On 2022-11-10 at 09:18 EST, Baptiste Daroussin <b...@freebsd.org> wrote:
On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 09:01:06AM -0500, Matteo Riondato wrote:A few rough corners I still see:1) sendmail_cert_create should perhaps be set to NO in rc.conf, or the call to sendmail_cert_create() in rc.d/sendmail should also depend on some form of sendmail being enabled. The former action seems easier.Don't know, this has always been like this for a while.
Yeah, I see pros and cons of changing it, so not touching it may be wise =)
2) the role of rc.d/othermta is quite bizarre, especially now that it checks for a non-existing script (/etc/rc.sendmail). I wonder whether it should be retired, together with the rc.conf variable mta_start_script (which now is set to a non-existing script). It feels like a relic from a long gone past.https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arch/2022-November/000264.html It is a relic from the past (unused for 20 years)
Glad we agree. I should probably start following arch@ again. =)
3) the comments on some of the sendmail_* variables in rc.conf mention a generic "MTA", but perhaps they should say "sendmail", as that's not the one-and-only MTA.
I am open to proposals/patches
(Can't promise cut and paste will work correctly)
diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.conf b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
index 50fed07df1..b5d908e38b 100644
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.conf
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.conf
@@ -596,21 +596,21 @@ allscreens_kbdflags="" # Set this kbdcontrol mode for
all virtual screens
mta_start_script="/etc/rc.sendmail"
# Script to start your chosen MTA, called by /etc/rc.
# Settings for /etc/rc.d/sendmail:
-sendmail_enable="NO" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO/NONE).
+sendmail_enable="NO" # Start a inbound/outbound sendmail daemon
(YES/NO/NONE).
# If NONE, don't start any sendmail processes.
sendmail_pidfile="/var/run/sendmail.pid" # sendmail pid file
sendmail_procname="/usr/sbin/sendmail" # sendmail process name
-sendmail_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m" # Flags to sendmail (as a server)
+sendmail_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m" # Flags to sendmail (as inbound/outbound
server)
sendmail_cert_create="YES" # Create a server certificate if none (YES/NO)
-#sendmail_cert_cn="CN" # CN of the generate certificate
-sendmail_submit_enable="NO" # Start a localhost-only MTA for mail submission
+#sendmail_cert_cn="CN" # CN of the generated certificate
+sendmail_submit_enable="NO" # Start a localhost-only sendmail for mail
submission
sendmail_submit_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m -ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=localhost"
- # Flags for localhost-only MTA
-sendmail_outbound_enable="NO" # Dequeue stuck mail (YES/NO).
-sendmail_outbound_flags="-L sm-queue -q30m" # Flags to sendmail (outbound only)
-sendmail_msp_queue_enable="NO" # Dequeue stuck clientmqueue mail (YES/NO).
+ # Flags for localhost-only sendmail
+sendmail_outbound_enable="NO" # Start an outbound-only sendmail (YES/NO).
+sendmail_outbound_flags="-L sm-queue -q30m" # Flags to outbund-only sendmail
+sendmail_msp_queue_enable="NO" # Start a clientmqueue runner sendmail (YES/NO).
sendmail_msp_queue_flags="-L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q30m"
- # Flags for sendmail_msp_queue daemon.
+ # Flags for clientmqueue runner sendmail
sendmail_rebuild_aliases="NO" # Run newaliases if necessary (YES/NO).
Thanks,
Matteo
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