Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!apple!ksand From: ksand@Apple.COM (Kent Sandvik) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: uucp scripts (continued) Message-ID: <46421@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 8 Nov 90 23:17:15 GMT References: <1990Nov8.120740.19410@panix.uucp> Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 36 In article <1990Nov8.120740.19410@panix.uucp> alexis@panix.uucp (Alexis Rosen) writes: >This stuff is tricky. There are several points: > >1) currently, Apple ships a sample /usr/lib/sendmail.cf which contains >information which would put bogus headers on out-system mail. > >2) To avoid sending such mail, they also graciously supply you with a >zero byte long sendmail.fc. No wonder your mail goes nowhere... > >3) They also supply the m4 stuff to build a real sendmail.cf but their >prototypes are very broken for uucp. Bang paths will work but internet- >style stuff fails. > >The anser, fortunately, is simple. Scarf up the sendmail.cf file I posted >a few days ago, install it, and go. Shouldn't take more than five minutes. It's practically impossible to provide a sendmail.cf file that will work for all sites and network configurations. To start with sendmail is a little bit, eh, bohemian. Anyway, back in Australia, where we got all kinds of aborginial network solutions, I've got a working .cf file from a friendly neighbour on the net, and after some small tweaking I had sendmail working OK. So concerning sendmail you just got to trust on friendly people that provides working scripts, like Alexis Rosen. Regards, Kent Sandvik -- Kent Sandvik, Apple Computer Inc, Developer Technical Support NET:ksand@apple.com, AppleLink: KSAND Zippy says: "C++ is perfect for cyberspace development - because it has virtual defined as a keyword."