[BlueOnyx:03494] Re: making sendmail.cf edits stick

[Larry Smith]

On Fri February 5 2010 12:15, Jim Dory wrote:
> On 2/5/2010 8:59 AM, Larry Smith wrote:
> > On Fri February 5 2010 11:44, Jim Dory wrote:
> >> I'm trying to bump up the Maximum number of smtp recipients from 25 to
> >> 50 for an ambulance director with a large volunteer list. I perhaps am
> >> using old syntax because every day the sendmail.cf file reverts back to
> >> 25 for MaxRecipients.
> >>
> >> I'm using
> >> m4 sendmail.mc>  sendmail.cf
> >> then restart sendmail.
> >>
> >> What is proper way?
> >> thx, Jim
> >
> > Believe the sendmail.mc file specifys "make -C /etc/mail" as the
> > "correct" way to rebuild the sendmail.cf file and then restart
> > sendmail...
>
> Thanks for the reply Larry,
>
> I had tried that earlier and it complained - but this time seems to
> work. (don't remember complaint).
> But the way I had done it with m4 did change the .cf file - wondering
> why it would lose the edit overnight. I know services are generally
> restarted overnight, but as my edit stays in the .mc file it confuses me.
>
> thanks again, Jim

Hmmm, if it "complained" then there was a problem somewhere in
the sendmail.mc file.  Appears, if it worked now, that it is compiling
correctly and should (?) stay...  Have done this and similar many
times and only have "issues" when the make fails or complains
for some reason...

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Larry Smith
lesmith at ecsis.net