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Advanced sendmail configuration

Most sendmail configuration is accomplished by editing the configuration file, /usr/lib/sendmail.cf. The syntax of this file is designed to be reasonably easy to parse, because this is done every time sendmail starts up. As a result, the configuration file is not particularly easy for a human to read or write.

The configuration file has three major purposes:

For further details see ``Purpose of the configuration file''.

This section provides an overview of the standard configuration file built with the mkdev cf script, provides the specifications for configuration file lines, and describes building a configuration file from scratch.


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