Re: [cobalt-users] genericstable, sendmail.cf and web mail on my RaQ4i

[SM <nntp@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:13 31-08-2001 -0500, Jerry Kemp wrote:
>For incoming mail, the /etc/mail/virtualusertable is working well for
>me.  Now I am trying to deal with re-writing outgoing mail.  It appears
>that the way to deal with this is to create a /etc/mail/genericstable
>file and db.
>
>To do this, this FEATURE set would need to be supported in the
>/etc/mail/sendmail.cf file, in which it is not.  This issue is
>not address in my manual.  Also, I have done a search at the
>Sun-Cobalt knowledgebase.  I did not fine anything which directly
>addresses this.  This was as close as I got:

Sendmail has a 1001 options and it would not be possible to mention all of
them in the appliance manual.

>Short of an official answer, it looks like I can modify the
>
>/usr/lib/sendmail-cf/cf/cobalt.mc
>
>to add support for the genericstable feature and then create a new
>/etc/mail/sendmail.cf file which should get me where I need to be.
>Does anyone see anything wrong with this approach other that it
>will void my support (yet again)??

I don't see anything wrong with that approach.  I suggest that you verify
whether the .cf generated by the cobalt.mc is identical to your current cf.
 You might need to add the rulesets for POP before SMTP authentication if
you installed that package.

Regards,
-sm