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System Administration Guide: Resource Management and Network Services

New Macros Used to Build the sendmail Configuration File

In this section, you can find the following.

Table 27-11 New Macros Used to Build the sendmail Configuration File

Macro 

Description 

LOCAL_MAILER_EOL

Overrides the default end-of-line string for the local mailer. 

LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS

Adds Return-Path: header by default.

MAIL_SETTINGS_DIR

Contains the path (including the trailing slash) for the mail settings directory. 

MODIFY_MAILER_FLAGS

Improves the *_MAILER_FLAGS. This macro sets, adds, or deletes flags.

RELAY_MAILER_FLAGS

Defines additional flags for the relay mailer. 

New MAX Macros

Use the following new macros to configure the maximum number of commands that can be received before sendmail slows its delivery. You can set these MAX macros at compile time. The maximum values in the following table also represent the current default values.

Table 27-12 New MAX Macros

Macro 

Maximum Value 

Commands Checked by Each Macro 

MAXBADCOMMANDS

25 

Unknown commands 

MAXNOOPCOMMANDS

20 

NOOP, VERB, ONEX, XUSR

MAXHELOCOMMANDS

3 

HELO, EHLO

MAXVRFYCOMMANDS

6 

VRFY, EXPN

MAXETRNCOMMANDS

8 

ETRN

Note -

You can disable a macro's check by setting the macro's value to zero.