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-<html>
-<head><title>Installation and Configuration</title>
-</head>
-<body>
+<HTML>
+<HEAD><TITLE>Installation and Configuration</TITLE>
+</HEAD>
+<BODY>
<!--
-$Sendmail: installation.html,v 1.20 2003/03/05 19:57:54 ca Exp $
+$Sendmail: installation.html,v 1.23 2006/08/31 17:16:03 ca Exp $
-->
-<h1>Installation</h1>
-<h2>Contents</h2>
-<ul>
- <li><a href="#compile">Compiling and Installing Your Filter</a>
- <li><a href="#config">Configuring Sendmail</a>
-</ul>
+<H1>Installation</H1>
+<H2>Contents</H2>
+<UL>
+ <LI><A href="#compile">Compiling and Installing Your Filter</A>
+ <LI><A href="#config">Configuring Sendmail</A>
+</UL>
-<h2><a name="compile">Compiling and Installing Your Filter</A></h2>
+<H2><A name="compile">Compiling and Installing Your Filter</A></H2>
To compile a filter, modify the Makefile provided with the sample program, or:
-<ul>
- <li>Put the include and Sendmail directories in your include path
+<UL>
+ <LI>Put the include and Sendmail directories in your include path
(e.g. -I/path/to/include -I/path/to/sendmail).
- <li>Make sure libmilter.a is in your library path, and link your
+ <LI>Make sure libmilter.a is in your library path, and link your
application with it (e.g. "-lmilter").
- <li>Compile with pthreads, either by using -pthread for gcc, or
+ <LI>Compile with pthreads, either by using -pthread for gcc, or
linking with a pthreads support library (-lpthread).
-</ul>
+</UL>
Your compile command line will look like
-<pre>
+<PRE>
cc -I/path/to/include -I/path/to/sendmail -c myfile.c
-</pre>
+</PRE>
and your linking command line will look something like
-<pre>
+<PRE>
cc -o myfilter [object-files] -L[library-location] -lmilter -pthread
-</pre>
+</PRE>
-<H2><a name="config">Configuring Sendmail</A></H2>
+<H2><A name="config">Configuring Sendmail</A></H2>
-First, you must compile sendmail with MILTER defined.
-If you use a sendmail version older than 8.12 please see
+If you use a sendmail version older than 8.13 please see
the instructions for your version.
-To do this, add the following lines to your build
-configuration file (devtools/Site/config.site.m4)
-<pre>
-APPENDDEF(`conf_sendmail_ENVDEF', `-DMILTER')
-</pre>
-
-then type <code>./Build -c</code> in your sendmail directory.
+The default compilation options for sendmail enable support
+for milters since 8.13.
<P>
Next, you must add the desired filters to your sendmail configuration
(.mc) file.
Mail filters have three equates:
-The required <code>S=</code> equate specifies the socket where
-sendmail should look for the filter; The optional <code>F=</code> and
-<code>T=</code> equates specify flags and timeouts, respectively. All
-equates names, equate field names, and flag values are case sensitive.
+The required <CODE>S=</CODE> equate specifies the socket where
+sendmail should look for the filter; the optional <CODE>F=</CODE> and
+<CODE>T=</CODE> equates specify flags and timeouts, respectively.
+All equates names, equate field names, and flag values are case sensitive.
<P>
-The current flags (<code>F=</code>) are:
-<p>
-<table cellspacing="1" cellpadding=4 border=1>
-<tr bgcolor="#dddddd" align=left valign=top>
-<th>Flag</TH> <th align="center">Meaning</TH>
+The current flags (<CODE>F=</CODE>) are:
+<P>
+<TABLE cellspacing="1" cellpadding=4 border=1>
+<TR bgcolor="#dddddd" align=left valign=top>
+<TH>Flag</TH> <TH align="center">Meaning</TH>
</TR>
-<tr align="left" valign=top>
+<TR align="left" valign=top>
<TD>R</TD> <TD>Reject connection if filter unavailable</TD>
</TR>
-<tr align="left" valign=top>
+<TR align="left" valign=top>
<TD>T</TD> <TD>Temporary fail connection if filter unavailable</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
If a filter is unavailable or unresponsive and no flags have been
specified, the MTA will continue normal handling of the current
-connection. The MTA will try to contact the filter again on each new
connection.
+The MTA will try to contact the filter again on each new connection.
<P>
-There are three fields inside of the <code>T=</code> equate: S, R, and
-E. Note the separator between each is a ";" (semicolon), as ","
-(comma) already separates equates. The value of each field is a
-decimal number followed by a single letter designating the units ("s"
-for seconds, "m" for minutes). The fields have the following
-meanings:
-<p>
+There are three fields inside of the <CODE>T=</CODE> equate: S, R, and E.
+Note the separator between each is a ";" (semicolon), as ","
+(comma) already separates equates.
+The value of each field is a decimal number followed by a single letter
+designating the units ("s" for seconds, "m" for minutes).
+The fields have the following meanings:
+<P>
<TABLE cellspacing="1" cellpadding=4 border=1>
<TR bgcolor="#dddddd" align=left valign=top>
<TH>Flag</TH> <TH align="center">Meaning</TH>
</TR>
<TR align="left" valign=top>
<TD>C</TD> <TD>Timeout for connecting to a filter. If set to 0, the
- system's <CODE>connect()</CODE> timeout will be used.
