Sergio de Almeida lenzi writes:
> > >If you need examples, let me know....
> > I've done exactly this at a friend's house (I dial in but am normally
> > up all the time), with the dual sys file entry; since 'alternate' will
> > accept another port type all works fine; it doesn't even wait much to
> > time out when the ppp link is down.
> >
>
> Hello Pete,
> I have yet configured uucp to send mail that is:
> mail lenzi!xxx < data would send the mail (data) to (user)lenzi at
> machine xxx.
> The problem is when I try mail lenzi@xxx. by using uucpport.cf, the
> systems queues the mail, and after some time, looses it.
>
> I'll be very happy if you can send (Us) the .cf file you used at your
> friend's house.
Well, we are running smail 3.1 there and not sendmail. However, I have
a sendmail.cf for an older Solaris sendmail that does what you probably
want.
> That is not only me that have this type of problem.
I know that for sure; that is part of why I'm not using sendmail except
for a few (mostly Sun) sites.
The sendmail.cf that works is a modification of Sun's 'leaf' configuration
to use uucp for the default transport instead of ether, and to do
domain addressing instead of uucp '!' addressing.
I'll see if I have a copy on this machine and if so will send it here:
The changes from Sun's are the 'major relay mailer' ether->uucp,
and the rule numbers in the uux command line. I'll add #PAC comments
in the changed places...
NB O'Reilly's sendmail book is the thickest one in their entire sysadmin
series; there must be a reason :-)
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###########################################################
#
# SENDMAIL CONFIGURATION FILE FOR SUBSIDIARY MACHINES
#
# You should install this file as /etc/sendmail.cf
# if your machine is a subsidiary machine (that is, some
# other machine in your domain is the main mail-relaying
# machine). Then edit the file to customize it for your
# network configuration.
#
# @(#)subsidiary.mc 1.11 88/02/08 SMI; from UCB arpa.mc 3.25 2/24/83
#
# delete the following if you have no sendmailvars table
Lmmaildomain
# local UUCP connections -- not forwarded to mailhost
CV
# my official hostname
Dj$w.$m
# major relay mailer
#PAC this was DMether
DMuucp
# major relay host
#PAC fix this to your favorite gateway, in uucpname format, NOT domain
DRpelican
CRpelican
#################################################
#
# General configuration information
# local domain names
#
# These can now be determined from the domainname system call.
# The first component of the NIS domain name is stripped off unless
# it begins with a dot or a plus sign.
# If your NIS domain is not inside the domain name you would like to have
# appear in your mail headers, add a "Dm" line to define your domain name.
# The Dm value is what is used in outgoing mail. The Cm values are
# accepted in incoming mail. By default Cm is set from Dm, but you might
# want to have more than one Cm line to recognize more than one domain
# name on incoming mail during a transition.
# Example:
# DmCS.Podunk.EDU
# Cm cs cs.Podunk.EDU
#
# known hosts in this domain are obtained from gethostbyname() call
# Version number of configuration file
#ident "@(#)version.m4 1.17 92/07/14 SMI" /* SunOS 4.1 */
#
#
# Copyright Notice
#
#Notice of copyright on this source code product does not indicate
#publication.
#
# (c) 1986,1987,1988,1989 Sun Microsystems, Inc
# All rights reserved.
#PAC you ought to change this; we aren't Sun's...
#PAC I use this on a Sun and use smail most other places...
#PAC Take the DV from your existing .cf; it should say something like 8.6.13
#DVSMI-SVR4
### Standard macros
# name used for error messages
DnMailer-Daemon
# specail user
CDMailer-Daemon root daemon uucp
# UNIX header format
DlFrom $g $d
# delimiter (operator) characters
Do.:%@!^=/[]
# format of a total name
Dq$g$?x ($x)$.
