv:secure.domain	ENCR:112
2794
2795doesn't necessarily mean that e-mail sent to that domain is encrypted.
2796If the domain has multiple MX servers, e.g.,
2797
2798secure.domain.	IN MX 10	mail.secure.domain.
2799secure.domain.	IN MX 50	mail.other.domain.
2800
2801then mail to user@secure.domain may go unencrypted to mail.other.domain.
2802tls_rcpt can be used to address this problem.
2803
2804tls_rcpt is called before a RCPT TO: command is sent.  The parameter is the
2805current recipient.  This ruleset is only defined if FEATURE(`access_db')
2806is selected.  A recipient address user@domain is looked up in the access
2807map in four formats: TLS_Rcpt:user@domain, TLS_Rcpt:user@, TLS_Rcpt:domain,
2808and TLS_Rcpt:; the first match is taken.
2809
2810The result of the lookups is then used to call the ruleset TLS_connection,
2811which checks the requirement specified by the RHS in the access map against
2812the actual parameters of the current TLS connection, esp. ${verify} and
2813${cipher_bits}.  Legal RHSs in the access map are:
2814
2815VERIFY		verification must have succeeded
2816VERIFY:bits	verification must have succeeded and ${cipher_bits} must
2817		be greater than or equal bits.
2818ENCR:bits	${cipher_bits} must be greater than or equal bits.
2819
2820The RHS can optionally be prefixed by TEMP+ or PERM+ to select a temporary
2821or permanent error.  The default is a temporary error code (403 4.7.0)
2822unless the macro TLS_PERM_ERR is set during generation of the .cf file.
2823
2824If a certain level of encryption is required, then it might also be
2825possible that this level is provided by the security layer from a SASL
2826algorithm, e.g., DIGEST-MD5.
2827
2828Furthermore, there can be a list of extensions added.  Such a list
2829starts with '+' and the items are separated by '++'.  Allowed
2830extensions are:
2831
2832CN:name		name must match ${cn_subject}
2833CN		${server_name} must match ${cn_subject}
2834CS:name		name must match ${cert_subject}
2835CI:name		name must match ${cert_issuer}
2836
2837Example: e-mail sent to secure.example.com should only use an encrypted
2838connection.  E-mail received from hosts within the laptop.example.com domain
2839should only be accepted if they have been authenticated.  The host which
2840receives e-mail for darth@endmail.org must present a cert that uses the
2841CN smtp.endmail.org.
2842
2843TLS_Srv:secure.example.com      ENCR:112
2844TLS_Clt:laptop.example.com      PERM+VERIFY:112
2845TLS_Rcpt:darth@endmail.org	ENCR:112+CN:smtp.endmail.org
2846
2847
2848Disabling STARTTLS And Setting SMTP Server Features
2849---------------------------------------------------
2850
2851By default STARTTLS is used whenever possible.  However, there are
2852some broken MTAs that don't properly implement STARTTLS.  To be able
2853to send to (or receive from) those MTAs, the ruleset try_tls
2854(srv_features) can be used that work together with the access map.
2855Entries for the access map must be tagged with Try_TLS (Srv_Features)
2856and refer to the hostname or IP address of the connecting system.
2857A default case can be specified by using just the tag.  For example,
2858the following entries in the access map:
2859
2860	Try_TLS:broken.server	NO
2861	Srv_Features:my.domain	v
2862	Srv_Features:		V
2863
2864will turn off STARTTLS when sending to broken.server (or any host
2865in that domain), and request a client certificate during the TLS
2866handshake only for hosts in my.domain.  The valid entries on the RHS
2867for Srv_Features are listed in the Sendmail Installation and
2868Operations Guide.
2869
2870
2871Received: Header
2872----------------
2873
2874The Received: header reveals whether STARTTLS has been used.  It contains an
2875extra line:
2876
2877(version=${tls_version} cipher=${cipher} bits=${cipher_bits} verify=${verify})
2878
2879
2880+--------------------------------+
2881| ADDING NEW MAILERS OR RULESETS |
2882+--------------------------------+
2883
2884Sometimes you may need to add entirely new mailers or rulesets.  They
2885should be introduced with the constructs MAILER_DEFINITIONS and
2886LOCAL_RULESETS respectively.  For example:
2887
2888	MAILER_DEFINITIONS
2889	Mmymailer, ...
2890	...
2891
2892	LOCAL_RULESETS
2893	Smyruleset
2894	...
2895
2896Local additions for the rulesets srv_features, try_tls, tls_rcpt,
2897tls_client, and tls_server can be made using LOCAL_SRV_FEATURES,
2898LOCAL_TRY_TLS, LOCAL_TLS_RCPT, LOCAL_TLS_CLIENT, and LOCAL_TLS_SERVER,
2899respectively.  For example, to add a local ruleset that decides
2900whether to try STARTTLS in a sendmail client, use:
2901
2902	LOCAL_TRY_TLS
2903	R...
2904
2905Note: you don't need to add a name for the ruleset, it is implicitly
2906defined by using the appropriate macro.
2907
2908
2909+-------------------------+
2910| ADDING NEW MAIL FILTERS |
2911+-------------------------+
2912
2913Sendmail supports mail filters to filter incoming SMTP messages according
2914to the "Sendmail Mail Filter API" documentation.  These filters can be
2915configured in your mc file using the two commands:
2916
2917	MAIL_FILTER(`name', `equates')
2918	INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`name', `equates')
2919
2920The first command, MAIL_FILTER(), simply defines a filter with the given
2921name and equates.  For example:
2922
2923	MAIL_FILTER(`archive', `S=local:/var/run/archivesock, F=R')
2924
2925This creates the equivalent sendmail.cf entry:
2926
2927	Xarchive, S=local:/var/run/archivesock, F=R
2928
2929The INPUT_MAIL_FILTER() command performs the same actions as MAIL_FILTER
2930but also populates the m4 variable `confINPUT_MAIL_FILTERS' with the name
2931of the filter such that the filter will actually be called by sendmail.
2932
2933For example, the two commands:
2934
2935	INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`archive', `S=local:/var/run/archivesock, F=R')
2936	INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`spamcheck', `S=inet:2525@localhost, F=T')
2937
2938are equivalent to the three commands:
2939
2940	MAIL_FILTER(`archive', `S=local:/var/run/archivesock, F=R')
2941	MAIL_FILTER(`spamcheck', `S=inet:2525@localhost, F=T')
2942	define(`confINPUT_MAIL_FILTERS', `archive, spamcheck')
2943
2944In general, INPUT_MAIL_FILTER() should be used unless you need to define
2945more filters than you want to use for `confINPUT_MAIL_FILTERS'.
2946
2947Note that setting `confINPUT_MAIL_FILTERS' after any INPUT_MAIL_FILTER()
2948commands will clear the list created by the prior INPUT_MAIL_FILTER()
2949commands.
2950
2951
2952+-------------------------+
2953| QUEUE GROUP DEFINITIONS |
2954+-------------------------+
2955
2956In addition to the queue directory (which is the default queue group
2957called "mqueue"), sendmail can deal with multiple queue groups, which
2958are collections of queue directories with the same behaviour.  Queue
2959groups can be defined using the command:
2960
2961	QUEUE_GROUP(`name', `equates')
2962
2963For details about queue groups, please see doc/op/op.{me,ps,txt}.
2964
2965+-------------------------------+
2966| NON-SMTP BASED CONFIGURATIONS |
2967+-------------------------------+
2968
2969These configuration files are designed primarily for use by
2970SMTP-based sites.  They may not be well tuned for UUCP-only or
2971UUCP-primarily nodes (the latter is defined as a small local net
2972connected to the rest of the world via UUCP).  However, there is
2973one hook to handle some special cases.
