Richard A Nelson wrote: > > Debian, by default, doesn't include the file because keeping those > stats is a (minor, but unmeasured degradation). > > If you want the stats, simply touch the file as defined in sendmail.cf ok i'll try that! thanks
> Offline, could you send me what kind of modiifications you're doing? > (I've completely redone the build environment - making real use of > autoconf - so I'd be happy to add support for extensions). mostly just configuration changes in sendmail.mc. also in most of the systems i integrate relay virus scanning with amavis (http://amavis.org) as well as most of my systems use Cyrus to do mail delivery so further config changes are needed. also on all the systems sendmail runs as user mail via RunAsUser, the sendmail 8.11 systems run as user mail group mail via DefaultUser. my most recent changes to sendmail.mc look something like: LOCAL_CONFIG ## Custom configurations below (will be preserved) MAILER(cyrus)dnl define(`confLOCAL_MAILER',`cyrus') LOCAL_RULE_0 Rbb + $+ < @ $=w . > $#cyrusbb $: $1 FEATURE(virtusertable)dnl FEATURE(access_db)dnl FEATURE(dnsbl) FEATURE(blacklist_recipients) FEATURE(`delay_checks', `hater')dnl define(`confSMTP_LOGIN_MSG',`$j ')dnl define(`confRUN_AS_USER', `mail')dnl define(`confDEF_USER_ID', `mail:mail')dnl define(`confPID_FILE', `/etc/mail/sendmail.pid')dnl define(`confTRUSTED_USER', `mail')dnl define(`confREJECT_MSG', `[Access denied] Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] to get this resolved')dnl define(`confMAX_QUEUE_RUN_SIZE', `100')dnl define(`confNO_RCPT_ACTION', `add-to')dnl define(`confQUEUE_SORT_ORDER', `time')dnl define(`confSEPARATE_PROC', `true')dnl define(`confCONNECTION_RATE_THROTTLE', `20')dnl define(`confMAX_DAEMON_CHILDREN', `350')dnl define(`confREFUSE_LA', `10')dnl define(`confQUEUE_LA', `8')dnl define(`confTO_HOSTSTATUS', `15m')dnl define(`confTO_COMMAND', `10m')dnl define(`confTO_DATAFINAL', `10m')dnl define(`confTO_DATABLOCK', `10m')dnl define(`confTO_RCPT', `10m')dnl define(`confSINGLE_THREAD_DELIVERY', `true')dnl define(`confAUTO_REBUILD', `true')dnl define(`confCON_EXPENSIVE', `true')dnl define(`confMAX_MESSAGE_SIZE', `2097152')dnl define(`confMIN_FREE_BLOCKS', `250')dnl im sure i dont need to make that many changes but im having fun learning it :) its the last of the big 3 daemons(apache, bind, sendmail) that im learning how it works at the core. thanks again nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
