SENSIBLE-MDA(8)SENSIBLE-MDA(8)NAMEsensible-mda - a generic local MDA router for Debian systems
SYNOPSISsensible-mda from to detail client-addr
DESCRIPTIONsensible-mda is used to simplify the installation and configuration of
sendmail(8) , or other MTAs for use on Debian systems. With sensi‐
ble-mda, sendmail can support a plethora of MDAs (procmail, maildrop,
deliver, etc.) without having pick any one of them as required.
FUNCTIONsensible-mda is called by sendmail as a local mailer when the following
exists in sendmail.mc:
define(`LOCAL_MAILER_ARGS', `sensible-mda $g $u $h ${client_addr}')dnl
sensible-mda will look for the following MDAs (in this order), and pass
the mail on to the first SUID MDA found (Or first found MDA, if run
w/euid=root): procmail(1), maildrop(1), deliver(8), mail.local(8)OPTIONS
Available command line options are the following:
from The sender of this email (sendmail $g variable)
to The recipient of this email (sendmail $u variable)
detail The detail portion of the recipient userid (sendmail $h vari‐
able) - ie:
cowboy+sendmail@debian.org
client-addr
TCP/IP address of the sender (sendmail ${client_addr} variable)
Not used (for the nonce)
FILES
/etc/mail/sendmail.mc
sendmail m4 input to generate sendmail.cf
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf
actual sendmail configuration file (treated as a binary file)
SEE ALSOsendmail(8), procmail(1), maildrop(1), deliver(8), mail.local(8)BUGS
None known so far.
AUTHOR
Richard Nelson <cowboy@debian.org>
HISTORY4th Berkeley Distribution October 21 1999 SENSIBLE-MDA(8)