2974
2975You can define a ``smart host'' that understands a richer address syntax
2976using:
2977
2978	define(`SMART_HOST', `mailer:hostname')
2979
2980In this case, the ``mailer:'' defaults to "relay".  Any messages that
2981can't be handled using the usual UUCP rules are passed to this host.
2982
2983If you are on a local SMTP-based net that connects to the outside
2984world via UUCP, you can use LOCAL_NET_CONFIG to add appropriate rules.
2985For example:
2986
2987	define(`SMART_HOST', `uucp-new:uunet')
2988	LOCAL_NET_CONFIG
2989	R$* < @ $* .$m. > $*	$#smtp $@ $2.$m. $: $1 < @ $2.$m. > $3
2990
2991This will cause all names that end in your domain name ($m) to be sent
2992via SMTP; anything else will be sent via uucp-new (smart UUCP) to uunet.
2993If you have FEATURE(`nocanonify'), you may need to omit the dots after
2994the $m.  If you are running a local DNS inside your domain which is
2995not otherwise connected to the outside world, you probably want to
2996use:
2997
2998	define(`SMART_HOST', `smtp:fire.wall.com')
2999	LOCAL_NET_CONFIG
3000	R$* < @ $* . > $*	$#smtp $@ $2. $: $1 < @ $2. > $3
3001
3002That is, send directly only to things you found in your DNS lookup;
3003anything else goes through SMART_HOST.
3004
3005You may need to turn off the anti-spam rules in order to accept
3006UUCP mail with FEATURE(`promiscuous_relay') and
3007FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains').
3008
3009
3010+-----------+
3011| WHO AM I? |
3012+-----------+
3013
3014Normally, the $j macro is automatically defined to be your fully
3015qualified domain name (FQDN).  Sendmail does this by getting your
3016host name using gethostname and then calling gethostbyname on the
3017result.  For example, in some environments gethostname returns
3018only the root of the host name (such as "foo"); gethostbyname is
3019supposed to return the FQDN ("foo.bar.com").  In some (fairly rare)
3020cases, gethostbyname may fail to return the FQDN.  In this case
3021you MUST define confDOMAIN_NAME to be your fully qualified domain
3022name.  This is usually done using:
3023
3024	Dmbar.com
3025	define(`confDOMAIN_NAME', `$w.$m')dnl
3026
3027
3028+-----------------------------------+
3029| ACCEPTING MAIL FOR MULTIPLE NAMES |
3030+-----------------------------------+
3031
3032If your host is known by several different names, you need to augment
3033class {w}.  This is a list of names by which your host is known, and
3034anything sent to an address using a host name in this list will be
3035treated as local mail.  You can do this in two ways:  either create the
3036file /etc/mail/local-host-names containing a list of your aliases (one per
3037line), and use ``FEATURE(`use_cw_file')'' in the .mc file, or add
3038``LOCAL_DOMAIN(`alias.host.name')''.  Be sure you use the fully-qualified
3039name of the host, rather than a short name.
3040
3041If you want to have different address in different domains, take
3042a look at the virtusertable feature, which is also explained at
3043http://www.sendmail.org/virtual-hosting.html
3044
3045
3046+--------------------+
3047| USING MAILERTABLES |
3048+--------------------+
3049
3050To use FEATURE(`mailertable'), you will have to create an external
3051database containing the routing information for various domains.
3052For example, a mailertable file in text format might be:
3053
3054	.my.domain		xnet:%1.my.domain
3055	uuhost1.my.domain	uucp-new:uuhost1
3056	.bitnet			smtp:relay.bit.net
3057
3058This should normally be stored in /etc/mail/mailertable.  The actual
3059database version of the mailertable is built using:
3060
3061	makemap hash /etc/mail/mailertable < /etc/mail/mailertable
3062
3063The semantics are simple.  Any LHS entry that does not begin with
3064a dot matches the full host name indicated.  LHS entries beginning
3065with a dot match anything ending with that domain name (including
3066the leading dot) -- that is, they can be thought of as having a
3067leading ".+" regular expression pattern for a non-empty sequence of
3068characters.  Matching is done in order of most-to-least qualified
3069-- for example, even though ".my.domain" is listed first in the
3070above example, an entry of "uuhost1.my.domain" will match the second
3071entry since it is more explicit.  Note: e-mail to "user@my.domain"
3072does not match any entry in the above table.  You need to have
3073something like:
3074
3075	my.domain		esmtp:host.my.domain
3076
3077The RHS should always be a "mailer:host" pair.  The mailer is the
3078configuration name of a mailer (that is, an M line in the
3079sendmail.cf file).  The "host" will be the hostname passed to
3080that mailer.  In domain-based matches (that is, those with leading
3081dots) the "%1" may be used to interpolate the wildcarded part of
3082the host name.  For example, the first line above sends everything
3083addressed to "anything.my.domain" to that same host name, but using
3084the (presumably experimental) xnet mailer.
3085
3086In some cases you may want to temporarily turn off MX records,
3087particularly on gateways.  For example, you may want to MX
3088everything in a domain to one machine that then forwards it
3089directly.  To do this, you might use the DNS configuration:
3090
3091	*.domain.	IN	MX	0	relay.machine
3092
3093and on relay.machine use the mailertable:
3094
3095	.domain		smtp:[gateway.domain]
3096
3097The [square brackets] turn off MX records for this host only.
3098If you didn't do this, the mailertable would use the MX record
3099again, which would give you an MX loop.  Note that the use of
3100wildcard MX records is almost always a bad idea.  Please avoid
3101using them if possible.
3102
3103
3104+--------------------------------+
3105| USING USERDB TO MAP FULL NAMES |
3106+--------------------------------+
3107
3108The user database was not originally intended for mapping full names
3109to login names (e.g., Eric.Allman => eric), but some people are using
3110it that way.  (it is recommended that you set up aliases for this
3111purpose instead -- since you can specify multiple alias files, this
3112is fairly easy.)  The intent was to locate the default maildrop at
3113a site, but allow you to override this by sending to a specific host.
3114
3115If you decide to set up the user database in this fashion, it is
3116imperative that you not use FEATURE(`stickyhost') -- otherwise,
3117e-mail sent to Full.Name@local.host.name will be rejected.
3118
3119To build the internal form of the user database, use:
3120
3121	makemap btree /etc/mail/userdb < /etc/mail/userdb.txt
3122
3123As a general rule, it is an extremely bad idea to using full names
3124as e-mail addresses, since they are not in any sense unique.  For
3125example, the UNIX software-development community has at least two
3126well-known Peter Deutsches, and at one time Bell Labs had two
3127Stephen R. Bournes with offices along the same hallway.  Which one
3128will be forced to suffer the indignity of being Stephen_R_Bourne_2?
3129The less famous of the two, or the one that was hired later?
3130
3131Finger should handle full names (and be fuzzy).  Mail should use
3132handles, and not be fuzzy.
3133
3134
3135+--------------------------------+
3136| MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL FEATURES |
3137+--------------------------------+
3138
3139Plussed users
3140	Sometimes it is convenient to merge configuration on a
3141	centralized mail machine, for example, to forward all
3142	root mail to a mail server.  In this case it might be
3143	useful to be able to treat the root addresses as a class
3144	of addresses with subtle differences.  You can do this
3145	using plussed users.  For example, a client might include
3146	the alias:
3147
3148		root:  root+client1@server
3149
3150	On the server, this will match an alias for "root+client1".
3151	If that is not found, the alias "root+*" will be tried,
3152	then "root".
3153
3154
3155+----------------+
3156| SECURITY NOTES |
3157+----------------+
3158
3159A lot of sendmail security comes down to you.  Sendmail 8 is much
3160more careful about checking for security problems than previous
3161versions, but there are some things that you still need to watch
3162for.  In particular:
3163
3164* Make sure the aliases file is not writable except by trusted
3165  system personnel.  This includes both the text and database
3166  version.
