/Build -c -f /path/to/your/m4/file
This can be an iterative process, so be patient.
Tuning sendmail to exactly fit your particular site??™s needs can be a learning process.
Be patient, as this and the next chapter contain a huge amount of information, and
the way various macros interact can be confusing at first.
2.5 Install sendmail
There are two approaches to installing a new sendmail:
??? If you choose to run the new sendmail in place of the original, you first need to
create and install a new configuration file. The m4(1) program is used to automate
the process of configuration file creation. See Chapter 17 on page 584 for a
full description of this process.
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??? If you choose to keep the original and install the new sendmail in parallel (until
you can test it), you can proceed withth e installation and defer configuration
files until later. Note that this choice presumes you customized the file locations.
After you have compiled sendmail (and if the configuration file is ready and tested),
you can install it as your production version. If you are already running a sendmail
and will be overwriting that binary, you will need to kill that version first (?§1.7.1.2
on page 20).
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