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39 .Nd configuration file for
43 .Pa /etc/mail/mailer.conf
44 contains a series of pairs.
45 The first member of each pair is the name
48 which is typically a symbolic link to
49 .Pa /usr/sbin/sendmail .
54 would be set up this way.)
55 The second member of each pair is the name of the program to
56 actually execute when the first name is invoked.
58 contain comments, denoted by a # mark in the first column of any line.
62 The following is an example of how to set up an
64 for traditional sendmail invocation behavior.
66 # Execute the "real" sendmail program, named /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
67 sendmail /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
68 send-mail /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
69 mailq /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
70 newaliases /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
73 This example shows how to invoke a sendmail-workalike like Postfix in
76 # Emulate sendmail using postfix
77 sendmail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
78 send-mail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
79 mailq /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
80 newaliases /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
93 .An Perry E. Metzger Aq perry@piermont.com
95 The entire reason this program exists is a crock.
97 for how to submit mail should be standardized, and all the "behave
98 differently if invoked with a different name" behavior of things like