3167
3168* Make sure that other files that sendmail reads, such as the
3169  mailertable, are only writable by trusted system personnel.
3170
3171* The queue directory should not be world writable PARTICULARLY
3172  if your system allows "file giveaways" (that is, if a non-root
3173  user can chown any file they own to any other user).
3174
3175* If your system allows file giveaways, DO NOT create a publically
3176  writable directory for forward files.  This will allow anyone
3177  to steal anyone else's e-mail.  Instead, create a script that
3178  copies the .forward file from users' home directories once a
3179  night (if you want the non-NFS-mounted forward directory).
3180
3181* If your system allows file giveaways, you'll find that
3182  sendmail is much less trusting of :include: files -- in
3183  particular, you'll have to have /SENDMAIL/ANY/SHELL/ in
3184  /etc/shells before they will be trusted (that is, before
3185  files and programs listed in them will be honored).
3186
3187In general, file giveaways are a mistake -- if you can turn them
3188off, do so.
3189
3190
3191+--------------------------------+
3192| TWEAKING CONFIGURATION OPTIONS |
3193+--------------------------------+
3194
3195There are a large number of configuration options that don't normally
3196need to be changed.  However, if you feel you need to tweak them,
3197you can define the following M4 variables. Note that some of these
3198variables require formats that are defined in RFC 2821 or RFC 2822.
3199Before changing them you need to make sure you do not violate those
3200(and other relevant) RFCs.
3201
3202This list is shown in four columns:  the name you define, the default
3203value for that definition, the option or macro that is affected
3204(either Ox for an option or Dx for a macro), and a brief description.
3205
3206Some options are likely to be deprecated in future versions -- that is,
3207the option is only included to provide back-compatibility.  These are
3208marked with "*".
3209
3210Remember that these options are M4 variables, and hence may need to
3211be quoted.  In particular, arguments with commas will usually have to
3212be ``double quoted, like this phrase'' to avoid having the comma
3213confuse things.  This is common for alias file definitions and for
3214the read timeout.
3215
3216M4 Variable Name	Configuration	[Default] & Description
3217================	=============	=======================
3218confMAILER_NAME		$n macro	[MAILER-DAEMON] The sender name used
3219					for internally generated outgoing
3220					messages.
3221confDOMAIN_NAME		$j macro	If defined, sets $j.  This should
3222					only be done if your system cannot
3223					determine your local domain name,
3224					and then it should be set to
3225					$w.Foo.COM, where Foo.COM is your
3226					domain name.
3227confCF_VERSION		$Z macro	If defined, this is appended to the
3228					configuration version name.
3229confLDAP_CLUSTER	${sendmailMTACluster} macro
3230					If defined, this is the LDAP
3231					cluster to use for LDAP searches
3232					as described above in ``USING LDAP
3233					FOR ALIASES, MAPS, AND CLASSES''.
3234confFROM_HEADER		From:		[$?x$x <$g>$|$g$.] The format of an
3235					internally generated From: address.
3236confRECEIVED_HEADER	Received:
3237		[$?sfrom $s $.$?_($?s$|from $.$_)
3238			$.$?{auth_type}(authenticated)
3239			$.by $j ($v/$Z)$?r with $r$. id $i$?u
3240			for $u; $|;
3241			$.$b]
3242					The format of the Received: header
3243					in messages passed through this host.
3244					It is unwise to try to change this.
3245confMESSAGEID_HEADER	Message-Id:	[<$t.$i@$j>] The format of an
3246					internally generated Message-Id:
3247					header.
3248confCW_FILE		Fw class	[/etc/mail/local-host-names] Name
3249					of file used to get the local
3250					additions to class {w} (local host
3251					names).
3252confCT_FILE		Ft class	[/etc/mail/trusted-users] Name of
3253					file used to get the local additions
3254					to class {t} (trusted users).
3255confCR_FILE		FR class	[/etc/mail/relay-domains] Name of
3256					file used to get the local additions
3257					to class {R} (hosts allowed to relay).
3258confTRUSTED_USERS	Ct class	[no default] Names of users to add to
3259					the list of trusted users.  This list
3260					always includes root, uucp, and daemon.
3261					See also FEATURE(`use_ct_file').
3262confTRUSTED_USER	TrustedUser	[no default] Trusted user for file
3263					ownership and starting the daemon.
3264					Not to be confused with
3265					confTRUSTED_USERS (see above).
3266confSMTP_MAILER		-		[esmtp] The mailer name used when
3267					SMTP connectivity is required.
3268					One of "smtp", "smtp8",
3269					"esmtp", or "dsmtp".
3270confUUCP_MAILER		-		[uucp-old] The mailer to be used by
3271					default for bang-format recipient
3272					addresses.  See also discussion of
3273					class {U}, class {Y}, and class {Z}
3274					in the MAILER(`uucp') section.
3275confLOCAL_MAILER	-		[local] The mailer name used when
3276					local connectivity is required.
3277					Almost always "local".
3278confRELAY_MAILER	-		[relay] The default mailer name used
3279					for relaying any mail (e.g., to a
3280					BITNET_RELAY, a SMART_HOST, or
3281					whatever).  This can reasonably be
3282					"uucp-new" if you are on a
3283					UUCP-connected site.
3284confSEVEN_BIT_INPUT	SevenBitInput	[False] Force input to seven bits?
3285confEIGHT_BIT_HANDLING	EightBitMode	[pass8] 8-bit data handling
3286confALIAS_WAIT		AliasWait	[10m] Time to wait for alias file
3287					rebuild until you get bored and
3288					decide that the apparently pending
3289					rebuild failed.
3290confMIN_FREE_BLOCKS	MinFreeBlocks	[100] Minimum number of free blocks on
3291					queue filesystem to accept SMTP mail.
3292					(Prior to 8.7 this was minfree/maxsize,
3293					where minfree was the number of free
3294					blocks and maxsize was the maximum
3295					message size.  Use confMAX_MESSAGE_SIZE
3296					for the second value now.)
3297confMAX_MESSAGE_SIZE	MaxMessageSize	[infinite] The maximum size of messages
3298					that will be accepted (in bytes).
3299confBLANK_SUB		BlankSub	[.] Blank (space) substitution
3300					character.
3301confCON_EXPENSIVE	HoldExpensive	[False] Avoid connecting immediately
3302					to mailers marked expensive.
3303confCHECKPOINT_INTERVAL	CheckpointInterval
3304					[10] Checkpoint queue files every N
3305					recipients.
3306confDELIVERY_MODE	DeliveryMode	[background] Default delivery mode.
3307confERROR_MODE		ErrorMode	[print] Error message mode.
3308confERROR_MESSAGE	ErrorHeader	[undefined] Error message header/file.
3309confSAVE_FROM_LINES	SaveFromLine	Save extra leading From_ lines.
3310confTEMP_FILE_MODE	TempFileMode	[0600] Temporary file mode.
3311confMATCH_GECOS		MatchGECOS	[False] Match GECOS field.
3312confMAX_HOP		MaxHopCount	[25] Maximum hop count.
3313confIGNORE_DOTS*	IgnoreDots	[False; always False in -bs or -bd
3314					mode] Ignore dot as terminator for
3315					incoming messages?
3316confBIND_OPTS		ResolverOptions	[undefined] Default options for DNS
3317					resolver.
3318confMIME_FORMAT_ERRORS*	SendMimeErrors	[True] Send error messages as MIME-
3319					encapsulated messages per RFC 1344.
