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Editing the mail configuration files<br />

Editing the mail<br />

configuration files<br />

11-10 Electronic Mail<br />

Note: The current mode is listed in the Current SMTP Mode field.<br />

Transparent—This option is used when you want to totally<br />

reconfigure your mail system to use transparent SMTP service.<br />

Transparent SMTP indicates that mail passes by proxy through the<br />

<strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong>. If you select this option, only the necessary files<br />

needed to send administrative messages (including <strong>Sidewinder</strong><br />

<strong>G2</strong>-generated alerts, messages, and logs) will be configured. The<br />

SMTP proxy is enabled.<br />

Secure Split SMTP Servers (<strong>Sidewinder</strong>-hosted)—This option is used<br />

when you want to totally reconfigure your mail system. It allows<br />

you to take advantage <strong>of</strong> configuring additional sendmail features<br />

including header stripping, spam control, mail routing and aliases,<br />

and masquerading. For more information on configuring these<br />

features, see “Other sendmail features” on page 11-22.<br />

2. In the Internal SMTP Burb field, select the burb in which your site’s<br />

internal SMTP server resides.<br />

3. In the Internal SMTP Mail Server field, type the fully qualified name <strong>of</strong><br />

your site’s internal SMTP server.<br />

4. Click the Save icon in the toolbar (or click Apply if you are accessing this<br />

window from the Server window) to reconfigure your mail mode. A<br />

confirmation window will appear when the reconfiguration process is<br />

complete.<br />

5. [Conditional] If you accessed Reconfigure Mail from the Servers<br />

window, click Close to return to the sendmail server Configuration tab.<br />

Sendmail stores its configuration information in sendmail.cf files.<br />

These files contain information such as which delivery agents to use<br />

and how to format message headers. These files are automatically set<br />

up and generated for you when you install and configure your<br />

<strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong>. You should change your configuration options only if<br />

you are directed to do so by Secure Computing, or if you are an<br />

experienced sendmail user and want to customize the files for your<br />

site.<br />

Sendmail allows you to create configuration files using macros written<br />

for the m4 preprocessor. Sections 19.5 and 19.6 in the UNIX System<br />

<strong>Administration</strong> Handbook describe these macros. You can also refer<br />

to the book sendmail by Bryan Costales (O’Reilly & Associates, Inc.).

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