Re: Help with sendmail ?

From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Help with sendmail ?
Date	2026-02-01 10:58 +0000
Organization	A little, after lunch
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On 01/02/2026 03:02, rbowman wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 21:22:20 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> Maybe not what you want to hear, but perhaps this is a good time to give
>> up on Sendmail, and switch to a more rationally-designed MTA.
> 
> My memory of sendmail is it filled one of the thicker O'Reilly books all
> by itself.

Indeed. And I owned it.
In the end it got so complicated that I rewrote sendmail.cf from scratch.
Got it down to about a page.

All configuration went in half a dozen text files.
That was before encryption and authentication, though.

-- 
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all 
private property.

Karl Marx

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Help with sendmail ? Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-01-31 21:03 +0000
  Re: Help with sendmail ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-31 21:22 +0000
    Re: Help with sendmail ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-01 03:02 +0000
      Re: Help with sendmail ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-01 10:58 +0000
        Re: Help with sendmail ? Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-02-01 15:22 +0000
          Re: Help with sendmail ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-01 20:12 +0000
          Re: Help with sendmail ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-01 20:43 +0000
          Re: Help with sendmail ? Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-02-02 10:39 +0100
            Re: Help with sendmail ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-02 21:29 +0000
  Re: Help with sendmail ? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-01-31 23:10 +0100
    Re: Help with sendmail ? Resolved! Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-02-01 01:03 +0000
      Re: Help with sendmail ? Resolved! Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-01 02:27 +0000
      Re: Help with sendmail ? Resolved! c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-01 00:34 -0500
  Re: Help with sendmail ? Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-02-01 10:53 +0100

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