3320confFORWARD_PATH	ForwardPath	[$z/.forward.$w:$z/.forward]
3321					The colon-separated list of places to
3322					search for .forward files.  N.B.: see
3323					the Security Notes section.
3324confMCI_CACHE_SIZE	ConnectionCacheSize
3325					[2] Size of open connection cache.
3326confMCI_CACHE_TIMEOUT	ConnectionCacheTimeout
3327					[5m] Open connection cache timeout.
3328confHOST_STATUS_DIRECTORY HostStatusDirectory
3329					[undefined] If set, host status is kept
3330					on disk between sendmail runs in the
3331					named directory tree.  This need not be
3332					a full pathname, in which case it is
3333					interpreted relative to the queue
3334					directory.
3335confSINGLE_THREAD_DELIVERY  SingleThreadDelivery
3336					[False] If this option and the
3337					HostStatusDirectory option are both
3338					set, single thread deliveries to other
3339					hosts.  That is, don't allow any two
3340					sendmails on this host to connect
3341					simultaneously to any other single
3342					host.  This can slow down delivery in
3343					some cases, in particular since a
3344					cached but otherwise idle connection
3345					to a host will prevent other sendmails
3346					from connecting to the other host.
3347confUSE_ERRORS_TO*	UseErrorsTo	[False] Use the Errors-To: header to
3348					deliver error messages.  This should
3349					not be necessary because of general
3350					acceptance of the envelope/header
3351					distinction.
3352confLOG_LEVEL		LogLevel	[9] Log level.
3353confME_TOO		MeToo		[True] Include sender in group
3354					expansions.  This option is
3355					deprecated and will be removed from
3356					a future version.
3357confCHECK_ALIASES	CheckAliases	[False] Check RHS of aliases when
3358					running newaliases.  Since this does
3359					DNS lookups on every address, it can
3360					slow down the alias rebuild process
3361					considerably on large alias files.
3362confOLD_STYLE_HEADERS*	OldStyleHeaders	[True] Assume that headers without
3363					special chars are old style.
3364confPRIVACY_FLAGS	PrivacyOptions	[authwarnings] Privacy flags.
3365confCOPY_ERRORS_TO	PostmasterCopy	[undefined] Address for additional
3366					copies of all error messages.
3367confQUEUE_FACTOR	QueueFactor	[600000] Slope of queue-only function.
3368confQUEUE_FILE_MODE	QueueFileMode	[undefined] Default permissions for
3369					queue files (octal).  If not set,
3370					sendmail uses 0600 unless its real
3371					and effective uid are different in
3372					which case it uses 0644.
3373confDONT_PRUNE_ROUTES	DontPruneRoutes	[False] Don't prune down route-addr
3374					syntax addresses to the minimum
3375					possible.
3376confSAFE_QUEUE*		SuperSafe	[True] Commit all messages to disk
3377					before forking.
3378confTO_INITIAL		Timeout.initial	[5m] The timeout waiting for a response
3379					on the initial connect.
3380confTO_CONNECT		Timeout.connect	[0] The timeout waiting for an initial
3381					connect() to complete.  This can only
3382					shorten connection timeouts; the kernel
3383					silently enforces an absolute maximum
3384					(which varies depending on the system).
3385confTO_ICONNECT		Timeout.iconnect
3386					[undefined] Like Timeout.connect, but
3387					applies only to the very first attempt
3388					to connect to a host in a message.
3389					This allows a single very fast pass
3390					followed by more careful delivery
3391					attempts in the future.
3392confTO_ACONNECT		Timeout.aconnect
3393					[0] The overall timeout waiting for
3394					all connection for a single delivery
3395					attempt to succeed.  If 0, no overall
3396					limit is applied.
3397confTO_HELO		Timeout.helo	[5m] The timeout waiting for a response
3398					to a HELO or EHLO command.
3399confTO_MAIL		Timeout.mail	[10m] The timeout waiting for a
3400					response to the MAIL command.
3401confTO_RCPT		Timeout.rcpt	[1h] The timeout waiting for a response
3402					to the RCPT command.
3403confTO_DATAINIT		Timeout.datainit
3404					[5m] The timeout waiting for a 354
3405					response from the DATA command.
3406confTO_DATABLOCK	Timeout.datablock
3407					[1h] The timeout waiting for a block
3408					during DATA phase.
3409confTO_DATAFINAL	Timeout.datafinal
3410					[1h] The timeout waiting for a response
3411					to the final "." that terminates a
3412					message.
3413confTO_RSET		Timeout.rset	[5m] The timeout waiting for a response
3414					to the RSET command.
3415confTO_QUIT		Timeout.quit	[2m] The timeout waiting for a response
3416					to the QUIT command.
3417confTO_MISC		Timeout.misc	[2m] The timeout waiting for a response
3418					to other SMTP commands.
3419confTO_COMMAND		Timeout.command	[1h] In server SMTP, the timeout
3420					waiting	for a command to be issued.
3421confTO_IDENT		Timeout.ident	[5s] The timeout waiting for a
3422					response to an IDENT query.
3423confTO_FILEOPEN		Timeout.fileopen
3424					[60s] The timeout waiting for a file
3425					(e.g., :include: file) to be opened.
3426confTO_LHLO		Timeout.lhlo	[2m] The timeout waiting for a response
3427					to an LMTP LHLO command.
3428confTO_STARTTLS		Timeout.starttls
3429					[1h] The timeout waiting for a
3430					response to an SMTP STARTTLS command.
3431confTO_CONTROL		Timeout.control
3432					[2m] The timeout for a complete
3433					control socket transaction to complete.
3434confTO_QUEUERETURN	Timeout.queuereturn
3435					[5d] The timeout before a message is
3436					returned as undeliverable.
3437confTO_QUEUERETURN_NORMAL
3438			Timeout.queuereturn.normal
3439					[undefined] As above, for normal
3440					priority messages.
3441confTO_QUEUERETURN_URGENT
3442			Timeout.queuereturn.urgent
3443					[undefined] As above, for urgent
3444					priority messages.
3445confTO_QUEUERETURN_NONURGENT
3446			Timeout.queuereturn.non-urgent
3447					[undefined] As above, for non-urgent
3448					(low) priority messages.
3449confTO_QUEUERETURN_DSN
3450			Timeout.queuereturn.dsn
3451					[undefined] As above, for delivery
3452					status notification messages.
3453confTO_QUEUEWARN	Timeout.queuewarn
3454					[4h] The timeout before a warning
3455					message is sent to the sender telling
3456					them that the message has been
3457					deferred.
3458confTO_QUEUEWARN_NORMAL	Timeout.queuewarn.normal
3459					[undefined] As above, for normal
3460					priority messages.
3461confTO_QUEUEWARN_URGENT	Timeout.queuewarn.urgent
3462					[undefined] As above, for urgent
3463					priority messages.
3464confTO_QUEUEWARN_NONURGENT
3465			Timeout.queuewarn.non-urgent
3466					[undefined] As above, for non-urgent
3467					(low) priority messages.
3468confTO_QUEUEWARN_DSN
3469			Timeout.queuewarn.dsn
3470					[undefined] As above, for delivery
3471					status notification messages.
3472confTO_HOSTSTATUS	Timeout.hoststatus
3473					[30m] How long information about host
3474					statuses will be maintained before it
3475					is considered stale and the host should
3476					be retried.  This applies both within
3477					a single queue run and to persistent
3478					information (see below).
3479confTO_RESOLVER_RETRANS	Timeout.resolver.retrans
3480					[varies] Sets the resolver's
3481					retransmission time interval (in
3482					seconds).  Sets both
3483					Timeout.resolver.retrans.first and
3484					Timeout.resolver.retrans.normal.
3485confTO_RESOLVER_RETRANS_FIRST  Timeout.resolver.retrans.first
3486					[varies] Sets the resolver's
3487					retransmission time interval (in
3488					seconds) for the first attempt to
3489					deliver a message.
