What does DSmailhost$?m.$m$ mean in sendmail? - Revision history

Hutch at 03:19, 19 July 2008

2008-07-19T03:19:25Z

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-	* Since '''$m''' is defined as '''example.com''', the '''S''' macro (SMART_HOST) is replaced with '''mailhost.example.com'''. ~~If '''$m''' was not defined, th~~	+	* Since '''$m''' is defined as '''example.com''', the '''S''' macro (SMART_HOST) is replaced with '''mailhost.example.com'''.
	* If '''$m''' was not defined, the '''S''' macro (SMART_HOST) would be '''mailhost'''		* If '''$m''' was not defined, the '''S''' macro (SMART_HOST) would be '''mailhost'''

Hutch at 14:52, 9 July 2008

2008-07-09T14:52:43Z

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-	* Since '''$m''' is defined as '''example.com''', the S macro (SMART_HOST) is replaced with '''mailhost.example.com'''. If '''$m''' was not defined, th	+	* Since '''$m''' is defined as '''example.com''', the '''S''' macro (SMART_HOST) is replaced with '''mailhost.example.com'''. If '''$m''' was not defined, th
-	* If '''$m''' was not defined, the S macro (SMART_HOST) would be '''mailhost'''	+	* If '''$m''' was not defined, the '''S''' macro (SMART_HOST) would be '''mailhost'''

Hutch at 14:49, 9 July 2008

2008-07-09T14:49:58Z

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-	After looking through '''21.6 Macro Conditionals: $?, $\|, and $.''' in '''sendmail, 3rd Edition''', I believe this line means the following.	+	After looking through '''21.6 Macro Conditionals: $?, $\|, and $.''' in '''sendmail, 3rd Edition''', I believe this line means the following:

	* If '''$m''' (subdomain name) is defined, replace the value with '''.$m$'''.		* If '''$m''' (subdomain name) is defined, replace the value with '''.$m$'''.

Hutch: New page: After looking through '''21.6 Macro Conditionals: $?, $|, and $.''' in '''sendmail, 3rd Edition''', I believe this line means the following. * If '''$m''' (subdomain name) is defined, rep...

2008-07-09T14:49:27Z

New page: After looking through '''21.6 Macro Conditionals: $?, $|, and $.''' in '''sendmail, 3rd Edition''', I believe this line means the following. * If '''$m''' (subdomain name) is defined, rep...

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After looking through '''21.6 Macro Conditionals: $?, $|, and $.''' in '''sendmail, 3rd Edition''', I believe this line means the following.

* If '''$m''' (subdomain name) is defined, replace the value with '''.$m$'''.

Example:
'''$ sendmail -d0.1 < /dev/null'''
...
=========== SYSTEM IDENTITY (after readcf) ============
(short domain name) $w = host
canonical domain name) $j = host.example.com
(subdomain name) $m = example.com
(node name) $k = host
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* Since '''$m''' is defined as '''example.com''', the S macro (SMART_HOST) is replaced with '''mailhost.example.com'''. If '''$m''' was not defined, th
* If '''$m''' was not defined, the S macro (SMART_HOST) would be '''mailhost'''