Mail Administration Guide

The New Configuration Files

In order to customize your mail system, it can be necessary to re-configure sendmail. Earlier Solaris releases contained a large file that included many cryptic options, that needed to be manually edited to make any changes to the way sendmail functions. In the Solaris 7 release, a new configuration system has been included, which uses m4 to build the configuration file (see the m4(1) man page).