3490confTO_RESOLVER_RETRANS_NORMAL  Timeout.resolver.retrans.normal
3491					[varies] Sets the resolver's
3492					retransmission time interval (in
3493					seconds) for all resolver lookups
3494					except the first delivery attempt.
3495confTO_RESOLVER_RETRY	Timeout.resolver.retry
3496					[varies] Sets the number of times
3497					to retransmit a resolver query.
3498					Sets both
3499					Timeout.resolver.retry.first and
3500					Timeout.resolver.retry.normal.
3501confTO_RESOLVER_RETRY_FIRST  Timeout.resolver.retry.first
3502					[varies] Sets the number of times
3503					to retransmit a resolver query for
3504					the first attempt to deliver a
3505					message.
3506confTO_RESOLVER_RETRY_NORMAL  Timeout.resolver.retry.normal
3507					[varies] Sets the number of times
3508					to retransmit a resolver query for
3509					all resolver lookups except the
3510					first delivery attempt.
3511confTIME_ZONE		TimeZoneSpec	[USE_SYSTEM] Time zone info -- can be
3512					USE_SYSTEM to use the system's idea,
3513					USE_TZ to use the user's TZ envariable,
3514					or something else to force that value.
3515confDEF_USER_ID		DefaultUser	[1:1] Default user id.
3516confUSERDB_SPEC		UserDatabaseSpec
3517					[undefined] User database
3518					specification.
3519confFALLBACK_MX		FallbackMXhost	[undefined] Fallback MX host.
3520confFALLBACK_SMARTHOST	FallbackSmartHost
3521					[undefined] Fallback smart host.
3522confTRY_NULL_MX_LIST	TryNullMXList	[False] If this host is the best MX
3523					for a host and other arrangements
3524					haven't been made, try connecting
3525					to the host directly; normally this
3526					would be a config error.
3527confQUEUE_LA		QueueLA		[varies] Load average at which
3528					queue-only function kicks in.
3529					Default values is (8 * numproc)
3530					where numproc is the number of
3531					processors online (if that can be
3532					determined).
3533confREFUSE_LA		RefuseLA	[varies] Load average at which
3534					incoming SMTP connections are
3535					refused.  Default values is (12 *
3536					numproc) where numproc is the
3537					number of processors online (if
3538					that can be determined).
3539confREJECT_LOG_INTERVAL	RejectLogInterval	[3h] Log interval when
3540					refusing connections for this long.
3541confDELAY_LA		DelayLA		[0] Load average at which sendmail
3542					will sleep for one second on most
3543					SMTP commands and before accepting
3544					connections.  0 means no limit.
3545confMAX_ALIAS_RECURSION	MaxAliasRecursion
3546					[10] Maximum depth of alias recursion.
3547confMAX_DAEMON_CHILDREN	MaxDaemonChildren
3548					[undefined] The maximum number of
3549					children the daemon will permit.  After
3550					this number, connections will be
3551					rejected.  If not set or <= 0, there is
3552					no limit.
3553confMAX_HEADERS_LENGTH	MaxHeadersLength
3554					[32768] Maximum length of the sum
3555					of all headers.
3556confMAX_MIME_HEADER_LENGTH  MaxMimeHeaderLength
3557					[undefined] Maximum length of
3558					certain MIME header field values.
3559confCONNECTION_RATE_THROTTLE ConnectionRateThrottle
3560					[undefined] The maximum number of
3561					connections permitted per second per
3562					daemon.  After this many connections
3563					are accepted, further connections
3564					will be delayed.  If not set or <= 0,
3565					there is no limit.
3566confCONNECTION_RATE_WINDOW_SIZE ConnectionRateWindowSize
3567					[60s] Define the length of the
3568					interval for which the number of
3569					incoming connections is maintained.
3570confWORK_RECIPIENT_FACTOR
3571			RecipientFactor	[30000] Cost of each recipient.
3572confSEPARATE_PROC	ForkEachJob	[False] Run all deliveries in a
3573					separate process.
3574confWORK_CLASS_FACTOR	ClassFactor	[1800] Priority multiplier for class.
3575confWORK_TIME_FACTOR	RetryFactor	[90000] Cost of each delivery attempt.
3576confQUEUE_SORT_ORDER	QueueSortOrder	[Priority] Queue sort algorithm:
3577					Priority, Host, Filename, Random,
3578					Modification, or Time.
3579confMIN_QUEUE_AGE	MinQueueAge	[0] The minimum amount of time a job
3580					must sit in the queue between queue
3581					runs.  This allows you to set the
3582					queue run interval low for better
3583					responsiveness without trying all
3584					jobs in each run.
3585confDEF_CHAR_SET	DefaultCharSet	[unknown-8bit] When converting
3586					unlabeled 8 bit input to MIME, the
3587					character set to use by default.
3588confSERVICE_SWITCH_FILE	ServiceSwitchFile
3589					[/etc/mail/service.switch] The file
3590					to use for the service switch on
3591					systems that do not have a
3592					system-defined switch.
3593confHOSTS_FILE		HostsFile	[/etc/hosts] The file to use when doing
3594					"file" type access of hosts names.
3595confDIAL_DELAY		DialDelay	[0s] If a connection fails, wait this
3596					long and try again.  Zero means "don't
3597					retry".  This is to allow "dial on
3598					demand" connections to have enough time
3599					to complete a connection.
3600confNO_RCPT_ACTION	NoRecipientAction
3601					[none] What to do if there are no legal
3602					recipient fields (To:, Cc: or Bcc:)
3603					in the message.  Legal values can
3604					be "none" to just leave the
3605					nonconforming message as is, "add-to"
3606					to add a To: header with all the
3607					known recipients (which may expose
3608					blind recipients), "add-apparently-to"
3609					to do the same but use Apparently-To:
3610					instead of To: (strongly discouraged
3611					in accordance with IETF standards),
3612					"add-bcc" to add an empty Bcc:
3613					header, or "add-to-undisclosed" to
3614					add the header
3615					``To: undisclosed-recipients:;''.
3616confSAFE_FILE_ENV	SafeFileEnvironment
3617					[undefined] If set, sendmail will do a
3618					chroot() into this directory before
3619					writing files.
3620confCOLON_OK_IN_ADDR	ColonOkInAddr	[True unless Configuration Level > 6]
3621					If set, colons are treated as a regular
3622					character in addresses.  If not set,
3623					they are treated as the introducer to
3624					the RFC 822 "group" syntax.  Colons are
3625					handled properly in route-addrs.  This
3626					option defaults on for V5 and lower
3627					configuration files.
3628confMAX_QUEUE_RUN_SIZE	MaxQueueRunSize	[0] If set, limit the maximum size of
3629					any given queue run to this number of
3630					entries.  Essentially, this will stop
3631					reading each queue directory after this
3632					number of entries are reached; it does
3633					_not_ pick the highest priority jobs,
3634					so this should be as large as your
3635					system can tolerate.  If not set, there
3636					is no limit.
3637confMAX_QUEUE_CHILDREN	MaxQueueChildren
3638					[undefined] Limits the maximum number
3639					of concurrent queue runners active.
3640					This is to keep system resources used
3641					within a reasonable limit.  Relates to
3642					Queue Groups and ForkEachJob.
3643confMAX_RUNNERS_PER_QUEUE	MaxRunnersPerQueue
3644					[1] Only active when MaxQueueChildren
3645					defined.  Controls the maximum number
3646					of queue runners (aka queue children)
3647					active at the same time in a work
3648					group.  See also MaxQueueChildren.