# SMTP login message
De$j Sendmail $v/$V ready at $b
### Options
# Remote mode - send through server if mailbox directory is mounted
OR
# location of alias file
OA/etc/mail/aliases
# default delivery mode (deliver in background)
Odbackground
# rebuild the alias file automagically
OD
# temporary file mode -- 0600 for secure mail, 0644 for permissive
OF0600
# default GID
Og1
# location of help file
OH/etc/mail/sendmail.hf
# log level
OL9
# default messages to old style
Oo
# Cc my postmaster on error replies I generate
OPPostmaster
# queue directory
OQ/var/spool/mqueue
# read timeout for SMTP protocols
Or15m
# status file -- none
OS/etc/mail/sendmail.st
# queue up everything before starting transmission, for safety
Os
# return queued mail after this long
OT3d
# default UID
Ou1
### Message precedences
Pfirst-class=0
Pspecial-delivery=100
Pjunk=-100
### Trusted users
T root daemon uucp
### Format of headers
H?P?Return-Path: <$g>
HReceived: $?sfrom $s $.by $j ($v/$V)
id $i; $b
H?D?Resent-Date: $a
H?D?Date: $a
H?F?Resent-From: $q
H?F?From: $q
H?x?Full-Name: $x
HSubject:
H?M?Resent-Message-Id: <$t.$i@$j>
H?M?Message-Id: <$t.$i@$j>
HErrors-To:
###########################
### Rewriting rules ###
###########################
# Sender Field Pre-rewriting
S1
# None needed.
# Recipient Field Pre-rewriting
S2
# None needed.
# Name Canonicalization
# Internal format of names within the rewriting rules is:
# anything<@host.domain.domain...>anything
# We try to get every kind of name into this format, except for local
# names, which have no host part. The reason for the "<>" stuff is
# that the relevant host name could be on the front of the name (for
# source routing), or on the back (normal form). We enclose the one that
# we want to route on in the <>'s to make it easy to find.
#
S3
# handle "from:<>" special case
R$*<>$* $@@ turn into magic token
# basic textual canonicalization
R<$*<@$+>> $@$1<@$2>
R$*<$+>$* $2 basic RFC822 parsing
# make sure <@a,@b,@c:user@d> syntax is easy to parse -- undone later
R@$+,$+:$+ @$1:$2:$3 change all "," to ":"
R@$+:$+ $@$>6<@$1>:$2 src route canonical
R$+:$*;@$+ $@$1:$2;@$3 list syntax
R$+@$+ $:$1<@$2> focus on domain
R$+<$+@$+> $1$2<@$3> move gaze right
R$+<@$+> $@$>6$1<@$2> already canonical
# convert old-style names to domain-based names
# All old-style names parse from left to right, without precedence.
R$-!$+ $@$>6$2<@$1.uucp> uucphost!user
R$-.$+!$+ $@$>6$3<@$1.$2> host.domain!user
R$+%$+ $@$>3$1@$2 user%host
# Final Output Post-rewriting
S4
R$+<@$+.uucp> $2!$1 u@h.uucp => h!u
R$+ $: $>9 $1 Clean up addr
R$*<$+>$* $1$2$3 defocus
# Clean up an name for passing to a mailer
# (but leave it focused)
S9
R$=w!@ $@$w!$n
R@ $@$n handle <> error addr
R$*<$*LOCAL>$* $1<$2$m>$3 change local info
R<@$+>$*:$+:$+ <@$1>$2,$3:$4 <route-addr> canonical
#######################
# Rewriting rules
# special local conversions
S6
R$*<@$*$=m>$* $1<@$2LOCAL>$4 convert local domain
# Local and Program Mailer specification
Mlocal, P=/bin/mail, F=flsSDFMmnP, S=10, R=20, A=mail -d $u
Mprog, P=/bin/sh, F=lsDFMeuP, S=10, R=20, A=sh -c $u
S10
# None needed.
S20
# None needed.
#ident "@(#)etherm.m4 1.15 93/04/05 SMI" /* SunOS 4.1 */
#
# Copyright Notice
#
#Notice of copyright on this source code product does not indicate
#publication.
