The "/usr/lib/sendmail.cf" file in A/UX is configured with four rules for resolving the address path:
1. For the root@host type of mail syntax, is host in the
/usr/lib/uucp/L.sys file?
- If yes, then path is via "uucp".
- If no, then path is via "tcp".
2. For the root@host.uucp type of mail syntax, is host in the
/usr/lib/uucp/L.sys file?
- If yes, then path is via "uucp".
- If no, then path is via "uumail".
(Note that "uumail" is a foreign mailer not yet included in A/UX.)
3. For the root@host.<any domain except uucp> type of mail syntax:
path is via "tcp" (it doesn't matter whether the host is in the
/usr/lib/uucp/L.sys or /etc/hosts file).
4. For the host!root type of mail syntax:
path is via "uucp" (it doesn't matter whether the host is in the
/usr/lib/uucp/L.sys or /etc/hosts file).
To rebuild a "sendmail.fc" (sendmail frozen configuration file) that might
be corrupted or out of date, run the following command:
/usr/lib/sendmail -bz
Whenever modifying the "sendmail.cf", you should run this command to update
the "sendmail.fc" file, because the sendmail daemon reads it to resolve the
destination address.
Article Change History:
13 Sep 1994 - Reviewed.
31 Aug 1992 - Reviewed.
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