3649confDONT_EXPAND_CNAMES	DontExpandCnames
3650					[False] If set, $[ ... $] lookups that
3651					do DNS based lookups do not expand
3652					CNAME records.  This currently violates
3653					the published standards, but the IETF
3654					seems to be moving toward legalizing
3655					this.  For example, if "FTP.Foo.ORG"
3656					is a CNAME for "Cruft.Foo.ORG", then
3657					with this option set a lookup of
3658					"FTP" will return "FTP.Foo.ORG"; if
3659					clear it returns "Cruft.FOO.ORG".  N.B.
3660					you may not see any effect until your
3661					downstream neighbors stop doing CNAME
3662					lookups as well.
3663confFROM_LINE		UnixFromLine	[From $g $d] The From_ line used
3664					when sending to files or programs.
3665confSINGLE_LINE_FROM_HEADER  SingleLineFromHeader
3666					[False] From: lines that have
3667					embedded newlines are unwrapped
3668					onto one line.
3669confALLOW_BOGUS_HELO	AllowBogusHELO	[False] Allow HELO SMTP command that
3670					does not include a host name.
3671confMUST_QUOTE_CHARS	MustQuoteChars	[.'] Characters to be quoted in a full
3672					name phrase (@,;:\()[] are automatic).
3673confOPERATORS		OperatorChars	[.:%@!^/[]+] Address operator
3674					characters.
3675confSMTP_LOGIN_MSG	SmtpGreetingMessage
3676					[$j Sendmail $v/$Z; $b]
3677					The initial (spontaneous) SMTP
3678					greeting message.  The word "ESMTP"
3679					will be inserted between the first and
3680					second words to convince other
3681					sendmails to try to speak ESMTP.
3682confDONT_INIT_GROUPS	DontInitGroups	[False] If set, the initgroups(3)
3683					routine will never be invoked.  You
3684					might want to do this if you are
3685					running NIS and you have a large group
3686					map, since this call does a sequential
3687					scan of the map; in a large site this
3688					can cause your ypserv to run
3689					essentially full time.  If you set
3690					this, agents run on behalf of users
3691					will only have their primary
3692					(/etc/passwd) group permissions.
3693confUNSAFE_GROUP_WRITES	UnsafeGroupWrites
3694					[True] If set, group-writable
3695					:include: and .forward files are
3696					considered "unsafe", that is, programs
3697					and files cannot be directly referenced
3698					from such files.  World-writable files
3699					are always considered unsafe.
3700					Notice: this option is deprecated and
3701					will be removed in future versions;
3702					Set GroupWritableForwardFileSafe
3703					and GroupWritableIncludeFileSafe in
3704					DontBlameSendmail if required.
3705confCONNECT_ONLY_TO	ConnectOnlyTo	[undefined] override connection
3706					address (for testing).
3707confCONTROL_SOCKET_NAME	ControlSocketName
3708					[undefined] Control socket for daemon
3709					management.
3710confDOUBLE_BOUNCE_ADDRESS  DoubleBounceAddress
3711					[postmaster] If an error occurs when
3712					sending an error message, send that
3713					"double bounce" error message to this
3714					address.  If it expands to an empty
3715					string, double bounces are dropped.
3716confDEAD_LETTER_DROP	DeadLetterDrop	[undefined] Filename to save bounce
3717					messages which could not be returned
3718					to the user or sent to postmaster.
3719					If not set, the queue file will
3720					be renamed.
3721confRRT_IMPLIES_DSN	RrtImpliesDsn	[False] Return-Receipt-To: header
3722					implies DSN request.
3723confRUN_AS_USER		RunAsUser	[undefined] If set, become this user
3724					when reading and delivering mail.
3725					Causes all file reads (e.g., .forward
3726					and :include: files) to be done as
3727					this user.  Also, all programs will
3728					be run as this user, and all output
3729					files will be written as this user.
3730confMAX_RCPTS_PER_MESSAGE  MaxRecipientsPerMessage
3731					[infinite] If set, allow no more than
3732					the specified number of recipients in
3733					an SMTP envelope.  Further recipients
3734					receive a 452 error code (i.e., they
3735					are deferred for the next delivery
3736					attempt).
3737confBAD_RCPT_THROTTLE	BadRcptThrottle	[infinite] If set and the specified
3738					number of recipients in a single SMTP
3739					transaction have been rejected, sleep
3740					for one second after each subsequent
3741					RCPT command in that transaction.
3742confDONT_PROBE_INTERFACES  DontProbeInterfaces
3743					[False] If set, sendmail will _not_
3744					insert the names and addresses of any
3745					local interfaces into class {w}
3746					(list of known "equivalent" addresses).
3747					If you set this, you must also include
3748					some support for these addresses (e.g.,
3749					in a mailertable entry) -- otherwise,
3750					mail to addresses in this list will
3751					bounce with a configuration error.
3752					If set to "loopback" (without
3753					quotes), sendmail will skip
3754					loopback interfaces (e.g., "lo0").
3755confPID_FILE		PidFile		[system dependent] Location of pid
3756					file.
3757confPROCESS_TITLE_PREFIX  ProcessTitlePrefix
3758					[undefined] Prefix string for the
3759					process title shown on 'ps' listings.
3760confDONT_BLAME_SENDMAIL	DontBlameSendmail
3761					[safe] Override sendmail's file
3762					safety checks.  This will definitely
3763					compromise system security and should
3764					not be used unless absolutely
3765					necessary.
3766confREJECT_MSG		-		[550 Access denied] The message
3767					given if the access database contains
3768					REJECT in the value portion.
3769confRELAY_MSG		-		[550 Relaying denied] The message
3770					given if an unauthorized relaying
3771					attempt is rejected.
3772confDF_BUFFER_SIZE	DataFileBufferSize
3773					[4096] The maximum size of a
3774					memory-buffered data (df) file
3775					before a disk-based file is used.
3776confXF_BUFFER_SIZE	XScriptFileBufferSize
3777					[4096] The maximum size of a
3778					memory-buffered transcript (xf)
3779					file before a disk-based file is
3780					used.
3781confTLS_SRV_OPTIONS	TLSSrvOptions	If this option is 'V' no client
3782					verification is performed, i.e.,
3783					the server doesn't ask for a
3784					certificate.
3785confLDAP_DEFAULT_SPEC	LDAPDefaultSpec	[undefined] Default map
3786					specification for LDAP maps.  The
3787					value should only contain LDAP
3788					specific settings such as "-h host
3789					-p port -d bindDN", etc.  The
3790					settings will be used for all LDAP
3791					maps unless they are specified in
3792					the individual map specification
3793					('K' command).
3794confCACERT_PATH		CACertPath	[undefined] Path to directory
3795					with certs of CAs.
3796confCACERT		CACertFile	[undefined] File containing one CA
3797					cert.
3798confSERVER_CERT		ServerCertFile	[undefined] File containing the
3799					cert of the server, i.e., this cert
3800					is used when sendmail acts as
3801					server.
3802confSERVER_KEY		ServerKeyFile	[undefined] File containing the
3803					private key belonging to the server
3804					cert.
3805confCLIENT_CERT		ClientCertFile	[undefined] File containing the
3806					cert of the client, i.e., this cert
3807					is used when sendmail acts as
3808					client.
3809confCLIENT_KEY		ClientKeyFile	[undefined] File containing the
3810					private key belonging to the client
3811					cert.
3812confCRL			CRLFile		[undefined] File containing certificate
3813					revocation status, useful for X.509v3
3814					authentication. Note that CRL requires
3815					at least OpenSSL version 0.9.7.
3816confDH_PARAMETERS	DHParameters	[undefined] File containing the
3817					DH parameters.
3818confRAND_FILE		RandFile	[undefined] File containing random
3819					data (use prefix file:) or the
3820					name of the UNIX socket if EGD is
3821					used (use prefix egd:).  STARTTLS
3822					requires this option if the compile
3823					flag HASURANDOM is not set (see
3824					sendmail/README).