#
# (c) 1986,1987,1988,1989 Sun Microsystems, Inc
# All rights reserved.
############################################################
#####
##### Ethernet Mailer specification
#####
##### Messages processed by this configuration are assumed to remain
##### in the same domain. This really has nothing particular to do
##### with Ethernet - the name is historical.
#PAC in these the original had <@$j>; the change to $k puts the
#PAC whole domain in the addresses (the Sun default is only the
#PAC internal part of the fqdn for some reason that I don't understand)
Mether, P=[TCP], F=msDFMuCX, S=11, R=21, A=TCP $h
S11
R$*<@$+>$* $@$1<@$2>$3 already ok
R$=D $@$1<@$k> tack on my hostname
R$+ $@$1<@$k> tack on my mbox hostname
S21
R$*<@$+>$* $@$1<@$2>$3 already ok
R$+ $@$1<@$k> tack on my mbox hostname
##########################################################
# General code to convert back to old style UUCP names
S5
R$+<@LOCAL> $@ $w!$1 name@LOCAL => sun!name
R$+<@$-.LOCAL> $@ $2!$1 u@h.LOCAL => h!u
R$+<@$+.uucp> $@ $2!$1 u@h.uucp => h!u
R$+<@$*> $@ $2!$1 u@h => h!u
# Route-addrs do not work here. Punt til uucp-mail comes up with something.
R<@$+>$* $@ @$1$2 just defocus and punt
R$*<$*>$* $@ $1$2$3 Defocus strange stuff
# UUCP Mailer specification
#PAC I changed S=13,R=23 here to S=11,R=21 to use domain forms for uucp
Muucp, P=/usr/bin/uux, F=msDFMhuU, S=11, R=21,
A=uux - -r -a$f $h!rmail ($u)
# Convert uucp sender (From) field
S13
R$+ $:$>5$1 convert to old style
R$=w!$+ $2 strip local name
R$+ $:$w!$1 stick on real host name
# Convert uucp recipient (To, Cc) fields
S23
R$+ $:$>5$1 convert to old style
#PAC no changes from here down.
##### RULESET ZERO PREAMBLE
# Ruleset 30 just calls rulesets 3 then 0.
S30
R$* $: $>3 $1 First canonicalize
R$* $@ $>0 $1 Then rerun ruleset 0
S0
# On entry, the address has been canonicalized and focused by ruleset 3.
# Handle special cases.....
R@ $#local $:$n handle <> form
# Earlier releases special-cased the [x.y.z.a] format, but SunOS 4.1 or later
# should handle these properly on input.
# now delete redundant local info
R$*<$*$=w.LOCAL>$* $1<$2>$4 thishost.LOCAL
R$*<@LOCAL>$* $1<@$m>$2 host == domain gateway
R$*<$*$=w.uucp>$* $1<$2>$4 thishost.uucp
R$*<$*$=w>$* $1<$2>$4 thishost
# arrange for local names to be fully qualified
R$*<@$%l>$* $1<@$2.LOCAL>$3 user@etherhost
# For numeric spec, you can't pass spec on to receiver, since old rcvr's
# were not smart enough to know that [x.y.z.a] is their own name.
R<@[$+]>:$* $:$>9 <@[$1]>:$2 Clean it up, then...
R<@[$+]>:$* $#ether $@[$1] $:$2 numeric internet spec
R<@[$+]>,$* $#ether $@[$1] $:$2 numeric internet spec
R$*<@[$+]> $#ether $@[$2] $:$1 numeric internet spec
R$*<$*.>$* $1<$2>$3 drop trailing dot
R<@>:$* $@$>30$1 retry after route strip
R$*<@> $@$>30$1 strip null trash & retry
################################################
### Machine dependent part of ruleset zero ###
################################################
# resolve names we can handle locally
R<@$=V.uucp>:$+ $:$>9 $1 First clean up, then...
R<@$=V.uucp>:$+ $#uucp $@$1 $:$2 @host.uucp:...
R$+<@$=V.uucp> $#uucp $@$2 $:$1 user@host.uucp
# optimize names of known ethernet hosts
R$*<@$%l.LOCAL>$* $#ether $@$2 $:$1<@$2>$3 user@host.here
# local host that has a MX record
R$*<@$%x.LOCAL>$* $#ether $@$2 $:$1<@$2>$3 user@host.here
# other non-local names will be kicked upstairs
R$+ $:$>9 $1 Clean up, keep <>
R$*<@$+>$* $#$M $@$R $:$1<@$2>$3 user@some.where
R$*@$* $#$M $@$R $:$1<@$2> strangeness with @
# Local names with % are really not local!
R$+%$+ $@$>30$1@$2 turn % => @, retry
# everything else is a local name
R$+ $#local $:$1 local names
# Ruleset 33 is used in remote mode only
S33
R$+<@$=w.LOCAL> $1
R$+<@$=w> $1
R$*<@$+>$* $#ether $@$k $:$1<@$2>$3 forward to $k
R$+ $#local $:$1 local names
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