+ system's <CODE>connect(2)</CODE> timeout will be used.
Default: 5m</TD>
</TR>
<TR align="left" valign=top>
@@ -106,27 +100,28 @@ meanings:
</TR>
</TABLE>
-<p>
-The following sendmail.mc example specifies three filters. The first
-two rendezvous on Unix-domain sockets in the /var/run directory; the
-third uses an IP socket on port 999.
-<pre>
+<P>
+The following sendmail.mc example specifies three filters.
+The first two rendezvous on Unix-domain sockets in the /var/run directory;
+the third uses an IP socket on port 999.
+<PRE>
INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`filter1', `S=unix:/var/run/f1.sock, F=R')
INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`filter2', `S=unix:/var/run/f2.sock, F=T, T=S:1s;R:1s;E:5m')
INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`filter3', `S=inet:999@localhost, T=C:2m')
define(`confINPUT_MAIL_FILTERS', `filter2,filter1,filter3')
-<hr width="30%">
+<HR width="30%">
m4 ../m4/cf.m4 myconfig.mc &gt; myconfig.cf
-</pre>
+</PRE>
By default, the filters would be run in the order declared,
i.e. "filter1, filter2, filter3"; however, since
-<code>confINPUT_MAIL_FILTERS</code> is defined, the filters will be
-run "filter2, filter1, filter3". Also note that a filter can be
-defined without adding it to the input filter list by using
+<CODE>confINPUT_MAIL_FILTERS</CODE> is defined, the filters will be
+run "filter2, filter1, filter3".
+Also note that a filter can be defined
+without adding it to the input filter list by using
MAIL_FILTER() instead of INPUT_MAIL_FILTER().
-<p>
+<P>
The above macros will result in the following lines being added to
your .cf file:
<PRE>
@@ -136,34 +131,35 @@ your .cf file:
O InputMailFilters=filter2,filter1,filter3
</PRE>
-<p>
-Finally, the sendmail macros accessible via <a
-href="smfi_getsymval.html">smfi_getsymval</a> can be configured by
+<P>
+Finally, the sendmail macros accessible via
+<A HREF="smfi_getsymval.html">smfi_getsymval</A> can be configured by
defining the following m4 variables (or cf options):
-<table cellspacing="1" cellpadding=4 border=1>
-<tr bgcolor="#dddddd" align=left valign=top>
-<th align="center">In .mc file</th> <th align="center">In .cf file</TH>
-<th align="center">Default Value</th>
-</tr>
-<tr><td>confMILTER_MACROS_CONNECT</td><td>Milter.macros.connect</td>
-<td><code>j, _, {daemon_name}, {if_name}, {if_addr}</code></td></tr>
-<tr><td>confMILTER_MACROS_HELO</td><td>Milter.macros.helo</td>
-<td><code>{tls_version}, {cipher}, {cipher_bits}, {cert_subject},
-{cert_issuer}</code></td></tr>
-<tr><td>confMILTER_MACROS_ENVFROM</td><td>Milter.macros.envfrom</td>
-<td><code>i, {auth_type}, {auth_authen}, {auth_ssf}, {auth_author},
-{mail_mailer}, {mail_host}, {mail_addr}</code></td></tr>
-<tr><td>confMILTER_MACROS_ENVRCPT</td><td>Milter.macros.envrcpt</td>
-<td><code>{rcpt_mailer}, {rcpt_host}, {rcpt_addr}</code></td></tr>
-</table>
+<TABLE cellspacing="1" cellpadding=4 border=1>
+<TR bgcolor="#dddddd" align=left valign=top>
+<TH align="center">In .mc file</TH> <TH align="center">In .cf file</TH>
+<TH align="center">Default Value</TH>
+</TR>
+<TR><TD>confMILTER_MACROS_CONNECT</TD><TD>Milter.macros.connect</TD>
+<TD><CODE>j, _, {daemon_name}, {if_name}, {if_addr}</CODE></TD></TR>
+<TR><TD>confMILTER_MACROS_HELO</TD><TD>Milter.macros.helo</TD>
+<TD><CODE>{tls_version}, {cipher}, {cipher_bits}, {cert_subject},
+{cert_issuer}</CODE></TD></TR>
+<TR><TD>confMILTER_MACROS_ENVFROM</TD><TD>Milter.macros.envfrom</TD>
+<TD><CODE>i, {auth_type}, {auth_authen}, {auth_ssf}, {auth_author},
+{mail_mailer}, {mail_host}, {mail_addr}</CODE></TD></TR>
+<TR><TD>confMILTER_MACROS_ENVRCPT</TD><TD>Milter.macros.envrcpt</TD>
+<TD><CODE>{rcpt_mailer}, {rcpt_host}, {rcpt_addr}</CODE></TD></TR>
+</TABLE>
For information about available macros and their meanings, please
consult the sendmail documentation.
-<hr size="1">
-<font size="-1">
-Copyright (c) 2000-2003 Sendmail, Inc. and its suppliers.
+<HR size="1">
+<FONT size="-1">
+Copyright (c) 2000-2003, 2006 Sendmail, Inc. and its suppliers.
All rights reserved.
-<br>
+<BR>
By using this file, you agree to the terms and conditions set
forth in the LICENSE.
-</font>
-</body> </html>
+</FONT>
+</BODY>
+</HTML>