3825confNICE_QUEUE_RUN	NiceQueueRun	[undefined]  If set, the priority of
3826					queue runners is set the given value
3827					(nice(3)).
3828confDIRECT_SUBMISSION_MODIFIERS	DirectSubmissionModifiers
3829					[undefined] Defines {daemon_flags}
3830					for direct submissions.
3831confUSE_MSP		UseMSP		[undefined] Use as mail submission
3832					program.
3833confDELIVER_BY_MIN	DeliverByMin	[0] Minimum time for Deliver By
3834					SMTP Service Extension (RFC 2852).
3835confREQUIRES_DIR_FSYNC	RequiresDirfsync	[true] RequiresDirfsync can
3836					be used to turn off the compile time
3837					flag REQUIRES_DIR_FSYNC at runtime.
3838					See sendmail/README for details.
3839confSHARED_MEMORY_KEY	SharedMemoryKey [0] Key for shared memory.
3840confFAST_SPLIT		FastSplit	[1] If set to a value greater than
3841					zero, the initial MX lookups on
3842					addresses is suppressed when they
3843					are sorted which may result in
3844					faster envelope splitting.  If the
3845					mail is submitted directly from the
3846					command line, then the value also
3847					limits the number of processes to
3848					deliver the envelopes.
3849confMAILBOX_DATABASE	MailboxDatabase	[pw] Type of lookup to find
3850					information about local mailboxes.
3851confDEQUOTE_OPTS	-		[empty] Additional options for the
3852					dequote map.
3853confINPUT_MAIL_FILTERS	InputMailFilters
3854					A comma separated list of filters
3855					which determines which filters and
3856					the invocation sequence are
3857					contacted for incoming SMTP
3858					messages.  If none are set, no
3859					filters will be contacted.
3860confMILTER_LOG_LEVEL	Milter.LogLevel	[9] Log level for input mail filter
3861					actions, defaults to LogLevel.
3862confMILTER_MACROS_CONNECT	Milter.macros.connect
3863					[j, _, {daemon_name}, {if_name},
3864					{if_addr}] Macros to transmit to
3865					milters when a session connection
3866					starts.
3867confMILTER_MACROS_HELO	Milter.macros.helo
3868					[{tls_version}, {cipher},
3869					{cipher_bits}, {cert_subject},
3870					{cert_issuer}] Macros to transmit to
3871					milters after HELO/EHLO command.
3872confMILTER_MACROS_ENVFROM	Milter.macros.envfrom
3873					[i, {auth_type}, {auth_authen},
3874					{auth_ssf}, {auth_author},
3875					{mail_mailer}, {mail_host},
3876					{mail_addr}] Macros to transmit to
3877					milters after MAIL FROM command.
3878confMILTER_MACROS_ENVRCPT	Milter.macros.envrcpt
3879					[{rcpt_mailer}, {rcpt_host},
3880					{rcpt_addr}] Macros to transmit to
3881					milters after RCPT TO command.
3882confMILTER_MACROS_EOM		Milter.macros.eom
3883					[{msg_id}] Macros to transmit to
3884					milters after DATA command.
3885
3886
3887See also the description of OSTYPE for some parameters that can be
3888tweaked (generally pathnames to mailers).
3889
3890ClientPortOptions and DaemonPortOptions are special cases since multiple
3891clients/daemons can be defined.  This can be done via
3892
3893	CLIENT_OPTIONS(`field1=value1,field2=value2,...')
3894	DAEMON_OPTIONS(`field1=value1,field2=value2,...')
3895
3896Note that multiple CLIENT_OPTIONS() commands (and therefore multiple
3897ClientPortOptions settings) are allowed in order to give settings for each
3898protocol family (e.g., one for Family=inet and one for Family=inet6).  A
3899restriction placed on one family only affects outgoing connections on that
3900particular family.
3901
3902If DAEMON_OPTIONS is not used, then the default is
3903
3904	DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp, Name=MTA')
3905	DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=587, Name=MSA, M=E')
3906
3907If you use one DAEMON_OPTIONS macro, it will alter the parameters
3908of the first of these.  The second will still be defaulted; it
3909represents a "Message Submission Agent" (MSA) as defined by RFC
39102476 (see below).  To turn off the default definition for the MSA,
3911use FEATURE(`no_default_msa') (see also FEATURES).  If you use
3912additional DAEMON_OPTIONS macros, they will add additional daemons.
3913
3914Example 1:  To change the port for the SMTP listener, while
3915still using the MSA default, use
3916	DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=925, Name=MTA')
3917
3918Example 2:  To change the port for the MSA daemon, while still
3919using the default SMTP port, use
3920	FEATURE(`no_default_msa')
3921	DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Name=MTA')
3922	DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=987, Name=MSA, M=E')
3923
3924Note that if the first of those DAEMON_OPTIONS lines were omitted, then
3925there would be no listener on the standard SMTP port.
3926
3927Example 3: To listen on both IPv4 and IPv6 interfaces, use
3928
3929	DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Name=MTA-v4, Family=inet')
3930	DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Name=MTA-v6, Family=inet6')
3931
3932A "Message Submission Agent" still uses all of the same rulesets for
3933processing the message (and therefore still allows message rejection via
3934the check_* rulesets).  In accordance with the RFC, the MSA will ensure
3935that all domains in envelope addresses are fully qualified if the message
3936is relayed to another MTA.  It will also enforce the normal address syntax
3937rules and log error messages.  Additionally, by using the M=a modifier you
3938can require authentication before messages are accepted by the MSA.
3939Notice: Do NOT use the 'a' modifier on a public accessible MTA!  Finally,
3940the M=E modifier shown above disables ETRN as required by RFC 2476.
3941
3942Mail filters can be defined using the INPUT_MAIL_FILTER() and MAIL_FILTER()
3943commands:
3944
3945	INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`sample', `S=local:/var/run/f1.sock')
3946	MAIL_FILTER(`myfilter', `S=inet:3333@localhost')
3947
3948The INPUT_MAIL_FILTER() command causes the filter(s) to be called in the
3949same order they were specified by also setting confINPUT_MAIL_FILTERS.  A
3950filter can be defined without adding it to the input filter list by using
3951MAIL_FILTER() instead of INPUT_MAIL_FILTER() in your .mc file.
3952Alternatively, you can reset the list of filters and their order by setting
3953confINPUT_MAIL_FILTERS option after all INPUT_MAIL_FILTER() commands in
3954your .mc file.
3955
3956
3957+----------------------------+
3958| MESSAGE SUBMISSION PROGRAM |
3959+----------------------------+
3960
3961This section contains a list of caveats and
3962a few hints how for those who want to tweak the default configuration
3963for it (which is installed as submit.cf).
3964
3965Notice: do not add options/features to submit.mc unless you are
3966absolutely sure you need them.  Options you may want to change
3967include:
3968
3969- confTRUSTED_USERS, FEATURE(`use_ct_file'), and confCT_FILE for
3970  avoiding X-Authentication warnings.
3971- confTIME_ZONE to change it from the default `USE_TZ'.
3972- confDELIVERY_MODE is set to interactive in msp.m4 instead
3973  of the default background mode.
3974- FEATURE(stickyhost) and LOCAL_RELAY to send unqualified addresses
3975  to the LOCAL_RELAY instead of the default relay.
3976
3977The MSP performs hostname canonicalization by default.  Mail may end
3978up for various DNS related reasons in the MSP queue.  This problem
3979can be minimized by using
3980
3981	FEATURE(`nocanonify', `canonify_hosts')
3982	define(`confDIRECT_SUBMISSION_MODIFIERS', `C')
3983
3984See the discussion about nocanonify for possible side effects.
