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System Administration Guide, Volume 3

How to Test the sendmail Rule Sets

  1. Type /usr/lib/sendmail -bt and press Return.

    Information is displayed.

  2. At the last prompt (>) type a 3,0 (zero) and the mail address you want to test.

  3. Type Control-d to end the session.

Here is an example of the output:


% /usr/lib/sendmail -bt
ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked)
Enter <ruleset> <address>
> 3,0 sandy@phoenix
rewrite: ruleset   3   input: sandy @ phoenix
rewrite: ruleset  96   input: sandy < @ phoenix>
rewrite: ruleset  96 returns: sandy < @ phoenix . eng . acme . com . >
rewrite: ruleset   3 returns: sandy < @ phoenix . eng . acme . com . >
rewrite: ruleset   0   input: sandy < @ phoenix . eng . acme . com . >
rewrite: ruleset 199   input: sandy < @ phoenix . eng . acme . com . >
rewrite: ruleset 199 returns: sandy < @ phoenix . eng . acme . com . >
rewrite: ruleset  98   input: sandy < @ phoenix . eng . acme . com . >
rewrite: ruleset  98 returns: sandy < @ phoenix . eng . acme . com . >
rewrite: ruleset 198   input: sandy < @ phoenix . eng . acme . com . >
rewrite: ruleset 198 returns: $# local $: sandy
rewrite: ruleset   0 returns: $# local $: sandy