Apologies, forgot to attach the .m4 file. -fr. > Feargal Reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:15:04 +0700 > > "dbmail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > According to INSTALL file located in dbmail-1.1 > > > distribution, we should configure our MTA. > > > I dont know how to configure Sendmail, > > > because I do not use Postfix. (My sendmail is now working well) > > > > I'm going to assume you know where your sendmail sources are, and you know > how > > to rebuild it for your platform. > > > > To use dbmail as a mailer, you have to include it in your sendmail.mc by > adding > > the line > > MAILER(dbmail) > > at the bottom after the other MAILER definitions. > > Also, you need to tell sendmail when to use dbmail, this can be done using > the > > mailertable feature - insert the following into sendmail.mc where the > other > > features are: > > FEATURE(mailertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable') > > > > That path may vary depending on your distribution, it may in fact be > included by > > default. > > > > sendmail then needs a .m4 file to describe the new mailer - I've attached > > dbmail.m4, you should place it in your cf/mailer directory. > > > > Then rebuild sendmail. > > > > Finally, to enable dbmail for a particular domain add the following to > > /etc/mail/mailertable > > example.com dbmail:example.com > > > > and run > > # makemap hash mailertable.db < mailertable > > > > One thing to note about using the mailertable, sendmail will not check the > > mailertable if the domain part of an address matches the perceived local > > hostname. i.e. if your hostname is 'mail.example.com' and the email is to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], it will use the local mailer instead of dbmail. > > > > This is how I like things, it means I'm not reliant on the db to be around > for > > mails to postmaster and other 'critical' addresses to work. > > > > The other method would be to use it in place of the local mailer - copy the > .m4 > > to cf/mailer/local.m4, rebuild sendmail, and now all local mail will be > > delivered to dbmail. > > > > *** Make sure you setup the postmaster account, otherwise bounced mail will > fail > > completely. *** > > > > Whatever doesn't make sense, query me on it. > > > > -fr. > > > _________________________________________________________ > This mail sent using V-webmail - http://www.v-webmail.org > >
-- Feargal Reilly, Codeshifter, Chrysalink Systems.
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