3985
3986Some things are not intended to work with the MSP.  These include
3987features that influence the delivery process (e.g., mailertable,
3988aliases), or those that are only important for a SMTP server (e.g.,
3989virtusertable, DaemonPortOptions, multiple queues).  Moreover,
3990relaxing certain restrictions (RestrictQueueRun, permissions on
3991queue directory) or adding features (e.g., enabling prog/file mailer)
3992can cause security problems.
3993
3994Other things don't work well with the MSP and require tweaking or
3995workarounds.
3996
3997The file and the map created by makemap should be owned by smmsp,
3998its group should be smmsp, and it should have mode 640.
3999
4000feature/msp.m4 defines almost all settings for the MSP.  Most of
4001those should not be changed at all.  Some of the features and options
4002can be overridden if really necessary.  It is a bit tricky to do
4003this, because it depends on the actual way the option is defined
4004in feature/msp.m4.  If it is directly defined (i.e., define()) then
4005the modified value must be defined after
4006
4007	FEATURE(`msp')
4008
4009If it is conditionally defined (i.e., ifdef()) then the desired
4010value must be defined before the FEATURE line in the .mc file.
4011To see how the options are defined read feature/msp.m4.
4012
4013
4014+--------------------------+
4015| FORMAT OF FILES AND MAPS |
4016+--------------------------+
4017
4018Files that define classes, i.e., F{classname}, consist of lines
4019each of which contains a single element of the class.  For example,
4020/etc/mail/local-host-names may have the following content:
4021
4022my.domain
4023another.domain
4024
4025Maps must be created using makemap(8) , e.g.,
4026
4027	makemap hash MAP < MAP
4028
4029In general, a text file from which a map is created contains lines
4030of the form
4031
4032key	value
4033
4034where 'key' and 'value' are also called LHS and RHS, respectively.
4035By default, the delimiter between LHS and RHS is a non-empty sequence
4036of white space characters.
4037
4038
4039+------------------+
4040| DIRECTORY LAYOUT |
4041+------------------+
4042
4043Within this directory are several subdirectories, to wit:
4044
4045m4		General support routines.  These are typically
4046		very important and should not be changed without
4047		very careful consideration.
4048
4049cf		The configuration files themselves.  They have
4050		".mc" suffixes, and must be run through m4 to
4051		become complete.  The resulting output should
4052		have a ".cf" suffix.
4053
4054ostype		Definitions describing a particular operating
4055		system type.  These should always be referenced
4056		using the OSTYPE macro in the .mc file.  Examples
4057		include "bsd4.3", "bsd4.4", "sunos3.5", and
4058		"sunos4.1".
4059
4060domain		Definitions describing a particular domain, referenced
4061		using the DOMAIN macro in the .mc file.  These are
4062		site dependent; for example, "CS.Berkeley.EDU.m4"
4063		describes hosts in the CS.Berkeley.EDU subdomain.
4064
4065mailer		Descriptions of mailers.  These are referenced using
4066		the MAILER macro in the .mc file.
4067
4068sh		Shell files used when building the .cf file from the
4069		.mc file in the cf subdirectory.
4070
4071feature		These hold special orthogonal features that you might
4072		want to include.  They should be referenced using
4073		the FEATURE macro.
4074
4075hack		Local hacks.  These can be referenced using the HACK
4076		macro.  They shouldn't be of more than voyeuristic
4077		interest outside the .Berkeley.EDU domain, but who knows?
4078
4079siteconfig	Site configuration -- e.g., tables of locally connected
4080		UUCP sites.
4081
4082
4083+------------------------+
4084| ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS |
4085+------------------------+
4086
4087The following sections detail usage of certain internal parts of the
4088sendmail.cf file.  Read them carefully if you are trying to modify
4089the current model.  If you find the above descriptions adequate, these
4090should be {boring, confusing, tedious, ridiculous} (pick one or more).
4091
4092RULESETS (* means built in to sendmail)
4093
4094   0 *	Parsing
4095   1 *	Sender rewriting
4096   2 *	Recipient rewriting
4097   3 *	Canonicalization
4098   4 *	Post cleanup
4099   5 *	Local address rewrite (after aliasing)
4100  1x	mailer rules (sender qualification)
4101  2x	mailer rules (recipient qualification)
4102  3x	mailer rules (sender header qualification)
4103  4x	mailer rules (recipient header qualification)
4104  5x	mailer subroutines (general)
4105  6x	mailer subroutines (general)
4106  7x	mailer subroutines (general)
4107  8x	reserved
4108  90	Mailertable host stripping
4109  96	Bottom half of Ruleset 3 (ruleset 6 in old sendmail)
4110  97	Hook for recursive ruleset 0 call (ruleset 7 in old sendmail)
4111  98	Local part of ruleset 0 (ruleset 8 in old sendmail)
4112
4113
4114MAILERS
4115
4116   0	local, prog	local and program mailers
4117   1	[e]smtp, relay	SMTP channel
4118   2	uucp-*		UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program
4119   3	netnews		Network News delivery
4120   4	fax		Sam Leffler's HylaFAX software
4121   5	mail11		DECnet mailer
4122
4123
4124MACROS
4125
4126   A
4127   B	Bitnet Relay
4128   C	DECnet Relay
4129   D	The local domain -- usually not needed
4130   E	reserved for X.400 Relay
4131   F	FAX Relay
4132   G
4133   H	mail Hub (for mail clusters)
4134   I
4135   J
4136   K
4137   L	Luser Relay
4138   M	Masquerade (who you claim to be)
4139   N
4140   O
4141   P
4142   Q
4143   R	Relay (for unqualified names)
4144   S	Smart Host
4145   T
4146   U	my UUCP name (if you have a UUCP connection)
4147   V	UUCP Relay (class {V} hosts)
4148   W	UUCP Relay (class {W} hosts)
4149   X	UUCP Relay (class {X} hosts)
4150   Y	UUCP Relay (all other hosts)
4151   Z	Version number
4152
4153
4154CLASSES
4155
4156   A
4157   B	domains that are candidates for bestmx lookup
4158   C
4159   D
4160   E	addresses that should not seem to come from $M
4161   F	hosts this system forward for
4162   G	domains that should be looked up in genericstable
4163   H
4164   I
4165   J
4166   K
4167   L	addresses that should not be forwarded to $R
4168   M	domains that should be mapped to $M
4169   N	host/domains that should not be mapped to $M
4170   O	operators that indicate network operations (cannot be in local names)
4171   P	top level pseudo-domains: BITNET, DECNET, FAX, UUCP, etc.
4172   Q
4173   R	domains this system is willing to relay (pass anti-spam filters)
4174   S
4175   T
4176   U	locally connected UUCP hosts
4177   V	UUCP hosts connected to relay $V
4178   W	UUCP hosts connected to relay $W
4179   X	UUCP hosts connected to relay $X
4180   Y	locally connected smart UUCP hosts
4181   Z	locally connected domain-ized UUCP hosts
4182   .	the class containing only a dot
4183   [	the class containing only a left bracket
4184
4185
4186M4 DIVERSIONS
4187
4188   1	Local host detection and resolution
4189   2	Local Ruleset 3 additions
4190   3	Local Ruleset 0 additions
4191   4	UUCP Ruleset 0 additions
4192   5	locally interpreted names (overrides $R)
4193   6	local configuration (at top of file)
4194   7	mailer definitions
4195   8	DNS based blacklists
4196   9	special local rulesets (1 and 2)
4197
4198$Revision: 8.706 $, Last updated $Date: 2006/04/18 22:31:06 $
4199ident	"%Z%%M%	%I%	%E% SMI"
4200