The following table describes the added and revised configuration file options. If you declare any of these options, use one of the following syntaxes.
O OptionName=argument # for the configuration file -O OptionName=argument # for the command line define(`m4Name',argument) # for m4 configuration |
Option |
Description |
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ConnectionRateWindowSize |
m4 name: confCONNECTION_RATE_WINDOW_SIZE Argument: number Default value: 60 Sets the number of seconds for incoming connections to be maintained. |
FallBackSmartHost |
m4 name: confFALLBACK_SMARTHOST Argument: hostname To ensure that mail gets delivered to the clients, this option provides a well-connected host that serves as a backup (or failover) for MX records that fail. |
InputMailFilters |
m4 name: confINPUT_MAIL_FILTERS Argument: filename Lists the input mail filters for the sendmail daemon. |
PidFile |
m4 name: confPID_FILE Argument: filename Default value: /var/run/sendmail.pid As in previous releases, the file name is macro-expanded before it is opened. Additionally, in version 8.13, the file is unlinked when sendmail exits. |
QueueSortOrder |
m4 name: confQUEUE_SORT_ORDER Added argument: none In version 8.13 none is used to specify no sorting order. |
RejectLogInterval |
m4 name: confREJECT_LOG_INTERVAL Argument: period-of-time Default value: 3h, which represents three hours. When a daemon connection is refused for the period-of-time specified, the information is logged. |
SuperSafe |
m4 name: confSAFE_QUEUE Short name: s Added argument: postmilter Default value: true If postmilter is set, sendmail defers synchronizing the queue file until all milters have signaled acceptance of the message. For this argument to be useful, sendmail must be running as an SMTP server. Otherwise, postmilter operates as if you are using the true argument. |