sensible-mda - a generic local MDA router for Debian systems

Author

       Richard Nelson <cowboy@debian.org>

Bugs

       None known so far.

Description

sensible-mda  is  used  to simplify the installation and configuration of sendmail(8) , or other MTAs for
       use on Debian systems.  With sensible-mda, sendmail can support a plethora of MDAs  (procmail,  maildrop,
       deliver, etc.) without having  pick any one of them as required.

Files

/etc/mail/sendmail.mc
              sendmail m4 input to generate sendmail.cf

       /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
              actual sendmail configuration file (treated as a binary file)

Function

sensible-mda is called by sendmail as a local mailer when the following exists in sendmail.mc:
       define(`LOCAL_MAILER_ARGS',`sensible-mda$g$u$h${client_addr}')dnl

       sensible-mda will look for the following MDAs (in this order), and pass the mail on to the first SUID MDA
       found (Or first found MDA, if run w/euid=root): procmail(1), maildrop(1), deliver(8), mail.local(8)

History

4th Berkeley Distribution                        October 21 1999                                 SENSIBLE-MDA(8)

Name

       sensible-mda - a generic local MDA router for Debian systems

Options

       Available command line options are the following:

       from   The sender of this email (sendmail $g variable)

       to     The recipient of this email (sendmail $u variable)

       detail The detail portion of the recipient userid (sendmail $h variable) - ie:
              cowboy+sendmail@debian.org

       client-addr
              TCP/IP address of the sender (sendmail ${client_addr} variable) Not used (for the nonce)