Subject: Re: What sendmail.cf?
To: Keenan, Greg John (Greg)** CTR ** <gjkeenan@lucent.com>
From: Eric Haszlakiewicz <erh@jodi.nimenees.com>
List: current-users
Date: 06/05/2005 18:41:52
On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 09:25:43AM +1000, Keenan, Greg John (Greg)** CTR ** wrote:
> $ date | sendmail -v -t gjkeenan@lucent.com
> gjkeenan@lucent.com... Connecting to localhost.anz.lucent.com. via relay...
>
> $ date | sendmail -C/etc/mail/sendmail.cf -v -t gjkeenan@lucent.com
> gjkeenan@lucent.com... Connecting to outbound-email.lucent.com via relay...
>
> Both commands you have to assume are using the same sendmail.cf so what is
> the difference when I force it with the -C option?
well, you know what they say happens when you assume... :)
Those two commands are NOT using the same config file. The first one
uses submit.cf, since you are submitting mail not receiving it.
eric