Several other files and directories are used for mail services, as shown in Table 14–11.
Table 14–11 Other Files Used for Mail Services
Name |
Type |
Description |
---|---|---|
/etc/default/sendmail |
File |
Lists the environment variables for the startup script for sendmail. |
/etc/shells |
File |
Lists the valid login shells. |
/etc/mail/cf/sh |
Directory |
Contains shell scripts that are used by the m4 build process and migration aids. |
File |
Checks permissions of :include: aliases and .forward files and their parent directory path for correct permissions. |
|
File |
Verifies that sendmail is able to determine the fully qualified host name. |
|
File |
Queries and edits single records in database maps for sendmail. |
|
File |
Mail notification daemon. |
|
File |
Builds binary forms of keyed maps. |
|
Symbolic Link |
A symbolic link to /usr/lib/sendmail. Used to create the binary form of the alias database. Previously in /usr/bin. |
|
File |
Error message logger, used by sendmail. |
|
File |
Perl script for starting the client-side remote mail queue. |
|
File |
CDE mail user agent. |
|
File |
Mailboxes for delivered mail. |
|
Directory |
Storage for mail that is delivered by the client daemon. |
|
Directory |
Storage for mail that is delivered by the master daemon. |
|
File |
File that lists the PID of the listening daemon. |