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The use of the # to place comments into a . mc file for eventual transfer to your configuration file might not work as expected. The # is not special to the m4 processor, so m4 continues to process a line even though that line is intended to be a comment. So, instead of:
# Here we define $m as our domain
(which would see define as an m4 keyword), use single quotes to insulate all such comments from m4 interpretation:
# `Here we define $m as our domain'
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Never blindly overwrite your sendmail.cf file with a new one. Always compare the new version to the old first:
% diff /etc/mail/sendmail.cf oursite.cf 19c19 < ##### built by you@oursite.com on Sat Jan 1 11:26:39 PDT 2000 --- > ##### built by you@oursite.com on Fri Dec 13 04:14:25 PDT 2002
Here, the only change was the date the files were built, but if you had expected some other change, this would tell you the change had failed.
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Never edit your sendmail.cf file directly. If you do, you will never be able to generate a duplicate or update from your mc file. This is an especially serious problem when upgrading from one release of sendmail to a newer release. Should you make this mistake, reread the appropriate sections in this book and the documentation supplied with the sendmail source.
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Don't assume UUCP support and UUCP relaying are turned off by default. Always use the nouucp feature (FEATURE(nouucp)) to disable UUCP unless you actually support UUCP:
FEATURE(`nouucp') recommended through V8.9 FEATURE(`nouucp',`reject') recommended with V8.10 and above