At 08:53 AM 10/30/2002, you wrote:
Actually, it is a little bit of a problem. If you don't edit the .mc file, then you could shoot yourself in the foot later on when you do need to make a change to the .mc file and forget about the interface you added directly into the .cf file. Then you go and generate the .cf file and wonder why sendmail stops working. Natural troubleshooting would lead you to believe that the problem is in the last change you made, when actually it's because you took a short-cut earlier.Spend the extra 30 seconds now and do it the right way and save yourself from any potential grief down the road.
And to chime in with my two cents on this one, /usr/share/doc/sendmail/README.redhat states:
!Note!
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New in the latest package now is also that the configuration files will be
automatically updated after a restart if the corresponding mc files in
/etc/mail have been modified so changes done to the sendmail.cf and submit.cf
file will be lost if not done in the respective sendmail.mc and submit.mc
files, too.
While I have not fallen victim (nor verified) this one yet, I think we can prevent the future posting of "oddity with RedHat 8 sendmail.cf file" by just configuring the .mc file.
Pete
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