Configuring and Managing MPE/iX Internet Services (August 2002)

Chapter 10
Sendmail for MPE/iX
Distribution Highlights
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Distribution Highlights
All files reside in the SENDMAIL account in a version-specific group named vuuff (i.e., A0100 at initial
release). A symbolic link named CURRENT points to the active version-specific group. If you install a newer
version of this distribution on top of an existing installation, a new version-specific group will be created and
the CURRENT symbolic link will be adjusted to point to the new group. The old version-specific group will
NOT be purged by the installation script, so once you are satisfied the new version is working OK, you will
have to manually :PURGEGROUP the old version if you wish to free up its disk space.
Applications that require a specific version of Sendmail should reference files and directories using a
pathname prefix of /SENDMAIL/vuuff. Applications that don’t have any version dependencies should use a
pathname prefix of /SENDMAIL/CURRENT.
The main files and directories of this distribution are as follows:
• /SENDMAIL/CURRENT/JDAEMON.sample
The sample batch job for running the mail daemon.
• /SENDMAIL/CURRENT/SENDMAIL
The main Sendmail NMPRG.
• /SENDMAIL/CURRENT/bin/
Directory containing various Sendmail utility programs:
dnscheck Script for validating your DNS configuration.
hoststat Symlink for displaying host status information. See “man sendmail” for details.
m4 Macro processor used to generate Sendmail configuration files.
mailq Symlink for displaying the mail queue. Requires SM capability or being logged on to the
SENDMAIL account. See “man mailq” for details.
newaliases Symlink for rebuilding the aliases database map. Requires being logged on as
SERVER.SENDMAIL. See “man newaliases” for details.
purgestat Symlink for purging host status information. See “man sendmail” for details.
vacation Autoresponder program for vacations. See “man vacation” for details.
• /SENDMAIL/CURRENT/cf/
Directory tree for building Sendmail configuration files:
README Comprehensive instructions for configuring Sendmail. READ THIS FILE BEFORE
ATTEMPTING TO CONFIGURE SENDMAIL!
cf/generic-mpeix.cf.sample Sample MPE/iX Sendmail configuration output file used by the mail
daemon.
cf/generic-mpeix.mc.sample Sample MPE/iX Sendmail configuration macro file used to create
generic-mpeix.cf.sample.
cf/submit-mpeix.cf.sample Sample MPE/iX mail submission configuration output file used when
submitting new messages.
cf/submit-mpeix.mc.sample Sample MPE/iX mail submission configuration macro file used to create
submit-mpeix.cf.sample.